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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-9-23, Page 9IME Calvert SPORTS COLUMN 4E e 7,4. • A lot of people helieye thorodigh'bred horse-raejng to be a completely commer- Mal undertaking, the accent on dollars, with no sports overtones. With such folk, the much -abused term "improvement of be breed" is strictly for laughs. Rut admitting racing to be the most completely -commercialized of sports, it possesses, paradoxical- ly, cross-sections that are rich in generosity and sentiment, The Quebec King's Plate, oldest race in America, %Minded in 1830, when, according to tradition, British soldiers raced through the fields at Three Rivers for the guineas donated by King William. IV„ furnishes instances of lavish outlay made merely to preserve a sentimental sequence, Breeding of thoroughbred race -horses in Quebec province doe$ not and never has achieved the proportions of that in- dustry inthe sister - province . of Ontario, Quebec IS not so well suited, climatically, for rearing thoroughbred stock, And so the Quebec Plate race, as such, dwindled for lack of equine support, until its scope was broadened and it was opened to all 3 -year olds of Canadian breeding. Even that has not proven successful. In the Last two years, despite the $5,000, added purse offering each year, the race has been run as a betless undertaking, the sponsoring club thus getting no return whatever for its purse outlay by the or- dinary avenue of wagering through the mutuels, In"fact, since 1927, when only one horse faced the starter' to race for purse and royal guineas, there have been nine bet - less runnings, meaning that the sponsoring club got no returns via the tnutuelss. Instead, the sum of $14,500, was paid out to the winning horse in these years and half as much again to the old placed horses. In 1927, there was a Walk -over for Saguenay. Naturally, with one horse, there was no betting. In 1928, and for three years in a row starting in 1933, again in 1945, 1949, 1952 and 1953, Me race was run as a betless affair. The highest purse given a whiner in this list was $3,910., which went to Ontario - owned Chain Reaction this year. The least was $250,, to Tor- brui in 1945; Jim Fah got $2,465., when Last Mark won a bet- less race hi 1649r30, it's a "minus"proposition, There is no compulsion on the club to stage the Plate re- newals. The advertising value of the race, in Quebec, is neg- ligible as compared with tire tremendous interest generated in Ontario each year. But the annual running goes on, so that America's oldest race shall not fall into disuse, and the Rion - airing club cheerfully pays the freight. And over $20,000., we think, is a generous price to pay for the maintenance of those qualities which the cynical insist do not exist in racing- sen- timent and tradition. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge Sf„ Toronto. CaLvtrt DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTRUR0, ONTARIO ..plain Horse Sense.. by BOB ELLIS Accepting our invitation for suggestions, wise or, foolish, John E " Flett, Welland, Ont., writes;.. "You' will recall last year when the Canadian dollar. changed its status from discount currency to a premium cur- rency, many American maga- zines , contained feature articles on Canada, including "For- tune."'t Tl3d editor of The Financial Post, 'tri commenting on the Fortune artincle, said 'the writ- er repeated the old fiction about the tyemendnug • cost to Canada of maintaining her independ- ence'. I wrote the Post .editor mentioning that there was no information about Canada which. was available to, him, which was not available with equal facility to the` Fortune writer, that' no doubt" the Fortune writer had given studious consideration to everything which he had said and was convinced of, its cor- rectness." "I suggested that the Post editor get together with the Fortune writer and go into the subject I pointed out that every time a Canadian paid a higher price for "an article in Canada than was paid by an American for such article (less, of course, the tax on it) he was paying his part of Canada's maintaining her independence." Canadian Foodstuffs Cheaper Mr. Flett's letter continues: "The editor answered saying he thought well of my idea of his getting `into touch with the For- tune writer and would give it consideration." "Ile ,mentioned ._foodstuffs ..be- ing cheaper iii Canada as an off- set to higher cost in Canada of manufactured goods, Nothing was done about my suggestion to the Post editor that I know of." "The writer makes this sug- gestion toyou, that you explore. this field. After years of thought given the subject, the writer is. convinced that there ought to be economic union with the U.S.A.' even ' if it meant sub- sidizing industries which might be adversely affected by remov- al of the tariff. The Canadian Would save s0 much in buying at the same price as the Amer- ican that the cost of the sub - sidles would be paid for many times over." Canadian Wages Lower Mr. Flat says ` that "even things which ought to be cheap- er in Canada, froze" fish, 'can- ned milk and tobacco (includ- ing cigarettes) even allowing for the difference in the taxes, where there are taxes, are much cheaper in the States," "American summer residents in Canada buy their groceries in the States when they live near the border as they do here in Welland County: Cigarettes in the States after paying American tax can be bought about the same price as Canadian cigar- ettes cost after deducting the Canadian cigarette tax." "The Canadian gets lower wages than his American cousin doing the same work. This is another of labor's contributions to Canadian economic independ- ence," Conclusion Mr, Flett concludes his letter by saying that he "can only see Canadian economic independence costing Canadians billions 'year- ly with but little on the other side of the ledger to counter- balance" , and that he "would like to hear the ideas of a man who writes as sensibly and as well as you do." Gratefully acknowledging the compliment entailed in the last paragraph, this columnist -- al- though he holds strong views on the subject -prefers to present it to his readers for their con- sideration, discussion and ex- pression of views. Economic union with the United States would mean bigger returns for Canadian farmers, higher wages for Canadian workers and lower ,prices for Canadian consumers. On the other hand economic union is usually followed by political inion. Canadians who do not seem to feel strongly about a flag or an anthem of their own, perhaps would prefer economic advan- tages to Independence. Or would they? • This column welcomes sug- gestions, wise of foolish, and' all criticism, whether constructive or destructive and will try to answer any question. Address your `letters to Bob Ellis, Box 1, 123 - 18th Street, New Toronto, Ont. TiHEY EAT MONEY New isstte . of banknotes recent- ly put into currency at Nagpur, India;. has . become extraordinari- ly popular with ants -white ants which abound In the district, The ants make a meal of the notes as Often as they can, One bundle Of38,000 rupees (about $9,0d0) was 80 badly damaged that it had to be replaced by fresh notes :tram a reserve bank, Hopeful Dodger -Brooklyn Dodger right fielder Carl Furillo rests his weary and broken bones, at his home in Reading, Pa. The league's leading batter suffered a broken finger in afight with New York Giant mandger Leo Durocher. Prize -fighters -and their man- agers -are tops when it conies to making alibis. You could count on the toes of a cork leg the number who ever admitted that they were beaten on the level. "What do I have to do to win a decision - kill a guy?" is an oft-heardexpression a r o u n d dressing -rooms and gymnasi- ums. n * * Actually there was one fighter who really had to "kill a guy" in order - - - not to win a .decision but to get recognition as a box-office attraction. He was the one and only Primo ' Carnera. • s s Primo Carnera was an un- known circus roustabout in Paris some twenty years ago when he was invited to take part in a prize fight by Mississippi -born Jeff Davis Dickson in the Salle Wagram. Every one whistled in astonishment at his size and proportions, but he was knocked out ignominiously in two rounds. Carnera should have been promptly forgotten as an awk- ward and clumsy clown. But there was one man in the audi- ence who had watched the big fellow's lumbering endeavotu's and this man was a shrewd lit- tle manager named. Leon See. He took the big Italian under his wing, `to start one of the most amazing careers in boxing history. . * * * Carnera was brought to Am- erica. In some way, he picked up managers as sugar picks up flies. He soon had half -a -dozen of them and his earnings were being cut more ways than an apple pie in a boarding house. a * * Primo's managers, who had spent more time in prisons than the tiger -toothed gent had spent on earth, fixed up a series of fixed bouts, They made sure the big boy could not lose by making business -like arrange- ments beforehand, sometimes through persuasion, often en- ough by means of threats and a show of force, Through all this Carnera went his simple way, never knowing that he was meeting, stumble -bunt:;, - tankers, and diving specialists; ' The public was aware that most of . the bouts that Carnera 'fought ,were rom Gorgonzola. But the public made at least one mistake. ' R * f Primo was matched to fight a heavyweight of promise named Ernie Schaaf, The six-foot sev- en-inch 270 -pound giant tower- ed over his 'opponent in the ring, The whisper was out that the fight was another one of those, boat -rides. When Schaaf. dropped to the canvas from what most spectators thought was• a"light jab, howls' of 'rage went up. Even as the fight fans were yelling "Fake)", Ernie Schaaf was being carried to the hospital in an unconscious state. And the debate was still raging a few days later when the electrify- ing news came from the hospit- al that Schaaf was dead. An autopsy revealed that he had died of a brain injury. * * Ironically enough, it was only now that Carnera began to be taken seriously. He was finally matched for the world's heavy- weight title. e a : What a surprise that .fight turned out to bel Ponderous, clumsy Primo Carnera, the man who had been built up On the basis of a phony reputation, turned in a splendid exhibi- tion of skill and punching power as he. outfought, outsmarted and outboxed clever Jack' Sharkey for the coveted crown. * 4 * It was Camera's supreme mo- ment as a prize fighter. Soon after, the Amiable Alp was slaughtered in the ring by the magnificent playboy heavy- weight, Maxie Baer, Mix French dressing in an 8 - oz. baby's nursing bottle. You can measure ingredients easily against .the ounce markings on the side of the bottle. To mix, screw on the cap and shake bottle vigorously. Dead Man Walks By Black Magic During recent years it has become She vogue for scientists and explorers 10 declare that black magic is nothing more than the science of poisoning, But can all the mysterious happenings -deaths, illnesses, changes of temperament in the "victims," ascribed to black magic, be ex- plained away so simply? Certainly, the poisons used by witch -doctors can be virulent and deadly, In the Kraals of the Zulus and the Bechuanas,"witch. doctors use a deadly ordeal poison brewed from the pods of the camelthorn, a common bushveld tree. It is a simple matter for the witch -doctor, bribed by an ambitious native to get rid of an enemy, to accuse the victim of tome crime or other, then make him face a test to establish his innocence or guilt, Proved Their Innocence An instance of this ocearred some years ago. Witch -doctors lined up a selected number of 1 raalsmen, including the sus- pect, and made all take a sip at the gourd of 'the "umu-nga", brew containing the poison. In a few seconds the "guilty man" - with his astonishing belief in the omnipotence of the witch -doctor. -was shrieking in his death throes. And what of the others? They knowing of their innocence, sat stolidly nursing the terrific pains that threatened to tear them apart! This is a typical example of the use of poison combined with auto -suggestion, the poi- son alone being too weak :to kill. That poison, incidentally, was crude prussic acid. But can "poison" explain the story of the "man who may live for ever"? According to an eye- witness account, this inexplic- able happening occurred in Tibet, in the presence of the Grand Lama, "Corpse" Sat Up "Then entered a host of monks carrying huge, flaming torches, and they seated themselves in a large circle. The Grand Lama prayed, and at that moment eight men entered carrying, a huge stone coffin containing one who apeared to be dead. "I was given the privilege of examining the body," relates the eye -fitness. "There was no pulse, no audible heart -beats; the body was stone cold." Then the Grand Lama uttered some words in -a strange langu- age. The corpse opened its eyes sat up, and with the assistance of two monks walked to the Grand Lama, bowed and returned walking backwards, to its' cof- fin. In a moment or two the body was lifeless again. According to the Grand Lama the man was hundreds of years old, and was likely to go on "living" for ever! Secret Poison? Can our incredulous minds ac- cept this story? Was the man drugged with some subtle paralys- ing poison and living in a trance state? Was the eye -witness hy- pnotized into believeing what he saw? Again, what of the tree that withered at a command? A de- votee of Yoga, the mystic Hindu system of philosophic meditation, walking with a learned profes- sor in a vineyard, addressed an aged tree thus: "Thouhast done well; thou hast weathered the storm and protected my soul. Now hast thy time come to depart from this world of vanity and nothing- ness. Die now, and come to life no more." The tree immediately withered. And proof that it really did die was provided by photographs taken of the dead tree Was it secretly "poisoned" overnight? Did the Yogi hypnotize the pro- fessor into believeing he saw a live tree which was really already dead? Was it simply coincidence --or .some supernatural power? A. J. 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