The Seaforth News, 1955-06-02, Page 7abed SPORTS COLUMN
0 The final Line in ane of the Most
colorful chapters iii Canadian thorough-
bred racing will be written on June 11
when, for the last time, a Queen's Plate
race will be contested over the ancient
Woodbine track at Toronto, oldest of ail
Canadian Race Courses.
It will be the 90th running of the oldest continuously -run
classic on the American continent. In actual quality of horse-
flesh this race doesn't pretend to measure up to the Epsom
Derby, or the Kentucky Derby, but it does possess something
which neither of those glamorous races can boast. For keen
sp'brting interest, for "neighbour vs, neighbour" rivalry, with
perhaps a score of notable Ontario and other Canadian stables
competing the event has no counterpart anywhere. It is a
gala clay in Toronto, and has been for altnost a century.
It was in 1859 that a Toronto turf club followed the ex-
ample set by sportsmen of Quebec 23 years before, and peti-
tioned Queen. Victoria for a royal donation of 50 guineas for a
Queen's 'Plate ''to be run at Toronto, or such other place in
Upper Canada, as Her Majesty might appoint."
From that year to this, the reigning monarch has made
this donation.
Canadian racing history was made when the Ontario
Jockey Club' enjoyed the signal honour of the presence of
King George VI with the Queen Mother for the 80th running
of the King's Plate. %p "
The death of King George 17I changed thb name to
Queen's Plate again, and, as a lover of racing, wild campaigns
a very successful stable, it was only natural 'that Queen Eliza-
beth II continued the donation. To the 50 guineas' from Her
Majesty, the Ontario Jockey Club adds $]5,000. s
Quebec's Plate, started in 1836 hi the reign of King
William IV, but net run continuously, has now vanished from
the scene, with harness racing replacing the runners. But
the Ontario Queen's Plate, while having its last running at
the famous old Woodbine track, will be continued on another
course and its sporting rivalry will continue to flourish in
years to Come.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, ejo Calvert House, 431 Yong* 5t., Toronto.
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the wedding (a Moslem custom).
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for his daughter's splendor as
ane floats down the aisle on his
arm. And every groom has
learned that his presence at the
festival is tolerated only to
eatisfy the reguirements of law,
custom, and the ritual.
As a mere man might observe
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Per iPo .ts Job
When steeplejack Peter Jok-
ubs slipped recently from a 100 -
ft. tower on which he was work-
ing at Baltimore, he caught his
leg in a rope and hung head
down for sixty-five minutes.
Firemen rushed to his aid
with their tallest ladder, The
coolheaded steeplejack chatted
cheerfully to them as they
climbed to him. But just as they
were putting a safety -belt round
his waist the rope suddenly
snapped, and he spun 100 ft. to
the ground, suffering multiple
injuries but escaping death. '
In spite of the most modern
safety precautions, the steeple-
jack's job remains one of the
most perilous in the world. Most
of the men are the sons and
grandsons of steeplejacks and
seem to have no sense of fear.
To be successful, a steeple-
jack must have fingers and mus-
cles of steel. end no nerves to
speak of. Mr. Will Larkins,
member of a famous family of
them, once nearly fell from the
top of the Nelson Column in
Trafalgar Square, owing to his
feet slipping on an inch -thick
layer of greasy soot with which
the platform sunporting the
statue was covered,
He only managed to save him-
self — he was lying on his back
at the time — by using his el-
bows as brakes.
Lightning once damaged the
steeple of a .church in Derby-
shire. The vicar and church-
wardens were so grateful to a
local steeplejack when he had
,finished repairing it that they
presentedhim with a new suit
of clothes in addition to his fee.
Celebrating his success that
night. the steeplejack declared
that in the morning he would
don the new clothes on top of
the spire, A great crowd watch-
ed him stand on a tiny scaffold
and loop a rope over one arm of
the cross. Then he climbed on
to it, and nut on the presenta-
tion ,suit, throwing each discard-
ed garment into the air.
Suddenly he clasped his arms
frantically round the cross. The
rope he neded to regain the
ground had slipped and lay on
the platform a dozen feet below.
The crowd gasped with 'horror.
Then somebody remembered
the steeplejacks' daughter a
pretty eighteen -year-old "steeple-
jill." She was found. and her
fair hair fluttering in the breeze,.
she climbed higher and higher
until at last she reached the
platform. She had never moun-
ted so high before.
After three attempts she man-
aged to throw up the rope to
him — and so saved his life.
"Tell me—who was braver
than Lancelot, wiser than Solo-
mon, more honest than Lincoln,
and more handsome 'than. Apol-
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"I didn't know you kne'ty my
wife's first husband."
ISSUE 22 — 1955
HERE'S HOW — Diane Sibbett, .17,'above, shows near --perfect
form as she trains with the Essex Ladies' Athletic Club. Taking
a trip from the recommended form, Iowa's Rich Ferguson, be-
low, turns high hurdles into a diving event during the Kansas
Relays Ste,eplethase.
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(BOB) VON PILUS
.After several weeks of stub-
born and intricate negotiations,
the annual review of the gener-
al economic condition andpros-
pects of the agricultural in-
dustry in Britain resulted in a
settlement which has subse-
quently been endorsed by the
executive bodies of the three
Farmers Unions of the United
Kingdom. By common consent
the award has been adjudged
fair and its disposition between
minimum price guarantees and
production, grants commended as
the best practical contribution
to the balance of the production
pattern.
A Clear Case
Agriculture's case was clear
and straightforward enough —
substantial rises in costs de-
veloping during a trend of gen-
eral inflation in other industries
while the national agricultural
income was falling.
Between 1948 and 1951 the
rise in output and efficiency en-
abled the industry to absorb a
substantial part of the increased
costs of production, whilst still
sustaining increases in the ag-
gregate net income. More re-
cent attempts by the govern-
ment to pursue the same policy
have overstepped the margin of
resilience in the industry, with a
consequent drop in income dur-
ing the year of :940 million. Ag-
riculture was therefore in no
position to absorb additional
costs, and in relation to the
general picture of industrial
prosperity there was no reason
why it should.
The government's case, though
equally clear, nevertheless calls
for examination. The reappear-
ance of a marked deterioration
in the balance of payments po-
sition should have been common
ground, for just asthree years
ago it was officially calculated
that British agriculture saved
the country £400 million an-
nually on imported food, so any
excessive consumption of lin-
ported feeding stuffs by the in-
dustry would adversely affect
the national economy. To- meet
this, greater encouragement was
applied to home-grown feeding-
stuffs and a check administered
to the expansion of hog produc-
tion.
Price (`guarantees
The, real difficulty in' the ne-
gotiations -- the size of the
Exchequer commitment and the
4.111.44
taxpayer's liability — stems from
the government's own deliber-
ate policy decision to use price
guarantees as the form of pro-
tection for the farming industry
in free markets. Mr. Butler be-
lieves that this is the right
choice for the country and,
within the provisions of GATT,
it may well be the only effec-
tive means of mair.taining a
healthy and expanding home
agriculture.
The unions did not contest this
principle, although they will
study most diil.igently its opera-
tion in practice. They are, more-
over, just as aware as anyone
else that unrestricted imports
can .make nonsense of the most
efficient marketing system as
far as prices are concerned', and
they are equally aware that the
market return 3s as unpredict-
able as the ultimate extent of
Exchequer liability. It must be
recognized that this uncertainty
is inseparable from the free
marketing system.
This was the crux of the re-
view, the inevitability in this
combination of circumstances of
some extension of Exchequer
liability and the desirability, ac-
cepted by both sides, of con-
taining the increase within as
narrow limits as possible. The
fact that in the end this was
achieved with equity is a tri-
bute to the understanding and
realism of both sides.
If Yam, al
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