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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-6-16, Page 3THECatVett SPORTS COLOM(N 4 3 9.. • !!dove you ever been close to a race horse that had broken a leg? U you have seen the agony in the eyes of an injured horse, you are not likely to forget it, ever. And when this happens to three or Pour horses, it's sheer brutality. • It did happen at Britain's Grand N'atianal this year; One horse dropped dead, Three others suffered such injuries that they had to be destroyed, When the race was aver, many Britons protested, and we' think they, were right. The killing Of four horses in one afternoon is definitely not our idea of sport. The Grand National is supposed to be the great test Of equine courage and stamina. But why Snake such a test, anyway? Everybody knows by new that the thoroughbred ,is ,gallant to the death, So why carry on ,with this slaughter, when nothing remains to be determined - except, of course, the sweepstake winners?` There is something wrong withthe conditionsof a race In which only nine out of 29 starters are able to finish. The Aintree course has thirty obstacles. One shudders to see courageous horses charging at those obstacles, only to crash with broken legs, broken necks, broken backs, 'foundering in helpless agony until mercifully dispatched. This is a. changing world. We like to think it's a less cruel world than when there flourished in Britain and else- where such vicious "sports" as bull -baiting, dog fighting and such. Standards are being relaxed, for humans. Why not for horses? The Aintree course need not necessarily be shortened. Four miles 856 yards is not an unreasonable distance for a horse of good breeding. But the obstacles should be lowered, the ditches narrowed. A few changes in the Aintree layout could make it less hazardous, less of, a suicide course. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge ST., Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURG. ONTARIO .. PLAIN HORSE SENSE HORSE .e By F. (BOB) VON If "eternal vigilance" is "the price of freedom;" Ontario farm- ers have been caught napping. No protest has been voiced against, no explanation has been offered for the clipping of the wings of freedom, so deftly per- formed by the Ontario Govern- ment when it enacted the new Milk Industry Act in the waning hours of the last session of the Legislature. Subject to Approval. To make the ,election of repre- sentatives of a_group, any group, subject to the approval of a government appointed board is an assault on . the franchise of every citizen in .this province. This is exactly what happen- ed in section 14, of the new act which gives the Board power "to designate" representatives, if "the Board is 03 the opirii0 that the representatives named by the persons that are required to bargain collectfttelj' are not re- presentatlte of such persons," If the farmers In the Ontario Legislature, were snoozing•peace- fully while this, section was be- ° ins passed, where were the re- presentatives of the teachers, the doctors, the unions of all those people who are organized for group action and collective` bar- gaining. Not even the professional de- fenders pf ' human' rights And civil freedom, the daily press, raised any objeetionst as a' mat- ter of fact the press did not seem to grasp, the meaning of this piece of legislation and did not bother to mention it. PIL1S Objectionable Principle Once the principle of election subject to government approval has been accepted and a prece- dent been set by one group of people, it can easily be extend- ed to other groups. How would, for instance, organized labor react if a simi- lar provision were written into the Labour Relations Act? Eventually a government may stumble unto the idea that it should have the right to approve of the representatives elected by the people to parliament; and perhaps if it is of the opinion that they are not representative of the persons who elected them, that itshould have the right to "designate" others in their place. . It' has happened in Germany, in Russia, in Spain.. Who says "It can•'t happen here"? Let's have more democracy, not less. This column welcomes criti- cism, eonstructive or destructive and suggestions, wise or other- wise. Address all mail to Bob Von Pilis, Whitby Ontario. UNEDUCATED! Confronted with the sentence a naughty boy had chalked on the school wall about a teacher — . "Smith is a lunatic" — twe little girls, horrified, expressed their disapproval. "Isn't that terrible, "What a thing to write!" "It's awful," agreed the' other, "It.., should be ;'Mr.' Smith, shbuldn't it?" Who Cares? — "Pierre" doesn't. it's sufficient that he''s been bray. enoughcls ibis thin bridge at Vincennes Zoo, in Parke, filo France. The deep-freeze put on by the penguins on tother sl makes no -never -mind. Pierre has a bouquet for the lgdy, of the. air-conditioned Arctic evening — so who cares? (Says Pierre.) Mike Couldn't Lose On St1 Patrick's Day Years ago,'Mike lvlcTigtle was one Of Amer'i.ca's greatest fight- ers. "Bald ?Michael" they nick- named him and'he was as fancy a Dan as ever stepped in a roped arena. Mitre fought them, all, from middleweights to heavy- Weights, But he had one dream— t() win the light- heavyweight championship of 'the 'world, In ' 1922, Bold Michael found favor with tame : Fortune for he was Offered o fight in England against, Georges Carpentier for the w o r 1 d 1 ig h t -heavyweight championship a n d 515,b00 to boot, Mike' McTigue quickly packed and .1of these shores, At last his: big chance had come. Ile had within his -grasp a word's title and to make sure there would be no slip-up, he began to train as soon as he got onthe boat. One -morning when the ship was a few days at sea,the cap- tain came to Mc'Pigue with a cable in hand and said: "Sorry, McTigue, `itis bad news. I have ;for you. You .can stop your run- ning - and , training. D'ja hear about the Senegalese?" McTigue looked puzzled and replied: "Who's he and why bother Die with him — I'm busy training for my title fight with Carpentier." The captain shook his head and said; "There isn't going to be a fight for the title, Last night Battling Siki knocked out Car- pentier — just got the news by wireless, So there was 112cTigee with no fight, once again frustrated in his quest for the title. The 'boat stopped in Queenstown, so Me- 'Tigue, being a good Irishman, got off .to tread. the Ould Sod once . again. Here,.. he found plenty of trouble he hadn't look- ed for because the Black and the Tan conflict raged' in alI its' fury and travel was difficult.i How- ever,he managed to motor down to Iiimerick only tti . find,. the Shannon between him and his, native County Clare. Finally he found a man who would set him across for ten shillings but when. McTigue got to the river, h?saw that all he had wag a,little row- boat. Halfway across, a storm arose, the ivind howled, the waves lashed and 811. ' but sank the rowboat, but •Mike,McTigue crossed the River Shannon— wealty, worn-out and drenched to the skin. A few days later, he was approached by a Dr. George Devine, an Irish 'sports- man, who said; "Mike, how would you like to fight Siki-I'm going to Paris and may be able to arrange it?" "Fine! Fine!" McTigue shouted happily, "Pll start training right away!" The very next day, he went out in the, country to do some road. work. But no sooner did he begin to run'than a bullet whizzed by his ear. McTigue was plainly frightened to death! Suddenly, he saw a British Tommy appear from behind d tree, with his rifle cocked for action. "'What are you shootin' at me for?" screamed Mike Mc- Tigue. "I'm only doin' a little road work!" The soldier looked at McTigue and gruffly barked: "I've' got orders to shoot •anyone wha runs!" So that was the end of Mike's road work. In about ten days, McTigue heard from Dr. Devine who ordered McTigue to renew train- ing for a Sika battle. But Mc- Tigue refused to start road work in Dublin for he had no desire to be mistaken for a clay pigeon by trigger -nervous British Tom- mies. Since Battling Siki was unable to come into England, it was decided to stage the fight on St, Patrick's Day, and, of all places, in Dublin. This famous meeting between Battling Siki and Mike McTigue was held in 1923, The arena was jammed tothe rafters with a wild, shouting, frenzied mob of Irishmen. British Tom - m i e s patrolled the rooftops, covering the crowd with their guns. It was a bitter battle from the opening gong, 'and all through the fight, the wild crowdroared at McTigue: "Come on, Mc- Tigue—nobody can lick an Irish - t man on St. Patrick's Day!" It goes without saying that Mc Tigue won the decision. • BULL'S - EYE Some,; of you boys vlhothink you're pretty good with. a rifle, how abort trying, the following for an acid test: 1 Kndck the bung out of a keg and roll the keg downhill. When it is tellii'lg at !the proper speed, tire a bullet through, the bung- hole. If .DOnditixis are right, ,the bt llitt lM1i' peas through°the kefi's itital"l&r just as•it has edsztpletelyy Poelllad over; and the slug ' r pgo'Lttof the keg through the bttpghole by whichtered. A:good,sideman Qu14bS . shoot a4 eueh re d lie� ps d} and t t e #e bt day not. p t �F hole In OTem. For Kitten's Britches, Too — Children's traditional "smarty pants" answer to a question, "cat's fur to make kittens' britches," isn't too far from the truth, Scientists are producing a number of pro- ducts from the common plant, the swamp cattail, and believe the byproducts could someday help fill the world's food and fiber needs. Pr. Ernest Reed, seated, director of the Cattail Research Center, and researcher Leland Marsh examine .fibers from„ the plant. On table, from left, some byproducts of their research are: Coital! roots, which, when prepared, can be eaten like potatoes; cattail flour, and cookies baked from the flour; fiber, a bundle of cattail stems, and pieces from the stems used.for caulking barrels. Toronto papers recently devot- ed considerable space to the trip to Athens undertaken by Mayor Allen, Lamport and Hydrp Com- missioner Robert Saunders. Their purpose, as you nn;doubt know, was to try and have the Queen City selected as the site of the Olympic Games. Naturally;, most folks thought that the boys were aiming, at the Olympics for 1960 or 1964. But now it appears that a whole lot of cities—Toronto in- cluded—thought there was a chance to out -bitable Melbourne, Australia, for the 1956 brawl, and wanted to be on the spot on the offchance that the plum would fall into their laps, But it just didn't happen to work out that way, largely through the efforts of an English bloke who used -to be a bit of an athlete himself, and who still seems to think that sportsman- ship should be -as big a factor in sports as gate receipts or tourists' spendings. Here, according to Sydney Skil- ton of The Christian Science Monitor, is what went on over there in Athens. Back. in London with the sense of a mission ,well accomplished is -Lord Burghley. The former Olympic champion and now British Olympic chief, has re- turned from Athens, where at the. annual convention of the In- ternational Olympic d'ommittee he balked' , -mpts by a num- ber of 'cities .o get the Olympic Gaines of 1956` away from Mel- bourne, * * * These cities sought to take ad- vantage of a dilemma in which the Australian organizers found themselves through no fault of their own. Because of federal 'Pleaded — 'Third baseman George 1411 hangs up his Plosion Red vnlform after a plame with the Yankees in New York. Kell was {itforltied pite r the granae Iltat Ile hod bean traded to the CMeoga White Sox. Ars imposed quarantine regulations, horses 'required forthe eques- trian events 'had to arrive six clear months before the Olym- pics. The Australian Govern- ment with their vast -cattle and agricultural trade would not consider even the slightest re- laxation of these quarantine laws. Thus the Melbourne or- ganizers had to report to the I.O.C.. that the facilities for the full equestrian schedule existed, but only those mounts fulfilling the quarantine regulations would be able to participate, • * * It was a situation which nei- ther the Melbourne organizers nor the I:O,C. had foreseen. But when it had been explained at Mexico City during the 1953 convention the Australians had been given a unanimous vote of confidence. Since, however, cer- tain cities found that to elimi- nate or shift the equestrian events from Melbourne would necessitate a change in the Olympic constitution. Such a change required a two-thirds majority vote. Without that two - third majority there could be no •change and therefore no Games at Melbourne. Which meant that any one of the 18 cities prepared to stage them might be invited to take over. So frenzedly the propaganda wheels began to whirl, * * * They were whirling when the delegates began .to make their way to Athens and it appeared that certain countries reluctant for political, financial or other • reasons to send their competitors all the way to Melbourne would take advantage of this situation and utilize their votes to get the Games away from "down under." * * * Such an idea appalled Lord Burghley, Before leaving for Athens he stated "Australia is one of Only four countries to have supported every Olympic festival from the first in 1896. In order to do so their competitors have been sent at great expense halfway round the world, They have competed out of their own season at no small inconvenience to themselves. They deserve a break down -under and every fair-minded sportsman should do his best to see that they get it," 1' * * The Federation Equestre In. ternationele, which is the world controlling body for equestrian- ism, fevered a move of its events from Melbourne on the grounds that to stage them there Would deny many young horsemen the distinction of participating in Olympic competition, which is the apex, of their sport. To give the Games a miss in 1956 would mean that a period of eight years would elapse between two Olympic competitions and so preclude some of the world's best horsemen ,'hen at their peak, * * * Thus T,ard Burghley had f4eliff 'eti port Icor the proposal Initiated et it.thens, It waret juet for thie one occasion S IQ5trign events' be staged eTv)lere tbett et the main CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BABY amass nA7r OLP and started gili0kp available, Mixed, Pullets, Prompt hhipmetlt. 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He pointed out that such a move would in no way create a dangerous prece- dent because new rules are now being prepared by the I.O.C. which will in future safeguard against such contingencies as this unforseeable quarantine. problem. * * * We now know that the neces- sary two -third majority to amend the Olympic program was obtained and that by a 15 - vote majority the equestrian championships were allocated to Stockholrh. Hosts in the Swedish capital city propose to stage them in the stadium that was used for the 1912 Olympic Games near the end of June or at the outset of July. Which means that with the Winter Olympic Games taking place in Italy in February and March and the main fesitval at Mel- bourne in November and De- cember the 1956 Olympic year is going to set a new record for extent and * * longevity. 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