leg. He had come to Ian’s farm to retire as a stallion. Ian began to train him and he raced well; he also bred 50 mares in 61 days while racing. That summer he finished third in the $50,000 Monctonian after breeding a mare that morning; he won the Exhibition Cup in Truro; he won the Governor’s Plate in Summerside. Ian and his caretaker Raymond Kelly never trained him that summer because of his lameness. They would give him three days off, three days jogging and then race him. In the mud, The Paperma/eer was a tiger — that horse loved the mud. In the Gold Cup Trial, he drew bad and finished third to Gimble. On Gold Cup night, the heavens opened up after the fourth race and the track became atrocious and that suited Ian and The Paperma/eer fine. Ron MacLellan‘s horse would win the Gold Cup and Saucer by six lengths in 2:01.1. Ian described the moment, “I couldn’t believe it. I was ahead by six or seven lengths and the crowd was unbelievable. It was quite a moment when we crossed the wire under the spotlight; however, I have learned from that horse how you can be on such a high one day and on rock bottom the next day when we had to make the decision to put him down." This horseman believed that his horses reflected him. How they raced affected his attitude, work and actions. He con— sidered how they raced a reflection of himself. Patrons realized that when they saw his blue—white-black colors on the track that he loved to have his horses in shape and looking good.

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Behind the Gate

Ian‘s wife, Nancy, certainly knew her way around the racetrack. She won a powder puff race in Elmira. She repre— sented the University of Guelph in an Intercollegiate Driving Championship and represented Ontario in a four race National Championship. She helped out when necessary. Their kids Chelsey, Lindsay and Tyler were very keen on the horses. They liked to be around and help out. Ian was very appreciative that his family was so supportive of his ventures in the equine industry.

This horseman noticed a change in the way horse racing has evolved. He stated. “In the larger centers, it is no longer a spectator sport but a gambling sport where you go to a location to watch the race on a monitor. On Prince Edward Island, it is still somewhat of a spectator sport with decent crowds at times; how— ever, no money is bet on the live prod- uct. The live wager cannot support har- ness racing so it must be subsidiZed by government, simulcasting, slots or some other source to survive."

Dr. Moore loved small-time racing. Unfortunately, in recent years, we have witnessed the closing of too many small r‘acetracks in Canada and the United States. Today, in the Atlantic area, a number of tracks are in immediate dan— ger of facing the same fate as Sackville Downs and that would be a tragedy for all involved in this industry. lan informed, “I have raced in Yonkers. Meadowlands, Foxboro. Greenwood,