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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-3-31, Page 3IHECatvett SPORTS COLUMN ,lsem 7 emd4k • What has been described as "the world's toughest horse race" will be run again this week — oyer fences, hedges, water ditches and other hair-raising ob- stacles — thirty in all — along a course of four miles and 856 yards. The horses, six year olds and older, will Barry stagger- ing weights of 179 lbs. and more. That's Finland's famous Grand National, run over the equally fa- mous Aintree course, just outsidef Liverpool. And there always are strong -limbed, stout-hearted horses available in sufficient numbers to make the Grand National a dramatic event, despite the many hazards, In 1929, there were as many as 66 entries, an all-time high, The owners of Greg- alach, the 1929 winner, took home the largest purse in Grand National history — nearly sixty-five thousand dollars, Records don't show whether any Grand National race of the past saw every contestant fall. It is quite possible. It Is a matter of record, however, that the one -two -three finishers in one Grand National event had all fallen during the race and been remounted, This is fully permissible under the track rules. A fallen horse may be remounted; it may even reach the finish line with a rider other than the one with. whom it started out, Perhaps one of the most dramarlit Grand Nationals in re- cent years was that in which'foyfetwo horses started and forty-one fell along the way, 7r3hat,'ss Tipperary Tim's year. Billy Barton fell at the last •obst'rele, was remounted and finished second, the only hors, 'other than the winner to complete the race. The jumping hazards of this race are almost unbelievable, Fourteen obstacles have to be covered twice. Ten are thorn .• fences up to five feet in height and 3'5" wide. Two five -by - three foot obstacles have six-foot ditches on their take -off sides; two others are five-foot fences with natural brooks. One of the toughest jumps is over an open 9'9" ditch with a depth of over five feet. To make the event even more unique, amateurs partici- pate in about equal numbers with professional jockeys. And such is the nature of the race that a good amateur stands practically the same chance of success- as a professional jockey. Or vice versa, depending on the horse. Your comments and suggesflons for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge Sf.; Toronto. CaLvtt DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTSURO, ONTARIO Research Affects Our Comfort Years of research which cul- minated recently in the launch- ing of the U.S. Navy's atom - powered submarine, the Nauti- lus, will pay dividends for Cana- dian housewives right in their rooms. In their search for material to be used in the interior of the submarine, the designers laid down the following require- ments: It must be durable and wear -resistant. 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As a result of experiments and research carried on in recent years by the tanners of uphol- stery leather — the leather that covers chairs and sofas, decor- ates table tops• and beautifiies new automobiles — there have been developed leathers which have the feel and beauty of high fashion, and are more wear -resistant than ever before. In automobiles, leather is be- ing used more widely every year because it has been found that it will outlast the life of the car, and adds less to the price than the seat covers that the average motorist buys over the years. So, the next time you slide across leather into the driver's seat, or stretch out in a com- fortable leather chair, think kindly of the men on the Nauti- lus. They helped you get where you're sitting. This cute' little showcard writer is Arlene Williams seen here pulling the finishing (ouches on a sign for the National Home Show which 1s being held in the Industry Building, Toronto, for eight days commencing April 2. The Show will have an extensive display of the latest equipment and services for the planning, building, decorating and furnishing of a home, The Warm Chinook One does not ordinarily skate along a wilderness river in the subarctic. Pressure, snow, break- ups, and always varying water levels combine to leave the icy surface of a northern stream a rough and jumbled mass. The three day we'd just had Of extreme cold, however, had clogged the regular channel with ice. The waters of the Peace River ate always flowing on their extreme journey of more than 2,400 miles, even when the great stream is soin- nolent with winter, 'so now these waters. overflowed. This excess of moisture, filling crev- ices and depressions as it swell- ed upward and outward, had soldified so quickly that it re mained a glassy bulge along either shore. Daws} this we glided, holding out our arms to catch the impetus of the ehinook wind that warmed our backs...,. The trough of the wide river channel, bounded by the shore itself and then by "yellowish cutbanks and eventually by wooded hills, was suffused with intense blue that filled it like liquid dye. Above this profun- dity, the hues lost saturation and gained in brilliance as they varied through powder blues, lilacs, and mauves until finally shading into pinks. High clouds, bright with the still bidden sun, were serene yellows and golds against a pale azure sky too remote to be influenced by the earthbound river. Lowe r wind -hurtled clouds, streaming from the pur- ple west toward the carnation- pink horizon in the east, took on the chromatic tints charac- teristic to their elevations. Few spectacles during a northern winter, I decided, can be lovlier than the gentle color- ation of a ehinook. The ice Got A Horsel-,The trotting oxen cover the track at Aisling, Bavaria, at a speed of five m,p.h, as number 5, who seems to be bucking for last place, puts on a last-minute spurt to win. The "Oxen Derby" has been a tradition there since 1850. and snow of the river were re- lieved by the blue -deepened reflections caught by pools and Streaks of overflow. There was the occasional roar of green water, rushing from beneath the enslaving ice to have a burst of freedom before being im- prisoned again. Snow -garlanded banks were festooned a half mile below the cabin with Mtge icicles, the frozen output of springs. Chinooks here start *as warm damp winds from an arm of the Pacific Ocean, so warmed by the Japanese Current that the win- ters in Alaskan seacoast towns west of us are not as extreme as those in cherry -blossoming Washington, D.C, The heavy winds lose their moisture in the mountains. By the time they reach here, they're as balmy as a spring breeze. — From "At Home in the Woods," by Vena and Bradford Anglier. "The poor silly blighters pull their blinkin' arms for arf an 'our until they're purple in the fice — and wot do they get for it all, I arsk you? Not a bieedin' tuppence or a pinto' bitter!" * ♦ The above, slightly purified, is supposed to have been a Cock- ney's reaction to seeing his first Oxford - Cambridge Boat Race, the hundredth rowing of which is due to take place on April 3rd. Actually the first such race took place a century and a quarter ago, but what with a couple of World Wars and such, and the fact that, in the beginning, it wasn't an annual event, it has taken the lads 125 years to reach their Centennial. ♦ * * And if there is anything in sport that is purely amateur, it is this famous event. The Cock- ney was right — the oarsmen don't get either cash or et a cup or medal. There is no o- phy or anything of the sort, nothing but glory and a good sweat — and, possibly, a duck- ing in the Thames. t * * Nor has there ever been, so fax as we can Learn, even the breath of scandal in connection with the event, although there is plenty of betting involved. The athletes are always level- ling, it seems, with no hints of any sure -thing gambler ever trying to "stiffen" one of the entrants in an effort to make a fast buck. M ♦ * Up to now Cambridge have come ,down in. front 54 times, Oxford 44. Back in 1877 they rowed to a dead heat, although it might have been different if the photo -finish camera had been working. Come to think of it, we doubt if they bad any photo - finish cameras then, ♦ w So, take it all in all, this Ox- ford -Cambridge' thing is an event almost unique in sport. And just in case you have followed us this far, bless you, here are some of the outstanding happen- ings in previous races. * ♦ e 1829 — Inaugural race at Hen- ley, 1836 — Cambridge colors were ejlanged from pink to light blue. 1841 -- Weights of .crews re- corded for first time. 1846 — Present Putney -Mort- lake (41/4 miles) 'course selected, 1849--- Only year in which OM races were rowed. 1854 — Cambridge had light - 1868 C. It. W. Tottenham est crew On record, average 1501/4 pounds. 1866 — Race held annually from this date except for World War `years. 1858 — Oxford stroke "caught a crab." 1859 — Cambridge, with two nonswimmers, submerged 300 yards from finish. 1860 — Win by Cambridge in 26m. 5s. is slowest for Putney - Mortlake course. x 1862 — Cambridge in F. H. Ar- cher (74 pounds) had lightest cox on record. 1864 — Royalty watched for first time. 1865 — Cambridge shell was smashed by tug after finish. coxed Oxford to fifth successive victory — a record. 1889 — Frank Willan, Oxford, fust oarsman to win four times. '1873— Sliding seats used for first time,' 1876 — Winning posts erected at Mortlake, 1877 - First,and so far only, dead -heat, • 1882 — tri.. T. Higgins, Oxford, lightest stroke on record (1321 pounds). 1886 — Agreed to restart race on other side of bridge if the crews overlapped in temporary narrow archway during repairs at Hammersmith. 1898 — Both boats 'tarry in- flated bladders. 1899 — Cambridge, coached by W, A. L. Fletcher, Oxford, win for first time in 10 years, 1904 — Earliest start on rec- ord, 7:45 a.m, - 1906 — Winner Cambridge was challenged by Harvard, con- queror of Yale. Cambridge won by two lengths. 1912 — Both boats sank in snowstorm. Oxford won re -row in gale. 1925 — Oxford waterlogged, Cambridge finished alone. 1932 — Cambridge equaled Ox- ford's old record of nine consec- utive wins. 1935 — Oxford's heaviest crew in race. Average 181 pounds per oarsman. 1936 — Cambridge won for thirteenth successive time -- a record — with heaviest crew ever in rice. Average 182.625 pounds per oarsman. 1937 — Oxford, adopting swiv- el rowlocks, won for first time since 1923. 1946 — Oxford won first race in series resumed after World War 11. 1948 — Cambridge won in rec- ord time of 17m. 50s. 1950 — Race televised stroke by stroke for first time, 1952 — Closest finish since dead heat of 1877. Oxford won by "a canvas." .. PLAIN HORSE SENSE.. By BOB ELLIS Halifax, N.S. On a foggy afternoon of last week forty students represent- ing eight Maritime universities assembled in the chamber of the Legislature of Nova Scotia to hold the first students' parlia- ment. The assembly was modeled after the House of Commons in Ottawa and conducted strictly according to the rules of the House. Matters dealt with were mainly the same that have been and are being discussed in the Federal House. ' Federal MP's Help There were 20 Progressive Conservatives, 17 Liberals, 2 CCF and one National Republic member seated on the floor of the House, To assist the young people who have little or no ex- perience in parliamentary pro- cedure several member's of par- liament had come from Ottawa to lead their respective parties in the first session. Secretary of State, Mr. Pick- ersgill who led the Liberals tried to form a coalition with the CCF and offered to introduce a Na- tional Health Insurance Plan. However, the two CCF members refused to be taken in and Mr. Pickersgill declined to form a minority government. Rather reluctantly the Pro- gressive Conservatives, under the leadership of David Fulton, member for Kamloops, B.C., then undertook to form a government, their 20 members were opposed by exactly the same number an the other side' of the House. Practically every vote taken re- sulted in a tie Which had to be broken by the Speaker in the person of Hon. R. E, Romeke, former Speaker of the N.S. Leg- islature. Throne Speech Debate The Speech from the Throne was read by tion. Chief Justice Ilsley acting as Governor-Gen- eral. After the customary two speeches from the government side and the motion for accept- ance of the government pro- gram, Mr. Pickersgill as leader of the Loyal Opposition moved . an amendment criticising the government for not making pro- visions in their program for Na- tional Health Insurance after having campaigned for it in the last election. The amendment was support- ed upported by Colin Cameron, member for Nanaimo, B.C., as leader of the CCF, who scored both Lib- erals and Conservatives, for talk- ing about social measures with- out taking action. He also mov- ed a subannendrnent regretting the failure of the government to propose steps to widen world trade and to enact legislation for the establishment of National Marketing Arterioles for farmers and fishermen, Both amendments were de- feated. 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