Clark Smith ‘3’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     for youngsters contemplating a career as 
     
     a trainer or driyer of standardbreds. He 
     
    
   
   
    
     suggested, “If you hayent got a lot of 
     
    
   
   
    
     patience. yott are in the wrong game. 
     
     This is becattse each horse is different 
     
     and progresses at a different rate. You 
     
     must be willing to use the trial and error 
     
     approach. Success requires a great deal 
     
     of time and effort with each horse and 
     
     eyen then there is no guarantee.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Oyer the years there haye been many 
     
     people who haye worked for the Clark 
     
     Smith Stable and he was quick to point 
     
     otit that these workers contribttted 
     
     immensely to any success that he may 
     
    
   
   
    
     haye had. Some bttt certainly not all of 
     
    
   
   
    
     his helpers would include Leonard 
     
     “Barney" :\lct}uigan. Art l-‘ord. llenry 
     
     Smallwood. \Vally l);lleL’l. Bill l-‘ord. Ron 
     
     Vessey. \Xf’alter (Zheyerie. l.eith Carr and 
     
    
   
   
    
     Art ;\1aclnnis. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first person that paid (Ilark for work— 
     
     ing with horses was his father (Iyi‘il. After 
     
     two years with his dad. he spent a year 
     
     working with l’rank Daniels in 'l‘ruro. :\ 
     
     youngster couldn't ask for better mentors. 
     
     He then spent seyen years working for 
     
     Stanley Mayhew operating out of Kinkora 
     
     and the (2.1).1’. Asked to describe Stanley 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Behind the Gate 
     
    
   
   
    
     .\layhew. he quickly responded. “There 
     
     was no better." For the next three 
     
     decades. he operated mostly out of 
     
     Sackyille Downs. 'l‘ruro Raceway. Saint 
     
    
   
   
    
     John lixhibition Park and the Charlotte~ 
     
    
   
   
    
     town Driying Park. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In later years. (Ilark concentrated more 
     
     on training than driying. For example. he 
     
     spent time in Ontario working for Doctor 
     
     Glenn Anderson whom he respected a 
     
     great deal. He broke two crops of colts 
     
     for this gentleman. For the last few 
     
     years. he has been training at the (j.l).l). 
     
     and at his farm in ()yster Bed Bridge. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Don (l).\'.) .\lacl)onald from Charlotte— 
     
     town was the person that (Ilark respected 
     
     most in this industry. He was one of 
     
     (Ilark's many owners and he worked at 
     
     the Ford dealership on St. Peter‘s Road. 
     
     Don had many horses under (Ilark‘s care. 
     
     He explained that when you raced a 
     
     horse for Don MacDonald. safety. not 
     
     winning. was the number one considera— 
     
     tion. lle ptit it this way. “You droye a 
     
     horse to come back in one piece. If you 
     
     thought there was a situation where there 
     
     was going to be trouble and you ayoided 
     
     the trouble. there was ne\‘er anything 
     
     said. I think that has changed today." 
     
    
   
   
    
     "You drove a bome lo come back. in one piece. [/‘you lbougbl' 
     
     there was a sz’luu/z’ou wbere Iber ) was going lo be lrouble 
     
     and you euro/(led [be trouble, lbere was never 
     
     cmylbz’ug said. I [bin/e lbcu‘ bus 
     
     Changed loda’t'. " 
     
    
   
   
    
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