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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-03-03, Page 7The "All Fall Down Grand National Of all She events in the snort" ing calendar the Grand National is the one most likely to provide a regular quota of sensations. We have become so used to some kind of a "turn up for the book" that it is a minor sensation if the favourite wins. One of She strangest of the paries was the 1921 Grand National. Of the thirty-five start- ers only one completed the course without falling, Even that one very nearly came a cropper. Only four horses finished and the rider of the favourite re- mounted to finish second, after breaking his collarbone, The final oddity was that every' schoolchild in Lewes, Sus- sex, where the surprise 100-9 winner, Shaun Spadah, was trained, was given an Easter present of a new shilling to cele- brate the victory, The rapidity with which horses went down and out of the rare stirred mernories of the nursery game, "Ring o' roses, all fall down." The race was farcical from the beginning. Slippery conditions caused horses to tumble like nine- pins at all the early jumps. Seven fell at the first fence and tour mere at each of the next three. Among the three victims of Becher's Brook . was Turkey Buzzard ridden by an amateur, Capt. Bennet. But Capt, Bennet, knowing his mount was as strong es a lion, remounted and urged him on. Two fences later, how- ever, Turkey Buzzard lost his footing again and once more the rider came, off. Still he refused to admit de- feat and, remounting once more, set off in chase of She leaders. Evidently he felt that as so many horses had come down already there was a chance that some of those in front of him would also drop out. He was right. A great cheer soon proclaimed that Turkey Buzzard, thehorse that had fal- len twice, had gone to the front — and the race was not yet half over! But though so few animals were still surviving, they were keeping so close together that in these conditions a mishap to Pe could easily affect two or three others. This happened al the fence before the water, where one horse rolled over and brought down another, the fancied Loch A.l1en- It is probable that this acci- dent also unnerved Shaun Spa- dah, for he misjudged the jumip and landed on his knees. His !lead touched the ground, but his rider, F. B. Rees, managed to retain control and got him to his feet again. Corning into the racecourse first time round only seven were still standing. Turkey Buzzard, apparently unaffected by his two tumbles, was still in the lead, followed by All White, Fore- warned, Shaun Spadah, The Bore, G 1. e n c o r r 1 g and Loch Allen, who had been remounted and made up the procession, though a long way behind. Loch Allen, however, was des- tined not to complete the race. First he refused at the fence before the water. Though event- ually he was persuaded to get over, he clearly had had enough, for he came down at the Brook. Now the pace and the effects of the falls were beginning to tell en Turkey Buzzard, for going out into She country for the second time he faded and surrendered the lead to All White and Shaun Spadah. It seemed that the race would lie between these three, as the only others left, Fore- warned, The Bore and Glencor- rig, farmed a group a little way behind them. Then Glencorrig refused and clot only put himself out of She. race, but conceivably also en- aured that the other two would not win. All White and Fore- warned came down at the same fence, probably distracted by his LIGHTS OUT — Slopped for good, San Francisco's famed "bird. cage" traffic ligihts•have been taken down as too old-fashioned for the modern city. These Ile hi a warehouse before a public„ auction. • refusal, thereby mistiming their jump and coming to grief on the treacherous turf. So now the field was down to three horses out of nearly three dozen, and there *as still a. long way to go. But though the num- ber of runners had been reduced• so severely the race was by no means over. Shaun Spadah, Turkey Buz- zard and The Bore were racing along in thatorder — Ali W!hite,, Who had been remounted, was cantering steadily on well in the rear. Then the drama was carried a stage farther when Turkey Buz- zard, now thoroughly tired by his efforts to make up the ground lost by his earlier falls, came to grief once more, at the fence be- tween Becher's, and the Canal Turn. Yet'again his rider remounted, determined to finish the course, end the gallant' animal tore af- ter the leaders. ' But now the leeway was too great and the distance in which to draw up too small. Turkey Buzzard, though. still running, was out of the race for practical purposes. Meanwhile The Bore, galloping hard towards the finish, had dosed up on. Shaun Spadah and these two raced neck and neck. It looked like being a thrilling finish after all, even if it was a two -horse race now. But there was still another unexpected twist to come. Two fences from home The Bose fell heavily, throwing his rider and owner, .Harry Brown. Shaun Spadah was thus left almost alone. Mr, Brown, obviously hurt, quickly scrambled back on to his horse and went on to the finish. The crowd 'cheered him home, for The Bore was favourite. But not until afterwards did they discover that he had ridden home with a broken collarbone sus- tained in the fall, which was caused by a rein breaking at the critical moment. In the end the chief honours went, as they should, to the only horse that kept its feet through- out the race, with secondary hon- ours to the rider of the fav- ourite, But many • think the real hero of that "All fall down" National was Turkey Buzzard, who came back to finish after three falls. . Yet, officially, he is doomed to obscurity because he finished a few yards behind the leaders! 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It answers for about 90 per cent of my ob- servations perfectly, but it is not sure for the identification of small birds beyond 75 yards, nor will it surely tell a buck from a doe at 400 yards. So,'I often carry a 12 x 60 anonocularin my rucksack, for long distance only. Yet it costs, weighs, and bulks less than. my. 7x35 glasses. It might pay the hunter of sheep and goats exclu- sively to -select just one high- power glass, such as a 10x50, provided its bulk and weight were not too much for continual carrying. But my combination suits me perfectly. Almost all of the best binocu- lars offered since World War II have the lenses coated with mag- nesium fuoride. I refer to the 1 coating of all the surfaces of all lenses and prisms; not, only the two exterior lenses. Such coat- ing is always ` an advantage. It transmits a little more light, thus slightly increasing resolving power. To a very large extent, it eliminates glare, or dazzle, when observing toward the sun, particularly if sunlight touches the objective lens. Coated lenses give a better rendition of colour. But it is not an absolute necessity, and one can sometimes pick up a pair of older best -make glasses at a re- duced price w hi c h, for most practical purposes, are as good• as the coated ones, Field of view is the diameter of the circular view seen through the binocular, and it is expressed in so many feet at 1,000 yards. It depends largely on the magnification, a low-pow- er glass having a much wider field than one of higher magni- fication. A 7x35 typical binocular will have a field of about 375 feet at 1,000 yards. Wide field of view is a necessity. with glasses to be used for watching athletic events in order to keep the objects or contestants con- stantly in view. Glasses used for such purposes should have as field of not less than 300 feet. 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