HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-11-21, Page 2Robbie Burns Had
An Ear For Music
Burns's corre-pondence with
(George) Thomson provides a fas-
cinating record (d his interest in
and knowledge of Scots song and
Scots music. If any proof were
required that Murdoch's description
of the young Burns as lacking an
ear for mush: was wholly wrong,
these letter- give that proof.
Burns's sensitivity to the qualities
of a melody were remarkable; he
-Could fltstingnish the subtlest vari-
ations between different versions of
the same tune and note what effect
the slightest change had on its
character. It is clear that Burns
did not have a good singing voice,
but it is squally clear that he had
Ian excellent ear. There is fairly
convincing evidence that he learned
to play the fiddle, and it is prob-
able that he used his instrument
to assist hint in transcribing melo-
dies he had heard.
How much musical education
Burns received cannot be deter-
mined. The "sang schools" esta-
blished in Scotland in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries did not
survive into Burns's day, but some
rudiments of musical teaching in
connection with congregational
singing in Church were maintained.
Burns's interest in dancing—which
he shared with the Scotland of his
day, for eighteenth century Scot-
land danced as it has never danced
since — must have further culti-
vated his sense of rhythm and
melody. Dancing in Burns's time
was equally popular in rustic barns
and in city assembly rooms.
Throughout Burns's life Scotland
was humming with dance music,
much of which Burns turned into
song.—From "Robert Burns," by
David Daiches,
(Korea Hot Spot—Symbolic of the
change in KoreUa's weather is
Uhe little stove that Military
Policeman Cpl. Cecil Amaker
roses to help ward off Winter
shills while directing traffic
somewhere in the war zone.
"Woolly Bears"
Ona sunny afternoon, even in
November, you sometimes find
"woolly bears" out and active.
Woolly bear caterpillars, that is,
those fat, furry little fellows who
seen to be wearing mink coats. In
September and all through the
warmth of October they were hur.
rying whenever, one saw them,
driven by some vague compulsion
to find shelter for the Clark, cold
days ahead, Shelter they found in
a dark corner of a quirt shed or in
a woodpile or in a leaf heap some-
where. But a warns sun, even after
heavy frost, can still rouse them;
and man, who thinks of warmth
and shelter in his (twit terms, sees
them seeking a better winter home.
More likely it is a restlessness
beyond our et-snprehenstnn. The
woolly bear. which is the larva of
a small yellow and pink Wroth call-
ed Isla Isabella, hibernates in the
caterpillar stage. Pat the hiberna-
tion probably i3 never as complete
SS the costa of, say the wood-
chuck, Move a woolly hear out into
the warmth, even in Midwinter, and
it comes to almost as active life
as it showed in early autumn. Dis-
turb it however, and it curls into
a black -and - reddish - brown ball
again. I?nt it bark where you found
it and there it probably will remain
hlbcrnactt
Some predict winter by the wool-
ly heir's "fur," but those who study
such matters more or less scienti-
fically insist that the color and
texture of that "fur" is a conse-
quence of past weather, not of
weather to route, The ore cer-
tainty is that when the woolly bear
hibernates winter is corning. And
that is something less than eso-
teric knowledge. Not even a warn)
November afternoon and the sight
pi a woolly bear sunning himself
can alter the fact that there will
be frost in the ground before long
and snow before spring returns,--
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* * *
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„ORT
Y A S1X61TC
As this is written, the Ontario
election is still ten days or so in
the future. When it appears, it will
be over—or just about, What the
result will be 'we do not know—
and tare less than a good citizen
probably should, Still, one of the
claims we never have made is that
of being a G.C.
* * *
So this column will largely be
taken up, this week, with the con-
cluding paragraphs from an open
letter written, a few days ago, by
J. W. Brown of New Liskeard who
happens to be president of the
Canadian Standard Bred horse So-
ciety. The letter is too long to quote
in its entirety, but we think that
the portion we are passing along
will be of considerable interest to
a number of our readers, especially
those—and they are many—who
admire a good trotting or pacing
horse.
* * :r
"The 1951.meeting at Thorncliffe
sustained a loss of $60,000 much of
which was due to the fact that we
were forced to suspend operations
during the Hamilton meeting. When
Gets His Deer The Hard Way --Edward Knipling, 12 year-old
schoolboy, holds the bow and arrow with which he killed the
deer above, shown after 0 was hung on display. in his back
yard, Young Knipling, who delivers papers when he's not out
stalking game, bagged the deer at the Holly River Park.
we resumed (at the conclusion of
Hamilton) our business had drop-
ped 50 per cent from the previous
week. Nonetheless, the Provincial
Government collected $205,000 in
pari-mutuel taxes front Thorncliffe
this year and the horsemen re -
sieved only $129,000 in purses.
* * *
"Our final suggestion was made
to the Premier. We suggested that
some of the tax moneys collected
from wagering at Thorncliffe
should be devoted to the Ontario
Fund for Cancer Research, It was
pointed out that the $400,000 or
more, collected in two seasons,
was an entirely new tax contribu-
tion as harness -racing, previously
had paid token -tax,
only a ***
"It was suggested, furthermore,
that some of these tax funds should
be used by the government to bol-
ster the purse program for harness
racing at Ontario's Fall Fairs. In-
cidentally, in some American states,
moneys for ALL AGRICULTUR-
AL PRIZES at state fairs are paid
out of the pari-mutuel taxes on
racing,
"I submit, sincerely, that these
suggestions were governed by good
sense. The horsemen had been
struggling to make. both ends meet
during the Thorncliffe season and
we reasoned that increased purses
at the Fall Fairs would enable theta
to''break even on their year's oper-
5110115.
* * *
"It has been brought to my at-
tention that representatives of the
present provincial government, who
are contesting seats in the election
of Noventher 22, are making mis-
leading statements concerning tin
harness -racing sitraton,
* * *
"T'tcey satgge't that night liar
ess-racing can be operated nii any
Ontario track, exclusive of the sev-
en ntaj,•r ret rt g-i:,•rse t -arks men-
tioned earlier in this re`iew. The
truth of the matter is that Pad.
mutual wagering is administered
by the federal 1 ve n -ant. under
the provisions of the Criminal Code
of Canada. In other words, 00
NIGHT harness -racing meeting
could be operated in Ontario un-
less the sponsors Inctthey in Clin-
ton, Stratford, or Markham. etc.)
are in Possession of a charter issu.
ed prior to March 29, 1912.
"It is essential that this point
should not be forgotten when the
subject of harness -racing is under
discussion.
* * *
"I ata quite satisfied that the in-
troduction of night harness -racing
to Ontario would triple the value
of Standard Breds in this province,
"As an example; at one United
States sale last year 431 yearlings
were auctioned at an average price
of $1210. I must emphasize that
these yearlings came frotn all types
of farms—large and small.
* *
"In this machine - age, when
work -horses are being slaughtered
for dog -(neat, all the horse -power
that is required on a small farm
still would be a pair of Standard
Bred mares. If the farmer raised
only one colt each year and could
sell it for the above-mentioned
price of $1210 it would prove very
profitable.
* *
"In reviewing this evidence, I
believe that you will have to agree
that never, since Confederation, has
there been such an example of
rank discrimination, Never before
have we had the example of a prov-
incial Premier pampering the mil-
lionaire breeders of thoroughbreds
and the wealthy operators of run-
ning -horse tracks at the expense of
the hundreds and thousands of
farmers who breed and own Stan-
dard Breds,"
Eagle Carries Off
Farmer's Baby
The terrific power in eagle's
talons was grimly demonstrated re-
cently when a highland shepherd,
bending to look at an eagle which
had been shot and wounded, was
attacked by the bird. It fixed one
set of its talons in the shepherd's
neck and would not release its
grip until its foot was short off.
Hares, wild cats and rabbits die
quickly front the constriction of the
eagle's talons alone. The grip is
a.locking one. When the bird bends
its legs to take a hold, a ribbon-
like muscle at its knee locks its
grip, which can only be relaxed by
the extension of the bird's limbs.
It is unusual for eagles to at-
tack humans unless they are pro -
voiced, but in 1937 a farmer in
Sassari, Sardinia, was horrified to
see an eagle swoop down on his
fourteen -months -old son and carry
the child away in its talons.
Fortunately the farmer had his
rifle and managed to bit the eagle.
It fluttered to earth, still holding
the child, and a second shot killed
the bird.
The talons were embedded in the
thick woollen coat the child was
wearing, and he was unharmed.
In 1924 a boy of fourteen, play-
ing golf at Chatham, Ontario, was
lifted six feet in the air when an
eagle pounced on him.
The boy's clothing gave way and
he dropped to the grass. '1'lhe bird
attacked him again but became en-
meshed in a barbed wire fence and
was killed,
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