Behind the Gate

moments." For Stanley Mayhew, he took the erratic Blake Hanover from the maid— en class to the Invitational Trot and he even held a track record of 2:07 on the Island for a week. Jack Brown and Stanley Mayhew bought Tammany Hall three days before the Gold Cup and Saucer when it was raced in two heats and Clark finished second twice. Dee‘s Boy was the winner that year. Driving Mayhew‘s Santiago required extra atten- tion because this beautiful chestnut used to hit his knees, and the ferris-wheel in Summerside would bother him during a race. He was tough and Clark liked to drive him. Clark also broke the trotter Higbley’s Way for Mr. Mayhew and he went on to the Invitational in Rockingham for Herman Renaud. He was trained down to 2:15 by Clark and they quit with him. He came back as a four-year-old with joe Hennessey and then on to Rockingham. Later in his career when Clark moved to Ontario and c<')ncentrated on training colts and fillies he may have had faster horses but the above five were his earliest most memo- rable horses.

Before returning to RBI. in 1998, Clark and Dottie called Campbellville, Ontario their home base where he broke and trained colts for Doctor Glen Anderson and Charles juravinski, a former owner of Flamboro Downs. He broke and trained a world champion for Juravinski. Clark stated proudly, “ I was the first one to put a halter on [fl/amony. from day one.

She was perfect When she got down to

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2:15, I knew she was special. She never raced as a two—year—old. Unfortunately, a few years later she jumped off a truck and cut her foot. She got infection in the foot which spread to the bones and she had to be put down."

His favorite horse would have to be Arm/9m Fleming. The Cape Mitchell Stable and Clark went to the Delaware Sale where the owners paid $45,000 for Armbro Fleming. That was the most expensive horse that Clark ever trained or drove. He raced really well as a two- year—old winning in 1:58. He ended up with a lifetime record of 1:55 and earn— ings in the range of $500,000. Clark qual— ified him and his son-in-law drove him. Armbro Fleming was by Direct Scooter out of a 13G. Bunny mare. He was a sire in Quebec. He had a filly race at the GDP. owned by people from the Magdalen Islands and driven by Brian MacPhee. Clark broke and trained Armbro Fleming and knew very early that he was going to be a good one.

The biggest race ever for Clark Smith was the Gold Cup and Saucer of 1962 at the GDP. He remembered and recounted the details of this event like it was yes— terday. It was the first time that he drove the recently purchased Tammany Hall for owners Stanley Mayhew and Jack Brown. The big race was raced in two heats that year. In the first heat, there was a bad accident in the upper turn the second time around and three horses went down like dominoes— McSampson,

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