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• Canada's biggest sports event this
year will be the British Empire and Com-
monwealth Games, From July 30 to Aug.
ust 7 the sun of Vancouver will, be shining
on 750 athletes from at least 22 of the 26
nations in the Co111monwealth. They will
compete In nine events.
Never before have so many amateur athletes from so many
countries gathered in one Canadian city at the same time. In
1951 when the Games were held in New Zealand, 13 countries
were represented,
Planning anything as large as this is a tremendous job. A
full time paid staff has already been working for more than
a year organizing the Games in Vancouver. Dozens of business
men have been devoting time, money and energy in a strictly
voluntary effort.
One of the biggest jobs has been the preparation o1 facilities
for the various events, Vancouver has had to raise money to
build a 35,000 capacity stadium; a 6,000 -seat swimming pool,' a
5000 -seat bicycle track, arid, 50 miles from Vancouver, the great
Vedder Canal had to be put in shape at a cost of thousands of
dollars for the rowing events. Of course, when the Games are
over, these facilities will•remain. Their value totals more than
$2,000,000.
• The stadium being built for the Games will be the largest in
Canada, and the most modern. Later, it will become the home
of the British Columbia Lions' football club in the Western
Federation.
The cycle track, now completed, is said to be the fastest In
the world, and certainly the best in Canada, The swimming
pool, built at the University of British Columbia, will be the
finest in North America, and it's an official Olympic pool.
It's impossible to estimate the number of spectators and
tourists who will flock to British Columbia for the Games:
But those who should know estimate an influx of probably
75,000 over the usual number who visit British Columbia
during that part of the year.
And, of course, many of them will be Americans, who will
continue to spend'further weeks (and dollars) in other parts
of the Dominion,
• Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
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e. PLAIN HORSE SENSE ..
By BOB ELLIS
With the new year the season
of annual meetings and conven-
tions has arrived. All over the
country farmers are getting
ready to take a couple of days
off from their daily chores to go
to town and attend the yearly
gathering of their specific produ-
cer group.
P esidents and secretaries, con-
veners and treasurers are put-
ting tfie last touch to the
speeches and reports which will
ring through the balls of the
Royal York and the King Ed-
ward Hotels in the next two
months.'
Much Ras Been Done
Much has been done in the
past year which wants to be
brought to the attention of the
rank and file to enable them to
form their own opinion on what
needs to be done in the future.
It Is the future to which the
conventions should devote most
of their time. If the reports
were shortened to the bare facts
and the perfunctory greetings
and speeches of most of the very
important personages cut out en-
tirely, more space could be given
on the agendas to "new business."
More To Be Done
Evaluation of past experiences,
constructive criticism, new ideas,
discussion of futureplans from
the floor of the house should all
be welcomed by a progre6sive
and alert leadership.
Farmers are getting familiar
with the idea that they can solve
many of their problems them-
selves, but more, much more, has
to be done to give them the con-
fidence in their own collective
strength and the faith in`etheir
leaders and fellow members,
needed to do the job.
Co-operative Action
We are living in a social order
which favours the growth of
monolithic industrial corporations.
and giant occpuational groups
with; dankerously great powers
concentrated in the hands of a
few; powers so great that they
necessitate frequent interven-
tion of the State to prevent their
abuse and to protect the com-
mon good.
Under these conditions the in-
dividual farmer cannot expect to
get his fair share of the national
wealth and a just return for his
labour. Farmers can, of course,
look to more or less benevolent
governments for handouts with
the inevitable consequence that
they will sink lower and lower
in the estimation of governments
and people, until they end up as
hewers of wood and drawers of
water.
The recognition of this danger
Ied last year to the first large
scale undertakings of co-opera-
tive action in the marketing of
hogs 'and cheese.
Keep Pitching
To stay free and to be masters
of their own fate, farmers will
have to continue on this road.
But to co-operate does not mean
to sit at home and let George do
it; and then squawk because
George did it differently.
It means that everybody
pitches in, makes his financial
contribution and takes his little
share of responsibility, if it is
only by coming to the meetings
and taking part in the decisions.
Let's get out. friends, and get
action,
This column welcomes sug-
gestions, wise or foolish, and all
criticism, whether constructive
or destructive and will try to
answer any question. Address
your letters to Bob Ellis, Box 3,
123 - 18th St., New Toronto, Ont.
IIHe Saver — Dr. Goeran Hagstroorn, of the Epidemic Hospital of
Oothonburg, in Stockholm, Sweden, demonstrates a new light-
weight portable breather. Called a "Takato", the machie weighs
less than six pounds and is entirely hand driven!
What Patterns Mean
To Brick Walls
The brieks that are commonly
built Up to make a wall are 6
Inches long, 4 inches wide, and
ahotlt 21/4 inches thick. The
bricklayer binds them with mor-
tar, which is made by mixing
together with water either lime
and sand, or cement and sand,
1Vlortar, however, is not a strength
to the brickwork, but a weak-
ness, and because the mortar
joint is, a weak point the brick-
layer avoids .arranging his bricks
so that one joint comes directly
over another.
If a wall were built with the
mortar joints directly over each
other, and a heavy . weight,
such as an iron column, were
placed on a part of the wall, all
the mortar 'joints would give
way under the strain, and the
column would sink and push the
bricks down or out. Brickwork
Is built in a regular pattern to.
avoid weak joints, and this pat-
tern is called a 'bond.
Some forms of bond are Ameri-
can, English and .Flemish, In
English bond the brick wall is
built of layers, or "courses," of
bricks laid `alternately, one row
fill lengthwise and the -next row
all endwise. A. brick put length-
wise is called a stretcher; a brick
laid sidewise is called a header.
We can easily see how stretchers
and headers in alternate layers
prevent the weak mortar joints
from coming over each other. In
order to start the rows of head-
ers right, a small piece of brick
has to be built in next to the
first header of the row; and this
piece is called a closer. The pat-
tern of Flemish bond is different,
and some people think it looks
better; each row is composed of
alternate headers alld stretchers.
In American bond five or six
rows of stretchers are so laid
that the 'joints do not come to,
gether.' Then a row of headers
is laid.
Aloha, Mr. New Year—As digni-
fied as any world statesman sit-
ting for an official portrait, Tim-
othy Fern appears to share none
of the reservations that adults
hold for the coming year. Attired
in a top hat and bow tie, Tim
was chosen "Mr, 1954 of the
Hawaiian Islands."
Why, Han' Turns Bray
Some of the cells of our hair
contain a pigment or colouring
matter. As the human body
grows old, most of then lose the
power to make new pigment, so
that the hairs are colourless, or
white, Some people lose the
power to make the pigment when
they are still quite young; others
de not grow grey until they have
reached a very advanced age.
Genera' health and good care
of the hair may aid in keeping
the colour. However, loss of hair
pigment runs in families, and
many physicians believe that it
is a hereditary trait. The condi-
tion of the nervous system has
an effect upon the hair, Persons
under a serious nervous strain
have been known to grow grey
quickly. We hear stories of people
who turned white in a single
night, because of shock, or fright
or fear. Probably these stories
are exaggerations; yet it is true
that men and women under
stress have become white-haired
in a few months.
Scientists have studied for
years, trying to find out 'what
happens in the body that stops
production of the cblour cells. In
some cases, the mysterious little
vitamins play a part. If the body
lacks certain Vitamins of the B
family, the hair may grow grey.
When these vitamins are supplied
the hair has been known 10 re-
gain its colour.
Many animals also grow grey -
with the years. You have noticed
this, of course, among cats and
dogs. It is true of mice and rats
and they are often chosen by
scientists for experimental specs-
Men6,
One of the saddest things in life
is to dee a rnah who It stumped
by a leaky faucet trying to re-
pair the TV set,
lt's'Well Appreciated -- This Korean waif finds it hard to believe
his eyes as he receives a man-size drumstick from Cpl. Joseph
Gallipoli: The boy was among thousands of children who were
' guests of soldiers stationed 1n Korea.
•
' Calling on an old friend over
the Christmas holidays, he hand-
ed es a bunch of ancient turf and
sporting magazines he had dug up
while cleaning out his cellar.
Some of them were dated back
as far as 1909, but the names in
those -would mean nothing to
most of our readers, although we
did happen on the chart of a
race won by a two-year-old call-
ed PAN ZARETA. Remember
PAN-ZARETA, anybody? If you
do, don't admit it, because it was
quite a while back, and no fool-
ing•
e tr
However, in one magazine dat-
ed October, 1932, there were
plenty of names and pictures
that still have a certain interest.
There was a shot of Tod Sloan,
at one time the most publicized
and successful jockey in the
world. By 1932 Sloan had sunk
pretty far down, and the picture
shows him acting as starter for
a turtle race. (Not the sort of
turtles we sometimes bet on, but
the actual reptiles.)
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Then there was a picture of ..
Steve Donoghue congratulating
another English jockey who had
just accomplished the unusual
feat of riding 100. winners • in a
season. The young man's name
was Gordon Richards, who is
now, of course, "Sir Gordon" and
who still boots his hundred or
more per year. Some of thein last
longer than others as, for in-
stance, a photo of a familiar -
looking face with the caption
"P. Remillard led all the riders
by a wide margin at the Mary-
land half mile circuit." The same
Pat who still gets the occasional
winner home although — except
at Dufferin, of course — not an
the half-milers.
*
"Where in the name of Heav-
en have all the fighting young -
stars of this supposedly virile
nation gone to?" - sounds just
like the start of a present-day
column bewailing the lack of
boxing talent, doesn't it? But
here's the way that particular
paragraph goes on. "Mickey
Walker, a real veteran, fighting
Max Schmeling, a lad from Ger-
many; aged and feeble Benny
Leonard mixing it with Jimmy
McLarnin, not so spry himself
any more; Johnny Dundee com-
ing out of the grave to be smack-
ed around by a preliminary
fighter. Why, I'm ashamed Of
my own people. Why can't we
have youngsters doing our fight-
ing?
ghting? It's no sport for old folks
like Leonard and Dundee."
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Which should piove—if any-
thing—that even if the fighters
change over a twenty-year
stretch, the sports writers still
keep moaning on the same note.
*
Here, in another paragraph, is
something that has a familiar
ring. "That guy nobody likes—
Rogers Hornsby—is again out of
work. Funny about Hornsby, he's
been canned in St. Louis, New
York, Boston and Chicago, and
now he wants to try his luck in
the American League." That, we
repeat, was more than 21 years
ago—but Hornsby, the last we
heard of him, was still getting
"canned"!
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We would like to go on and on
quoting from this old magazine,
partly because it's full of inter-
esting stuf and partly — well,
because quoting is a whole lot
easier than trying to grind out
original matter; Still, we must re-
call to you an incident mention-
ed there, one of the most unus-
ual happenings in horse -racing
history. A good title for it might
be "LITTLE WILLIE WAS TRY-
ING ANYWAY."
Harry M. Savage, who has just been appointed publicity director
for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. A farmer newspaperman
who served In the Public Relations Branch of the Royal Canadian
Air Forth In Canada, England, France and Belgium during World
War iI, Savage succeeds G. M. Brown. The latter recently resigned
the pont to take up residence in Vancouver.
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The "Willie" concerned was
Wee Willie Garner, Tater to be-
come a top race -rider but then,
in 1926, an apprentice or "punk".
The occasion was the Queen City
Handicap at Latonia, and Garn-
er had the mount on ROLLED
STOCKING, one of the favorites
to take the race, although pitted
against some of the best colts in
he business. -
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It was a nasty afternoon. For
nearly a week it had rained or
drizzled, and the Latonia track
was fetlock deep in mud. ROLL-
ED STOCKING didn't get any
the best of the break, but Wee
Willie guided him like a veteran.
Down the back side he kept his
mount out of pockets and free
of interference and when they
had turned into the straight and
were an eighth of a mile from
home ROLLED STOCKING was
well out in front. Two lengths
from the wire they were in the
clear and Willie was dreaming of
victory in his first big stake and
his share of the $17,000 purse—
which was a lot of money in
those days, and still is if you
ask us personally,
* * *
Then, without warning, it
happened. ROLLED STOCKING
stumbled and fell. Down went
the two of them, the horse slid-
ing and the jockey thrown clear.
Too surprised to Stove, ROLLED
STOCKING just lay there. But
not Wee Willie. With the soupy
mud streaming from him Garn-
er got to his feet. The second
horse, General Haldeman, still
was three or four jumps away.
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Garner grabbed the reins of
his fallen mount and tried to
stretch hint four or five inches
further, which was all that eves
needed to put the horse's nose
over the wire, Had he been suc-
cessful it would have given the
judges something to puzzle ov-
er, because the horse whose nose
first hits that imaginary line is
the winner. But ROLLED
STOCKING plain refused to co-
operate. He flipped his head
back, not forward, and Wee Wil-
lie couldn't slide him any fur-
ther in the mud.
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And, naturally, General Hal-
deman copped the race.
Still, as we said before, you'd
have to give Willie Garner full
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