Sports oS oaSe=EeqO—OO™ Trainer still thrilled with horse racing TRAINER ED BOLAND with a favorite four-legged friend. by Mare Davis The Review At 71 years of age, Sidney resident Ed Boland still has a twinkle in his eye when he speaks of his love of horses and of the thrills of a day at the races. He’s also an eteral optimist, which is what keeps him moti- vated as a trainer/owner in the topsy-turvy world of harness rac- ing. “Hamess racing reflects life in many ways because it has a lot of ups and downs. But it’s the good times that keep you going,” he said. Boland’s love of horses and of horse racing dates back over half a century to the days when he helped put himself through school by “walking hots” at the Delor- > BC.Cellular The Prefered Network e KITE FLYING ° NATURE WALKS e BEACH SEINE ACTIVITIES ° PICNICKING ae WATER ACTIVITIES: - SAILBOARDING “KAYAKING - - DIVING DEMONSTRATIONS ~~ , INQUIRE AT HARVEY S SPORTING GOODS ¥ mier race track in Montreal. In 1940, he embarked upon a lengthy career in the Royal Cana- dian Air Force, and rose to the rank of colonel in the unified Canadian Armed Forces by the time he retired in 1968. Three years earlier, Boland and his wife Mary Ellen purchased an acreage in the Guelph area to raise standardbreds. Until 1978, he worked as an administrator at the University of Guelph, which allowed him enough free time to raise ten foals. And he’s proud to relate that nine of the foals went on to become race horses — an impres- Sive ratio. In 1983, Boland and his wife moved to Sidney, where he launched all his energies into own- ing and training horses at Glamor- gan Farm, near Sandown Harness Raceway. “Once you get into this busi- Ness, it’s somewhat addictive, ” he said. However, for the average trainer, the job is a labor of love, rather than a profitable venture, he admits. “If you measure my success in terms of percentages, I would say about 50 per cent of them (the 50 horses he has owned over the years) have paid their way and 50 per cent didn’t. “Without my retirement pen- sion, I guess I would have starved,” he said. Last year was a good year for Boland but this year “everything’s gone wrong,” he laments. “Success in this business is largely associated with luck. There are many fewer periods of elation than there are of grief,” he said. “Most trainers live by their wits and work hard and just make enough to get by, one way or another.” Typically, only about five per cent of all the trainer/owner pro- fessionals make over $50,000 per year, he says. Most of the rest of them earn a figure that’s in the region of $50,000 but, after all the expenses are paid, there usually isn’t much left, Boland adds. Nonetheless, Boland hopes the rest of the racing season at San- down Raceway season (which ends in early September) will bring him a little of the luck he enjoyed last year. Boland explains that his best year to date came with his pur- chase of a horse called Winston - Sundancer in 1989 (which he sold for a healthy profit at the season’s end.) : “He was a hard racer. He used to beat better horses just by sheer guts. He would overcome pretty , JULY 29, 1990 SIDNEY SPIT 29e,| MARINE PARK BANS - FISHING DERBY i = ZA85 BEACON AVE. & ees 656-4393 = E FERRY” ieee aA LIVE - LOCATION/ PRE-CELEBRA TION: SS (JULY 28) __. Za. “SECRETS OF SEPM SURVIVAL A’ SCI Bae TING FLACB Ses). FOOD CONCES Re [sionevp> To SIDNEY SPT FROM SIDNEY Gov'T WHARF HOURLY FROM 9 am RETURN ON HALF-HOuR $122/PERSDNeUNDER (2 FREE = ORBRING YOUROWN BOAT D Nn ney Spitnic fantastic odds to win races. I Teally loved that horse,” he says. 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Works and Services, Town of Sidney D BOOKS} By Echo Eburne SUMMERTIME STRANGERS School has been out for about one month and for some parents, the extra hours of contact may have them wondering “who are these strangers?” After ten months of school, taking up six hours daily of tta@ér lives, plus the extracurricular activities that take place during those months, parents may find their children radically different from last summer. That difference may be pleasant, or not. Two books are the focus of today’s review. They deal with parenting. While some readers may feel that parenting is a natural trait, problems can and do crop up in any family, sometimes with very little warning. These books both offer solid information and suggestions. “The Hurried Child” by David Elkind addresses a problem that many parents are already more than aware of — the child that is rushed into growing up and finding himself in over his head. Elkind writes about exposure to pressures leading to low self-esteem and a host of other problems, including teenage suicide, as well as drawbacks to enrich- ment programs, pressure to ‘achieve’ and coming home to an empty house. Parents and teachers are offered advice to encourage develop- ment, yet protecting the joy and freedom of childhood. The second part of this review is about a book that is well-known in parenting courses — “How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. These two authors have appeared on television and radio, and held numerous lectures and workshops. The main emphasis of the book is better communication between adults and children. Readers will find this book effective and supportive. Summertime can be atime of pleasant memories but it can also bring families a devastating awareness of problems. These two books from Tanners are a very small sampling of the books that address family problems. 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