Clark Smith 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bo!) limo/e and [Ir/av. Clark just missed 
     
     them by squeezing inside hy the huh rail. 
     
     He got tip for second to Dee's [for who 
     
     had cut out all the fractions. Of the three 
     
     that went down in the first heat. only 13o!) 
     
     limo/e. raced in the second heat which he 
     
     won in 2:031. 
     
     Hall was second and [Dee's [for was 
     
     declared the winner of the Gold (Iup and 
     
     Saucer. This was Clark‘s most memorahle 
     
    
   
   
    
     Once again 'l‘anmzarti' 
     
    
   
   
    
     race in which he competed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ()ne of the higgest changes in racing with 
     
     the trotters and pacers according to (Ilark 
     
     involved the driving strategy in a race. 
     
     He explained. “At one time in the past 
     
     you drove a ltorse to win. Now you drive 
     
     a horse to suit the rules and if yott don‘t. 
     
     it‘s costly. You gotta go certain quarters 
     
     and certain halves. Sometimes that does 
     
     not always suit the horse that you are dri- 
     
     ving. It may suit the horse that is hehind 
     
     you a lot hetter. \\'hen I started ottt dri— 
     
     ving. you tried to rate a horse to win and 
     
     as long as you didn‘t interfere with anoth— 
     
    
   
   
    
     er horse. that was fine." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Two additional major changes since he 
     
     started involve the safety factor. 'l'oday. 
     
     pylons and wheel discs are almost taken 
     
     for granted. .\lany serious accidents are 
     
     now avoided hy the driver taking his 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Behind the Gate 
     
    
   
   
    
     horse inside the pylons. Also. in the past. 
     
     a horse may have put his foot in the 
     
     wheel of another horse and caused a had 
     
     accident hut the wheel disc prevents this. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The merits of the controversial passing 
     
     lane were dehatahle according to this 
     
     veteran horseman who resided in Oyster 
     
     Bed Bridge with his wife. Dottie. From 
     
     this experienced trainer driver. “I find 
     
     that a horse will always try harder com— 
     
     ing from hehind to the outside than from 
     
     the inside to the passing lane. You are 
     
     now training a horse to do something he 
     
     doesn‘t do naturally. ;\lso. if you are 
     
     pulling on him until you hit the passing 
     
     lane and then you give him his head. you 
     
     often get mixed results." 
     
    
   
   
    
     What was the fastest of Clark Smiths 
     
     2.213 driving wins? (Ilark and Dottie had 
     
     to think about this for a while hut did 
     
     come tip with two answers. His fastest 
     
     win in the .\Iaritimes came in the Norman 
     
     .\lacl’hail l’ace at the (Z.l).l’. when he won 
     
     in 157$ with ./()e .S‘Ilv /’(IL‘/\? for owner 
     
     \V'alter Simmons. His fastest win ever 
     
     was driving Billy 'l'urnei’s .1111 'l: lit/1‘71 in 
     
    
   
   
    
     lzw" at l‘lamhoro. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This _()—year~old veteran who had 
     
    
   
   
    
     worked hard all his life with horses 
     
    
   
   
    
     "When [started out driving. you tried to rate a horse to will 
     
     and as long as you dial] ‘1 interfere with 
     
     another horse, that zitasfirze. 
     
    
   
   
    
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