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     lixpenses mounted met the years hut 
     
     they had to he met. Veterinary hills. 
     
     farming out horses. stud fees. etc. were 
     
     facts of life. Fortunately. this stahle had a 
     
     firm foundation and it eyen had its own 
     
     constitution. It had a designated treasur— 
     
     er who collected a fixed amount from 
     
     each memher each month. It had hy— 
     
     laws. You couldn‘t sell your share to a 
     
     non—memher. There could he no new 
     
     memhers unless dictated in the will of a 
     
     deceased memher. It had rules hut the 
     
     memhers were flexihle when they had to 
     
     he. Change was ineyitahle. Twenty years 
     
     passed and the l’arkdale Stahle dishand- 
     
     ed in 20W due to extenuating circum— 
     
     stances; howeyer. it was a ride enjoyed 
     
     hy its memhers and one that they would 
     
     not haye wanted to miss. 
     
    
   
   
    
     lid Atkinson used to run the old 
     
     llorsemen's (Ianteen at the (IDP. lie was 
     
     one of the original memhers and he 
     
     rememhered the day he was asked hy 
     
     lack .»'\rsenault if he was interested in the 
     
     concept of forming a stahle. At that time. 
     
     lid and Boh Heyins owned firearm .\’oc 
     
     and lack was their trainer. lid answered 
     
     in the affirmatiye. He enjoyed heing 
     
     among friends at the track. He looked 
     
     forward to his daily trip to the track to 
     
     watch his horses jog. train or race. There 
     
     is something special ahout a horse and a 
     
     real hond exists hetween horse and 
     
     human. It‘s hard to explain hut it is there. 
     
     Some day you might experience it and 
     
     you will he glad you did. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Airborne (,’/.nnI(//er hecame a grandmoth— 
     
    
   
   
    
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     er or grand—dam twice hefore she passed 
     
     on to horse heayen. (,lmnr/ler’s first 
     
     daughter or filly. (/oz'erness was hred to 
     
     Drop ()[fand what a union this proved to 
     
     he! Together they produced Airborne 
     
     All. who took a record as a two-year—old 
     
     of 159.2 which was prohahly one of the 
     
     hest in the _\laritimes. He was training 
     
     well and his owners were hopeful hut 
     
     cautious. They had heen down this road 
     
     hefore. A]. had a younger half hrother. 
     
     Airborne 1).]. hy Paris Dex/er. learning the 
     
     ropes. He hoped to emulate his hig 
     
     hrother. The hoys were keeping their 
     
    
   
   
    
     fingers crossed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     lack Arsenault. an original memher. did 
     
    
   
   
    
     the training for this stahle. He had heen 
     
     inyolyed in the horse game for years. His 
     
     hest moment or experience in the game 
     
     was when Airborne .»t./. won the presti— 
     
     gious Dairy Queen Stake for two—year—old 
     
     colts. lid Atkinson's was in Summerside 
     
     when A]. won an Atlantic Sires Stake. 
     
     'l'hese. indeed. were itiemorahle occa— 
     
     sions for all the memhers and their fami— 
     
     lies of the Parkdale Stahle. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Parkdale Stahle had a few sugges— 
     
     tions for someone who might he thinking 
     
     ahout syndication or forming a stahle. 
     
     Go for it hut he sure that the memhers 
     
     are compatihle: they must he ahle to get 
     
     along with each other under many cit: 
     
     cumstances. They must haye a treasurer 
     
     who is responsihle. organized and trust— 
     
     worthy. They must haye a recognized 
     
     leader or spokesperson for the group. 
     
     The numher of memhers should he