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se Have you ever been Close to a race
horse that had broken a leg? If 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
four horses, it's sheer brutality.
It did happen at Britain's
National this year. One horse dropped dead.Three others
suffered such injuries that they had to be destroyed. When
the race was Over, 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 make
such a test, anyway? . Everybody knows by now 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 with the conditions of 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 leg's, 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, clog 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.
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a. PLAIN HORSE SENSE
By F. (B013)
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-
tained 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-
s( in section 14 of the new act
which gives the Board power
"to designate" representatives, if
"the Board is of the opinion that
the representatives named by the
persons that are required to
bargain collectively are not re-
presentative of such persons."
If the farmers in the Ontario
Legislature were snoozing peace-
fully while this section was be-
ing passed, where were the re-
presentatives of the teachers, the
!lectors, the unions of all those
people who are organized for
group action and collective bar-
gaining.
Not even the professional de-
fenders of human rights and
Civil freedom, the daily press,
Poised any objections; as a mat-
ter of fact the press did not
teem to grasp the meaning of this
piece of legislation...and did not
bother to mention it.
VON PIUS
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 it should 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, constructive or destructive
and suggestions, wise or other-
wise, Address all mail to Bob
Von Pills, Whitby Ontario.
UNEDUCATED!
Confronted with the sentence
a naughty boy had chalked on
the school wall about a teacher
"Smith is a lunatic" — two
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,
shouldn't it?"
Who Cares? — "Pierre" doesn't. It's sufficient that he's been brave
enough to cross this Thin bridge at Vincennes Zoo, in Paris,
France, The deepfreeze puton by the penguins on t'ather side
makes no -never -mind, Pierre has a bouquet for the lady of the
air-conditioned Arctic evening — so who cares? (Says Pierre.)
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. Dr, 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:
Cattail 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 Hydro Com-
missioner Robert Saunders. Their
purpose, as you no 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 -fumble 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 Committee
he balked attempts by a num-
ber of cities to get the Olympic
Games of 1956 away from Mel-
bourne.
k * I,
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 -
Traded -- Third baseman George
Kell hangs up his Boston Red
Sox uniform after a game with
the Yankees in New York. Kell
Was, informed after the game
that he had been traded to the
Chicago White Sox«
imposed quarantine regulations,
horses required for the 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 ofai this situation
and utilize their votes to get the
Games away from "down under."
0 *
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 s.lt 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."
0 0
The Federation Equestre In-
ternationale, which is the world
controlling body for equestrian-
ism, favored 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 when at their
peak,
Thus Lord Burghley had
strong support for the proposal
he initiated at Athens. It was
that just for this one occasion
the equestrian events be staged
elsewhere than at the main
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Olympic city. 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.
.0 * :h
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
Stockholm. Hosts in the Swedish
capital city propose to stage
them in the stadium that was
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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.
* * *
So, with a bow of thanks to-
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