Behind the Gate ‘fi? a:

moments." for Stanley Mayhew. he took the erratic li/(I/ee l/(IIHH’UI‘ from the maid— en class to the lnyitational Trot and he eyen held a track record of 3:0" on the 1sland for a week. jack Brown and Stanley .\1ayhew bought '/'(/nI/m/11_i'lla// three days before the Gold (iup and Saucer when it was raced in two heats and (Ilark finished second twice. Dee's Boy was the winner that year. Driying 2V1ayhews Sim/[ago required extra atten— tion because this beautiful chestnut used to hit his knees. and the ferns—wheel in Summerside would bother him during a race. He was tough and Clark liked to Clark also broke the trotter limb/(it"s Way for Mr. .\1ayhew and he

driye him. went on to the 1n\‘itational in Rockingham for Herman Renaud. He was trained down to 2:13 by (Ilark and they quit with him. He came back as a four—year—old with Joe Hennessey and then on to Rockingham. Later in his career when (Ilark moyed to Ontario and concentrated on training colts and fillies he may haye had faster horses but the aboye fiye were his earliest most memo—

rable horses.

Before returning to 1’.1“..1. in 1998. (Ilark and Dottie called (Iampbellyille. ()ntario their home base where he broke and

trained colts for Doctor (ilen Anderson

and (IharlesAlurayinski. a former owner of

1’lamboro Downs. He broke and trained a world champion for _lura\‘ins|\‘i. (Ilark stated proudly. " I was the first one to put a halter on [fl/mummy. She was perfect

from day one. \V'hen she got down to

Clark Smith

2:13. I knew she was special. She neyer raced as a t\\'o—year—old. 1'nfortunately. a few years later she iumped off a truck and cut her foot. She got infection in the foot which spread to the bones and she had to be put down."

His fayorite horse would haye to be Arm/hm I’M/Hing. The Cape Mitchell Stable and (Ilark went to the Delaware Sale where the owners paid 543.000 for Arm/m» Hex/1mg. That was the most expensiye horse that Clark eyer trained or droye. He raced really well as a two— year-old winning in 1:38. He ended up with a lifetime record of 1:35 and earn— ings in the range of 5300.000. Clark qual~ ified him and his son—in—law droye him. Ann/2m Nomi/1g was by [)irec/ Sam/er out of a HG. [funny mare. He was a sire in Quebec. He had a filly race at the (I.D.l-’. owned by people from the Magdalen Islands and driyen by Brian .\1ac1’hee. (Ilark broke and trained firm/m; Hem/Hg and knew yery early

that he was going to be a good one.

The biggest race eyer for (ilark Smith was the Gold (Tup and Saucer of 1902 at the (1.1).1).

the details of this eyent like it was yes—

He remembered and recounted

terday. It was the first time that he droye the recently purchased Tammany Hall for owners Stanley Mayhew and jack Brown. The big race was raced in two heats that year. In the first heat. there was a bad accident in the upper turn the second time around and three horses

went down like dominoes— .l'lc‘nleI/AWHI.

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