Behind the Gate

at throughout PEI. with the stallions that he stood during the breeding season. He really liked the time of the year when the foals were on the grounds. enjoyed showing the foals to visitors and could recite the pedigree of each foal by memory. This unassuming gentleman was also proud to have served on the

RBI. Colt Stakes Sales Committee with his good friend Glen Kennedy.

Erwin

Erwin’s sons emphasized that their dad became a very kn<’>wledgeable student of the sport of harness racing, perhaps because of friendships he formed over the years with people like Willard Kelly, Walter Craig, Francis Mclsaac, Cyril Smith, Clark Smith, Sid Stead, Lester, Graham, _ Clifford Chappell, Joe Arsenault, Dale Sobey, Willis Silliker, Ron Matheson, Buster Lewis. Charlie MacKay.

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Erwin Andrew

Frank Robertson, Byron Kennedy, Eric Moreside, James Roach MacGregor. Bill Christian, joe O‘Brien, Ralph MacLean, Aubrey Webster, Walter Simmons. Don MacNeill, Roddie MacLeod and others too numerous to mention. From each of the above he would have learned some— thing relevant about the horse game.

It is a deserving tribute with the inaugur— al in 2008, that the Erwin Andrew Memorial Series is to he raced each year in a competition featuring the best mares in the Atlantic region. The competition has six components raced at six different racetracks in the Maritimes for a lucrative purse. Erwin will be watching from above and has already marked the six dates on his calendar.

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