for youngsters contemplating a career as 
     
     a trainer or driver of standardbreds. He 
     
     suggested, “If you haven’t got a lot of 
     
     patience, you are in the wrong game. 
     
     This is because 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 
     
     even then there is no guarantee." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Over the years there have been many 
     
     people who have worked for the Clark 
     
     Smith Stable and he was quick to point 
     
     out that these workers contributed 
     
     immensely to any success that he may 
     
     have had. Some but certainly not all of 
     
     his helpers would include Leonard 
     
     “Barney” McGuigan, Art Ford, Henry 
     
     Smallwood, Wally Dalziel, Bill Ford, Ron 
     
     Vessey, Walter Cheverie, Leith Carr and 
     
     Art MacInnis. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first person that paid Clark for work- 
     
     ing with horses was his father Cyril. After 
     
     two years with his dad, he spent a year 
     
     working with Frank Daniels in Truro. A 
     
     youngster couldn‘t ask for better mentors. 
     
     He then spent seven years working for 
     
     Stanley Mayhew operating out of Kinkora 
     
     and the C.D.P. Asked to describe Stanley 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Behind the Gate 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mayhew, he quickly responded. “There 
     
     was no better.“ For the next three 
     
     decades, he operated mostly out of 
     
     Sackville Downs, Truro Raceway, Saint 
     
     John Exhibition Park and the Charlotte— 
     
     town Driving Park. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In later years, Clark concentrated more 
     
     on training than driving. 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 C.D.P. 
     
     and at his farm in Oyster Bed Bridge. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Don (D.V.) MacDonald from Charlotte— 
     
     town was the person that Clark respected 
     
     most in this industry. He was one of 
     
     Clark’s many owners and he worked at 
     
     the Ford dealership on St. Peter’s Road. 
     
     Don had many horses under Clark’s care. 
     
     He explained that when you raced a 
     
     horse for Don MacDonald, safety, not 
     
     winning, was the number one considera— 
     
     tion. He put it this way, "You drove a 
     
     horse to come back in one piece. If you 
     
     thought there was a situation where there 
     
     was going to be trouble and you avoided 
     
     the trouble, there was never anything 
     
     said. I think that has changed today.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     “You drove a horse to come back in one piece. If you thought 
     
     there was a situation where there was going to be trouble 
     
     and you avoided the trouble, there was never 
     
     anything said. I thin/e that has 
     
     Changed today. ” 
     
    
   
   
    
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