Fathering in the Bygone Days of P.E.I.
Youd think it was an airplane cut loose But when the first cars arrived on the Island after the turn of the last century, Albert bought one. And he liked to go fast! Car races were held at the Summerside horse-racing track in the early days of the automobile on P.E.I.: novelty races between the horse races. Frank Woodside inherited his fathers passion for cars. (Dutch Thompson) One sunny holiday afternoon in 1917, Albert and Frank took the familys car, a Chevrolet with a big powerful engine...
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