p News August 5, 1967 - New office to help EDMONTON (CP) — A new $1.2-billion western diversification office will help prepare the Western Canadian economy to move into the next century, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said today. “We have given the western development office the money and clout to get things done,” flanked * August 5, 1987 CAREER OPENING | ition with Nati t firm ofiers, secur! Tle position wi lona! ne Wy a junior minister to Cote. Manitoba Premier Howard Pawiey said the program CALGARY (CP) — Can- Sells says the Newfound- peal financial assistance and Sanellt " inten- Should sive training ages of 25 a Kindly reply, stating bagkground and full details elown to Box 969, be between resident of Castlegar area. C.Viy FINANCIAL PLANNING By THAT MAKES YOUR MONEY WORK AS HARD AS YOU DO build on ita sirength in tranapertaton, heath by three of the four western premiers, told a news conference. The $1.2-billion fund, spread over. x five years, will be invested in “This program se iccaiey eet dis, goowiadast Ol build oa thoes strength,” he Bald DRIE is undergoing two audits because it programs, but more consultation with teounry labor and provincial governments will be needed to work out the details. The program will deliver busi: -related directly or jointly with the provinces. It will also co-ordinate initiatives by other federal departments operating in the West. END OF DRIE The long-awaited initiative will mean the end of the Department of Regional and Industrial Expansion. That agency is being replaced by a new Department of Industry, Science and Technology. Bill McKnight, minister for Indian affairs and northern will assume r ity for the allegedly pent its budget by $90 million in the first two months of this fiscal year. Responsibility for regional development in Atlantic Canada and Northern Ontario has already been shifted to similar regional-based programs. The $1.2 billion in the western di investors for a dive into deep waters that senior companies wouldn't try as Northeor Energy Ltd. of Calgary puts a driling rig to work off Newfoundland. “This is an extremely high-risk wildcat well — it's not our intention to mislead anyone,” says the president program will be spent mainly on projects to stimul of the five-y -old, seven- small- and medium-sized businesses. Larger corporations will be looked after by the new industry department. The Edmonton-based development agency's chief bureaucrat will be Bruce Rawson, who will serve as its deputy minister. Rawson now is deputy minister for Indian affairs and northern development. The seemed which will have branch offices in new development office. Michel Cote, the current DRIE minister, will take over the new industry portfolio and Frank Oberle, the minister of state for science and technology, will serve as and Winnipeg, will work with provincial overamonte, industry, labor and other groups in an j Sttampt to make the western economy less on prices set in world markets. Club issues shares MONTREAL (CP) — Some stock market analysts snig- gered when a Quebec health spa group recently issued shares and became a public company listed on the Mon- treal Exchange. Not Steve Sutherland, president and co-founder of Nautilus Plus Inc.,one—of several growing companies selling services to a fitness- crazy generation. “We're just as legitimate as running a funeral parlor or a corner grocery,” Suther- land says, referring to other Quebec firms that have is- sued shares. Nautilus Plus followed the lead of several similar com- panies in the United States. Catering to people working on their figures is good bus- iness, but there is some concern in the industry whe- ther this corporate muscle will someday turn to flab. Analysts agree the indus- Calgary oilmen create oil game CALGARY (CP) — Three young Calgary oilmen are hoping to parlay their know ledge of the industry into big bucks in the world of games. John Weenk, 33, Sid Dyk stra and Alan Archibald, both 29, have developed a board game appropriately called International Oilman, in which would-be oil barons bid for land, drill wells and discover oil. “The great thing about this is you don’t have to work in the oil industry to play the game,” Archibald said in an interview. “It's just a lot of fun,” said Dykstra who, along with Archibald, spoke about the endeavor during a lunch break from their engineering jobs at Suncor Ine. Weenk came up with the concept a few years ago and put together a wooden pro- totype of the game. Last year the three friends and co workers established a part nership, patented the game and sat down to refine the design and make up the rules. They were about to look into manufacturing and mar keting when they were ap- proached by Cariboo Games Ltd., a small British Colum bia-based firm. BUYS RIGHTS Company representatives, who had heard about the project through Weenk’s brother, offered to buy the rights to International Oil- man for $5,000 and a royalty of five per cent. The proposal was accepted and Cariboo Games did a market test in the spring. Satisfied with the results, the company went into its first production run of 5,000 units. Cariboo now is into its second production run, but this time it’s putting out 20,000 games. Another run of 20,000 to 100,000 units is ex. pected before Christmas. The game is entirely pro- duced in British Columbia. Theproduct now is on the shelves of many department and toy stores in Western Canada and Toronto. It re tails for $39.95. The game consists of a plastic box with a world map on the top and puzzle pieces hidden inside. Foreigners invest in U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) Americans bought a record $102 billion US in foreign stocks last year but that amount was dwarfed by the recrod $277.6 euion ice eigners invested in stocks, the Securities oe Exchange Commission said today In a major study of in ternational investments, the commission told Congress that investments across in ternational boundaries have soared since 1980 “Vast amounts of capital are now being raised inter nationally,” the SE staff study said. “The world's economies are more inter dependent and economic, technological and regulatory changes are altering the international financial land scape in an unprecedented manner.” Among the commission re port's findings The total amount of in stocks ternational bonds mush roomed to $254 billion in 1986 from $38 billion in 1980. Of the 1986 total, only $44 billion was raised by U.S. investors Other countires have been investing in U.S. cor. porations at a far faster pace than U.S. investors have been investing in overseas securities By the end of 1986 the total market value of U.S stocks was $2.6 trillion, or 43 per cent of the worldwide total, down from a 56-per cent share just two years ago. Foreign investment by US. private pension funds 1 as grown dramatically to a vout $45 billion in 1986 from 5 3 billion in 1980. ‘he report was prepared for ‘he House of Represen. tatives energy and commerce subcommittee on telecom munications and finance, which was holding a hearing on the findings today try is changing, with a trend to larger clubs offering many activities, and to mergers. Market research by Holi- day Fitness Centres Inc. of Toronto, which wants to ex- pand from its 10 multi- recreation clubs, estimates that the 500 fitness clubs in Canada have more than three million members. With average monthly fees of $30, that adds up to $90 million in revenues a month. Jogging right behind is a sports equipment industry for tanning, massages, swim. ming pools, whirlpool baths, saunas, locker rooms, laun- dries, floor surfaces for jog- ging, aerobics, squash courts, computers for fitness testing and even packaged music for dance exercise. METHODS CHANGE “Some people say it's peaked,” Sutherland said in an interview at a large sub- urban club which includes the Nautilus head office. “Fitness is here to stay, but the way you get in shape is definitely going to change.” Nautilus has more than 50,000 members who work out at 27 centres in Quebec and ontario. Michael Levy, president of Toronto-based Racquet Sports Group of Canada In., said new records have been rached in the industry every eyar since 1981. “Every year the same question is asked, is the industry peaking?” Levy said revenues of clubs offering a single acti vity such as squash or body building flattened out in 1985-86 while multi-recrea tion clubs grew. Levy's group has six multi- recreation clubs in Toronto offering squash, racquetball, tennis, cardiovascular fit ness, aerobics and circuit training. Several of them have a restaurant, bar, nur- sery and boutiques for equip- ment and sport clothing. “I don't think the industry has peaked at all,” says Peter Cafik, vice-president of Hol- iday Fitness, one of four major fitness companies in the Toronto area. “The de- mand is getting greater, but the facilities being bulit are going to drastically change. EXPECTS GROWTH “It’s going through the same evolution as grocery stores and shopping malls. People drive by the small strip shopping malls with five stores and head for the mon- ster malls where they have everything under one roof.” Ten years ago Sutherland and his business partner in Nautilus, Charles Constantin, were playing for the Quebec Nordiques. “{ didn’t know anything about business — we were just hockey bums,” said Sutherland, who grew up in the norther Quebec mining region of Rouyn-Noranda The men visited health spas on hockey tours, and then introduced into Quebec the U.S. exercise equipment of Nautilus Sports Medical Industries Inc. Nautilus Plusreported sales of $11.6 million for the first three quarters of its current fiscal year, and a profit of $1.2 million, up 73 per cent over the same period last year. Agriculture wants to be included WINNIPEG (CP) a Though the $1.2-billion Wes. tern Economic Development Strategy is aimed at diver sifying the economy of Wes- tern Canada, a National Farmers Union spokesman said he hopes it doesn't ignore agriculture. Agriculture has always been and will be the back bone of the Manitoba econ. omy so some of the money from the newly-announced Western diversification fund should be spent on strength ening the agriculture sector, said Ken Sigurdson, of the National Farmers Union. “I don’t think the federal government can say now we're jsut going to jump into something else and leave all that we've got out here to fall to pieces,” Sigurdson said Tuesday. Announcing the fund in Edmonton Tuesday, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said its goal was to help diversify the West's economy away from the volatile agriculture and resource sectors. Manitoba Industry Minis. ter Vic Sheroeder said diver sification does not mean supporting existing Manitoba industries, but moving into new areas such as health services, food processing and transportation PROJECTS WORTHY But Sigurdson said many worthwhile efforts could be undertaken in Manitoba's agriculture sector such as developing self-sufficiency in food production. The province currently im ports large amounts of fresh vegetables and beef. William Strath, president of Manitoba Pool Elevators, said there's room for diver. sification of the agriculture sector, but the province must ensure it has long-term mar. kets for products. He said about six years ago the canola seed industry diversified by expanding its seed crushing operations on the Prairies and within a few years production outstripped demand and operators were losing money Only in the last few years have canola prices rebounded to where operators can break even, Strath said. “There are probably lots of opportunities there to take advantage of, but we have to proceed carefully,” Strath said ploy the project. David Sells also calls Nar- whal F-99, located 250 kilo- metres out to sea in water 1,576 metres deep, “a well that must be drilled.” Northeor is lured by re- sults of preliminary seismic surveys that hint at a giant new oil discovery. Taking the bat will cost the company $7 million to $8 million, a tidy sum for a firm that has only just begun its first energy production, sell- ing natural gas into markets where prices are flat at best. The Canadian taxpayer is on the hook for much more: = million to $82 millioa. land well is the last chapter in Northeor’s career as 3 heavy user of federal incen- tives. The, company arrived off- shore’ by, agreeing to reise 100 per cent of the money needed to drill on a site held but untouched by groups of the-industry's senior firms. In exchange, Northcor gets 50-per-cent ownership of any discovery. Northcor was formed by financial consultant Sells and accountant Gary Bustin to tap the petroleum incentives and other industry assistance programs. In its five-year lifespan, Northcor has spent about $90 million, Eighty per cent of the bills were paid by Ottawa because the firm qualified for top dollar under petroleum incentive rules by being owned entirely by Canadians. Narwhal is Northcor's first venture offshore. The-project will provide at least 102 days of work for 251 offshore exploration workers, but the company is hoping a big find will turn the outing into ‘s are 80- per-cent covered by the federal government under the lingering petroleum in- centives program. SUBSIDY DIED Although the program — which subsidized work on new resource leases — died when the national energy program was dismantled in 1985, Ottawa agreed to honor commitments left over in old exploration ag hing much more lucra- tive and lasting. Tom Birnie, Northcor’s ex- ploration vice-president, came up with the Narwhal project after a two-year review of seismic surveys, and he rates it as the best he has ever seen. Birnie says the hints of a big find are better than the signs that preceded Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay oe Hibernia off Tornado hit plant remains closed TORONTO (CP) — Stelco ne., Canada’s largest steel- maker, doesn’t expect to re- open its tornado-ravaged Edmonton plant for six to nine months, the company said today. Friday's tornado inflicted “very serious damage” to the company's operations with electrical substations, cranes, service shops, buildings and other facilities requiring re- placement or major repairs, the company said. “A very preliminary ass. essment indicates a period of six to nine months before ef- fective operations will be re- established,” Stelco said in a prepared statement. damage estimate or say how it will replace production of rolled steel products. 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Pavestors Group PROFIT FROM OUR EXPERIENCE Canada's boxing begins at home TORONTO (CP) — Having endured one battle in the courts, Canada’s boxing team is trying to focus on battles in the ring at the Pan-American Games. ‘The preparations, however, have been anything but smooth as rival federations continue to feud over whether Otis Grant of Montreal or Egerton Marcus of Toronto should represent Canada in the ‘ight ranks. competitors fought for the right to challenge the champion, then earned a berth on the Pan-Am team because the injured Marcus couldn't fight. Attempts to have a second box-off enraged Quebec federation officials, who went to court and got an injunetion to prevent the Canadian Amateur Boxing i fi ‘The dispute prompted Quebec members of the team to boycott the first week of training in Toronto. Marcus is the Canadian champion, but was unable to from the team. The injunction expires Friday, when the team is tc leave for Indianapolis. CABA officials are still attempting to find a way to have Marcus return to the team. participate in a box-off ig the because of an injured hand. Grant won his two matches at the box-off, where hile, Toronto light-welterweight Asif Dar is nursing # bruised knuckle after being attacked b a couple of toughs outside a nightclub. These are hardly ideal circumstances for a team about to participate in a tough competition. Cubans won seven of the 12 gold medals at the world championships last year while the United States took three. Montreal light-welterweight Howard Grant won Canada’s lone medal, a silver, at the worlds, but lost his berth on the national team this year when Dar moved up to the 63.5-kilogram weight class from 60 kilograms. “By depth of competition, this is going to be far more difficult than the Commonwealth Games,” head coach Taylor Gordon said. “It's more difficult because of the presence of the Cubans and the Americans, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. “Most of the South American countries will each have two or three stars on their teams as well.” All the top boxers in the Americans will be there, vying for the gold or silver that will secure them a berth in the North American championships in Toronto Aug. 29. Canada’s top gol dmedal hopes at Indianapolis are light-flyweight Scott Olson of Edmonton and super- heavyweight Lennos Lewis of Kitchener, Ont. Dar, featherweight Bill Downey of Halifax and light-middleweight Dan Sherry of Burlington, Ont., also have a shot at finishing in the medals. GET DOWN! . . . Paul Churchill has to be quick on his feet in order to return a serve by Ron Coe during a PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT Broncos take second By PAUL PHIPPS The Castlegar Broncos All Stars came up with a respectable second place showing at last weekends provin- cial baseball championship in Kelowna. Seven teams took part in the double knockout tournament and Castlegar played quality baseball through five games but were stopped by a very strong North Delta squad whe shut out Castlegar 7-0 in the final game of the tournament. Facing at least a 112 kilometre fast- ball (most pitchers do well to throw a 88 kilometre fastball) Castlegar began to make contact with the ball, however, most hits were line drives into the gloves of North Delta. Using bunts and good base running Castlegar loaded the bases in the third inning but could not score. North Delta scored three runs in the second inning, two in the third and two in the sixth to take a final 7-0 win and the provincial championship. In their first game Castlegar took to the mound against Kelowna. Kelowna had come out on top in two previous friendly game of tennis Tuesday night at the Com- munity Complex courts. CasNews Photo Toronto Blue Jays manage victory over White Sox CHICAGO (AP) — It's little wonder the Toronto Blue Jays are pressing the New York Yankees for the top rung in the American League East “AIT have to do is keep us in the ball game because with the team we have, we'll explode,” said pitcher John Cer utti. Cerutti, who hasn't lost a decision since May 16, did his part and Fred McGriff ripped two home runs Tuesday night in a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. It was the third straight triumph for the Blue Jays and pulled them within a halfgame of the first-place Yankees who dropped a 143 decision at Cleve land. Cerutti, 72, was lifted in the eighth inning in favor of Tom Henke who finished ‘for his American League leading 24th save “I don’t put that much emphasis on complete games, especially with the bullpen we have,” said Cerutti. “I got my breaking ball over and threw my fastball to spots.” Cerutti is confident the Blue Jays have an excellent chance to win their division. “We have a long way to go but with the talent we have, we have a good chance to win it,” Cerutti said. “This is a good way to start a (10-game) road trip.” said Toronto manager Jimy Williams. SECOND VICTORY It was the second straight victory over Chicago. And each night while the Blue Jays were winning, both the Yankees and the third-place Detroit Tigers were losing. Most of the clubhouse talk concerned the tremendous power displayed McGriff, a 23-year-old rookie, who en joyed his first two-homer game in the major leagues “He's strong, very strong, I've seen him hit the ball a long ways,” said Williams. McGriff led off the fourth inning with a home run into the upper deck in right field. He followed with his 15th homer leading off the sixth. “I saw Alex Johnson when he was with the (California) Angels hit one in dead centre,” said White Sox manager Jim Fregosi. “But I don't know if I've seen one hit much harder or get out quicker than that one.” Both shots came off loser Neil Allen, 0-6, who hasn't won a game in more than a year. Allen also was nicked for a run in the first on singles by Tony Fernandez, Ernie Whitt and George Bell who drove in his 90th run — tops in the American League. Whitt singled in another run in the eighth. McGriff had no explanation for his tremendous power except to say, “It’s no coincidence. “When I make good contact, the ball jumps,” he said. “I work hard to hit home runs and when you do it, it’s quite a feeling.” Rodgers, Youmans ejected, Expos win MONTREAL (CP) — Tim Raines be lieves the key factor in overcoming a deficit is timing — the earlier you can start the better. “We knew we could get back because it was still early in the game,” Raines said after the Montreal Expos over. came a 5-0 St. Louis lead and beat the Cardinals 10-5 in National League baseball action Tuesday night “The key thing is for your bullpen to shut down the other team and give you a chance. That's what happened to- night. Our relievers were great.” The Expos bullpen did indeed turn in an excellent performance with Bob McClure, 5-1 pitching three innings of one-hit ball to get the win and Jeff Parrett firing four perfect innings for his fourth save. “That was more innings than either one of them has worked this year and it gave us a real shot in the arm, Expos manager, Buck Rodgers. were outstanding.” Rodgers, however, was not around to see the outcome. He and pitchers Bryn Smith and Floyd Youmans were ejected by home plate umpire Tom Hallion for making comments from the dugout Smith said, “I just told him he was ing a good game,” while Youmans claimed all he did was “smile funny.” Smith was the first to get tossed, and then Rodgers was ejected when he came out to defend him. “I told Hallion that if our bench is saying things and their bench is saying ai “They things, then you must be calling one good game,” Rodgers said Ozzie Smith, Willie McGee, Jose Oquendo hit RBI-singles and Jim Lind eman lifted a sacrifice fly as the Car dinals jumped into a 4-0 first-inning lead. Expos starter Neal Heaton re tired only one batter before he was chased. “I told them that wouldn't be enough,” said St. Louis manager Whit- ey Herzog. Randy St. Claire wild pitched Tom Lawless home to make it 5-0 for the Cardinals in the second before Mon treal got two back on pinch-hitter Dave Engle’s single in the bottom of the inning. The Expos went ahead with four runs in the fifth inning. Raines, batting leadoff for the first time this year, opened the fifth with a single before Mitch Webster and Hubie Brooks drew walks to load the bases. Tim Wallach’s infield out off Lee Tun nell, 4-3, drove in Raines and then Andres Galarraga singled home Web- ster Vance Law followed with apother base hit to score Brooks and Galarraga scored on the play as Cardinals third baseman Terry Pendleton threw wildly tying to get Law going into second. Jeff Reed drew a leadoff walk in the sixth and then Raines hit his 11th homer. Law drove in the third run of the inning with a sacrifice fly. Montreal final run came on Tim Wallach's solo homer in the eighth. with Castlegar in Peachland a week earlier. Warren Maloff pitched a no-hitter to lead Castlegar to a 7-1 win over Kelowna. Castlegar also hit the pitch ing of Kelowna and collected hits by Thomas Phipps (double), Jamie Laktin, (single, home run), Maloff (home run, single)dohnny Strilaeff (single) and Arron Voykin (single) Castlegar’s next game was against Vernon and after jumping to an early 4-1 lead, Castlegar hung on for a close 6-5 win. Victor Hoodicoff, Michael Murray and Laktin shared the pitching duties. Castlegar hitters were Maloff, (home run and single), Murray (double), Phipps (single) and Laktin with a single. Hoodicoff and Perepolkin also had singles. North Delta easily managed to de feat Castlegar 14-1. Outstanding pit ching by North Delta silenced Castle gar bats. Castlegar succeeded in defeating Surrey 5-4. In a tight battle Castlegar led 1-0 after three innings. In the fourth Castlegar allowed Surrey to score three runs. Castlegar responded with a home run from Laktin with two men on to regain the lead in their part of the fourth inning. Surrey tied the game in the fifth. In the sixth Voykin singled and stole to second. Laktin singled to drive in Keenan Voykin for what proved to be the winning run. Surrey twice tried the suicide squeeze play and both times Castle- gar's defence ended the attempts in a double play. Hoodicoff also picked off two Surrey runners at third base. Maloff, Hoodicoff and Laktin pitched for Castlegar. Mal- off and Hoodicoff also added singles furing the game. pleased with performance MONTREAL (CP) — If the first day of training camp Tuesday was an in- dication, lack of physical conditioning won't be a factor in Team Canada’s bid to retain hockey’s Canada Cup. “For the first morning of workouts, I'm extremely pleased,” said head coach Mike Keenan, who had 35 of the 96 players sweating through skating and puck-handling drills. Doug Lidster, the Canucks defenceman enlisted to replace the injured Kevin Lowe, ar rived from Vancouver and did not join his teammates until the afternoon practice session. “The tempo was very high,” Keenan, the Philadelphia Flyers coach, contin. ued. “The players had to be in very good condition to maintain that type of practice “It's an indication of their commit ment prior to arriving here.” It may also have something to do with the fact that many of the players haven't had time to get out of shape. Of the 36 players, there are six from the Flyers and five from the Edmonton Oilers, the two Stanley Cup finalists, whose National Hockey League season ended May 31. The competition starts today, when Keenan and assistant coaches Jean Perron, John Muckler and Tom Watt AT KIMBERLEY MEET will put the playes through scrim mages, experimenting with defence pairings and line combinations. “Today was just to give them a feel for the ice again,” Keenan said of Tues day’s two sessions, each of which lasted about 80 minutes and included 3-on-2s and various skating drills. “I think there was good speed and flow in the drills, and there will be constant emphasis on that throughout the camp.” When it was suggested to Keenan the team might have too many smal! forwards, he countered by naming Mark Messier, Rick Tocchet, Cam Neely and the two Lemieuxs — Mario and Claude. “They're all 200 pounds or more, so I don’t think we have that many small forwards. We have a good combina tion.” Keenan stressed that no cuts will be made prior to the pre-tournament games, which start Sunday against the Canadian Olympic team at Sydney, N.S. Starting Aug. 13, Team Canada plays Team USA four times in one week, and it is in this stretch that Keenan and his staff will start trimming the roster, which must be at 23 players prior to the Aug. 28 tour nament opener. Aquanauts swim well By RAY YULE AND CARMEN GUIDO It was an outstanding weekend for the Castlegar Aquanauts at the recent Kimberley Invitational Swim Meet. Only a fraction of the total club travelled to Kimberley, but many of 20 Aquanauts at the meet secured top placings in their events. When the final count was in, the Aquanauts had outscored three larger teams and registered an impressive second place finish overall. Nelson, the largest team was able to narrowly outpoint the Aquanauts Coach Ray Yule was very pleased with the excellent team effort and individual performance. In all six Division IV girls events, Castlegar swimmers broke records. Aimie Chernoff set new records in five events and Wendy Gouk set another record in the remaining event. Steve Junker set a new mark in the Division V — 50 Free. The Division IV boys and girls medley relay teams, both set new records. The same girls Division IV relay team, also set a new record in the 200 Free. Nine Aquanauts took home ag gregate awards. These winners were: Trevor Haviland, Chris Chernoff, Aimie Chernoff, Dan Fodor, Steven Junker, Craig Hawkins, Wendy Gouk, Justin Phillips and Jennifer Small. The Aquanauts topped off the week end with a record setting victory in the open mile relay event This week, the Aquanauts are work ing towards the Kootenay Regional championships at Colville. Top qualifi ers at this meet will be eligible to compete at the Provincial Champion ships later this month Trotter Lobell to head Meadowlands race EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Mack Lobell, one of the most high. powered trotters in many years, heads the smallest Hambletonian field since 1979 on Saturday at the Meadowlands. Fifteen three-year-old trotters were entered Tuesday. There were 12 starters when Legend Hanover won the race eight years ago at DuQuoin, ml Mack Lobell, who won 10 of 20 starts in 1986 when he was voted champion two-year-old trotter, is unbeaten in four races this year. In his first 1987 start, he won the Yonkers Trot June 28 at Yonkers Raceway in 1:57 4/5, a world record for a three-year-old trotter on a half-mile track, which was later broken at Yonkers by Sir Taurus, with a time of 1:57 2/5. In his last start, Mack Lobell won the Beacon Course on July 24 at the Meadowlands’ one-mile track in 1:54 That tied the Meadowlands’ all-age record for trotters. Mack Lobell was made the 2-5 early favorite in the sevenhorse first division of the first heat. Sir Taurus, who was second to Mack Lobell in the Yonkers Trot, was the second choice at 5-1 in the $1,046,300 US race. Napoletano was made the 95 choice in the eight horse second heat, followed by Buckfinder at 2-1 The first five finishers in each of the two divisions will return for a second heat. If either division winner wins the second heat, he is the Hambletonian champion. Should there be a different winner, there would be a three- horse raceoff