HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-08-18, Page 6INDIAN POLO PLAYERS
TO REPRESENT . BRITAIN
Maharajah of Ratlam Assists in Financing India Officers
Now in America After Winchester' Cup
OUTSTANDING PONIES
America Will Have to Look to Laurels to Hold
Champ ionship
Prom now until September the which would have a tendency to slow
princely and royal game of polo will• up their play. '
be the chief topio in ;the sporting Both :the Maharajah of llatlem and
India Egypt, Australia, China, Argen- Colonel Beresford are much pleased
tina and practically all parts of the with polo eonidtions. The game is
g
United States and t,aroada. getting better and faster all the time.
As a sport, ,polo probably tae no For soune years after the war there.
equal foe spectacular achievemonte, was such a shortage of ponies the
skillin heti omanship or aconrate hit- Players we're forced to use troop
ting of a vein -bounding bah from all horses to keep the amity game alive.
angles, As for speed, the game is But with many Australian and conn-
played as fast' as the fastest ponies try -bred ponies, plus a few from Eng
eau Carry their riders over the grassy land, fast polo is expected in India
turf, • from now on. Every one of the In
There are two other features that dlan team, including the grooms, felt
a cal to the true spouting public:
that because India, is representing
pPEngland in the international tourna-.
First, the game is played absbu y on. met, this year will do much to boons
been
the square. The sport has been kept the sport, of only in India and' her
free from icemmerelalism and is in the other Asiatic possessions, but in overs
handle of true loving sportsmen ratheu part of the British Empire,
than the professional promoter, and, A Splendid Team
tionsecond, polo, especially an interum -
al tournament between England - The. first practice "revealed that
and' the United States, is the Mecca of .Colonel Tomkinson had spoken the
the social set from all parts of the truth when on, his arrival he said:
world. "It will be a good team, probably
When the curtain is rung up on the mounted better than any English
famous Meadow Brook field at West- team on this side since the war. It
bpry early in September, and the ref- will be a real team and not merely
area blows his whistle sending eight four players."
of the world's greatest exponents of They displayed some excellentteam- anything his, Milburn his a9soci-
the game into friendly combat, 'the gi- work, excellent hitting power. driving any enjoy it is a real andnrd andahrill-
gantic stands, holding fully 10,000 the ball for long distances. They ing game with a close score and extra
spectators, including princes, mature-
laity
a are- chukkar to thrill the crowd..
jabs lite as well
as there great
the roe- : nt Ponies in rine Fiddle
Tally Bate as rl pomasses 4 ' What has been roost gratifying to
i
ill �' t' ... ,,. ; , •:
loving people, w _ .. . r.
ort yew , e condi-
hag
4 amateur s g P p a fine co
o P �• r� the visiting players is the
again feast their eyes on simply
truelspore ; s`
at is played simply for the s:� �� ? �< tion of the ponies which have come
lag e s s t11 p Y • the way from India via England,
all. Y
game's sake. m; `
India Represents British Empire
a disance of 20,000 miles.
Accord -
Genedlen ryptlonat
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Largest Locomotive Hauls Royal Train
One of the 6100 Northern Type
_ locomotives, recently placed in
service by the Canadian National
•Railways for hauling -their 'fast
passenger and manifest freight
trains, was the first locomotive to
haul a. train into the new eUnion
Station at Toronto, do the occasion
of the opening of this station by
H.R.H. the "Prince of Wales.. On
this occasion also, the that ticket
issued from the ticket booths of
S
was one entitling
the new
His Royal Highness to • passage
"Between • All Stations" on the
Canadian National System for all
time.. Immediately after, declaring
the new depot open, thePrince
Proceeded to the Clanadian Nation
al ticket windows where -he was is-
sued "Ticket', No. 1.". ,Tickets num-
bering two, three and four were
issued to Prince George, Premier
Baldwin and. Mrs. Baldwin respec-
tively. Por of the monster em
tive y, ty
•nes oP the type which hauled the
Spsdal issue to eommemerete the
opening .of
New Union Station ,
!TORONTO at
r Ontario'
CANADA
August 6, 1927'
royal train aro being constructed
in Canada for handling the fast
passenger • ant manifest freight
trains of the Ntftlonal System:
smile: He, too, is anxious to get in
the game on Am�erlcan fields to test
Map' Making,
Pattie of Slogans
NOW Rages in China
Moderate Nationalists Turn
Their Own Verbal Guns
Against the Communists
CALL REDS FOGS OF
LABOR
General • Chiang' Kai-shek
Seeks Trade Union Siippoxt
in Fighting Peking and
Hankow
In the war being wagged upon tile
communist elements in the Kuomin-
tang' Party' by the more •moderato
Qhinese Nationalists, slogans closely
modeled after the "stns! and'. downs!"
used so -freely by Communists the
world over. aro- playing a big part,
according to reports found in tate
copies of th•e. Carnton. Gazette received
here.
It appears :th1at, in addition to ex-
pelling many Communist; leaders from
the organization and using armed
force against some of the most recal-
citrant, the Special Kuomintang, Com-.
mittee •in the Province of Kwang-tang
got up a summary of the •party's atti-
tude toward the Communists in the
shape of twentytwo slogans, which
the newspapers of the' province are
obliged to print in every issue.
The Antl-Communist Slogans
them out and compare them with
those at home. At tee first practice One 'of the principal map making
match recently, he watched the boys establishments of, the Dominion Gov -
go "warming -up" periods ernment is the Topographical Survey,
go
with a keen and critical interest. Department •of.the Interior, at Ottawa,
published
" e —4.e-----
9° topographic maps covering widely
where are prepared and p
1 grin3 s Progress"
scattered portions' of this Dominion.
Accord- Amid the bustle and turmoil of our In publishing a new map all available
Mg to Colonel Beresford the Forties modern :torid, that old stand-by tife information of the country is; of
seemed to thrive on their long • sen "Pilgrim's -progress" may seem nut ,course, secured and where sonic of
voyages,, as they seem to be in better of date'. to a generation who know lit- this has eeen obtained a other. -sur
condition to -day than otter bet el, tis more of it. than its title. vel organizations, credit' is given sur -
The team's mounts, says Colonel :, Written during the twelve years n the publishing note.
Beresford, consist- of twelve Iivdiati, Bunyan's imprisonment 'for norco The' rinting of a map involves sev-
thirteen .Australian, eleven English formity In Bedford goal, i tithe 'six- ural Processes. It must first be
and three Argefttlue ponies, making a ties and 'seventies of the seventeenth eral onro good . It preferably t be
string of thirty-nine in all. These do century, and published by him after ed so as not to stretch sluinlc with
ck-
net include those of Captaiu Roark, • his release, the book had already gone eda80 5 of weather or or moisture If
who will be monute•d by the lion. Cap- i through thirty editions by 1768, tits more than one color ie. to be used. in
tain Frederick E. Guest, of the Hurl- date of the .volume that lies betoro the printing -a separate 1 sheet is drawn
Ingham Club, London. I me now. It was a volume dear to our for the information represented by
In most Instances the Indian army fathers, dourer still to. our grand -par. each color. These sheers are then
team's mounts are small compared to eats; butnow, for half a century, it photographed and the negatives Print -
those ridden by MIlbnrn and Flitch- has lain rattier dusty on our shelves.ed on zinc plates or in some cases on
cock, yet it is claimed that Indian and • Apart from the truth, dignity, rood -
lithographic atones. These plats or
Australian ponies have .equal speed Oration; and simple imagery of the stones are put fthe printing press
and stamina. As for speed the potties work, we read It breathlessly became
what happens to Christian seems and the map is printed from them,
gave a good account of themselves in Where more than one color is used,
Ire short chukker played recently, actually to be happeltiug. to ourselves, the neap has to be run through the
t longthe ponies could The individuality of the traveler press. for each color and it• is very
ea � -^-• _ but just how 1
�. .a -s _,makes a Personal appeal. We walls
d.�—� keep it up will be known only with theg important ottani that the sheets flu the
beThe Sportsman Rajah test. At any rate, they looked good if
Colonel Hie Highness Sir Sajgau and, like their riders, should improve P tl time Using V. ate tronal colors on the man iu tie
Singh, Maharajah of Ratlam. as the days go by. Per places For instance g
The _Indian players were evidently
It will be of unusual interest to polo
lovers to know that this year Great.
Britain's team will not come from Eng-
land,' but from India, the land where
the game first came into prominence.
The team will be composed of British
officers in the Indian army, who have I
asked permission to represent the em- I
pare this fall, as England had found it
practically impossible to assemble a
team that stands a reasonable chance
of refeatfug the Americans, who have
a strong combination of Players, in-
cluding Milburn, Hitchcock, Webb,
Stevenson and other noted poloists
on this side of the Atlantic.
With this request granted ,the In-
dian army o1Hcers immediately started
to practice, No sooner than the sol-
dier players got under way than
Colonel H. H. Sir Sanaa Singh Baha -
slur,
�
dur, Maharajah of Ratlam, lately Re -1
gent of Rewe, one of the hest known
and most popular players in all India,'
came forward, offering to aid the In-
dian army players financially, and also
offeredsome of his best ponies to the We map re
cause. ' seemed to have mastered the art of impressed with the Australian -bred along with him all Lhe way he goes,
t i he bald sending it long andpony.' That fact that one-third of The charm of, the work lies in its ly to the right Places. So also for greedy gentry and unscrupulous met.his highnest
Such sportsmanship on the part of raising ug t a h over came from the blue color In which water features chants.
added to high, Nearly all the backhand Shots their number brought individual application,
immediately aro shown and the brown for contours '"18 Be on guard against those who
rs' enthusiasm,. and had plenty 06 power behind them. the Antipodes speaks well for that
These slegans, .as given in the' Can-
ton Gazette, are as follows:
"1 Down the Chinese Communist
Home ` Art
and Radio
Canadian Composers May
Now Broadcast' Their Works
Through C.N.R. Invita� .'
tion
SI-IOULD STIMULATE
EFFORT,
Amongst Canadians there liar been
a glowing •consclousness of ability in
many. directions% At first, the
pioneers were busy 'laying the found..,..
ations, Thou followed the blinders
and these two classes had. but .scant
leisure for enjoyment of the arts.q
Now• that the spado work has bees
fairly web completed, there i5'a de-
sire in many parte of the Dominion for
a
wider kuowlsdgo of the fuer 5ocoui'
plishm,ents,all'of which aid in malting
the .complete life. Canadians have'
contiibuted• to literature fairly in pt'o- • •
portion to, their numbers and writers
in two langetagee have done quite well
in placing the' stepping stones towards
a national school. To a greater ex-
tent, perhaps, the painters and the
etchers have advanced and quite .a
number of names of native artiste
have become known beyond the bound -
tales of Canada. In the field of `
music there docs not appear to have
been similar progress,, yet a survey.
indicates' that there is a considerable
body of. Canadian musicians• and com-
;posers and that thee; placed an
imposing number of worke before the
tribunal of public judgment. . -
- It is probable that the average man:
will be surprised when told that there. -
on record aPproXimately 200 .Cana-
dian composers and that they have
published a total of nearly 2,000 pieces
of various character, ranging
oratorio, through religious composition
to songs and works of'lighter moment.
It is with a desire of encouraging
such native talent,and also those tom -
posers who have taken up residence in
Canada, that the Radio Department
of the Canadian National Railways is
completing arrangements to provide a
greater number of Canadian composi•
tions fa the musical programs offered
through' the eleven broadcasting •stye
tions operated across the Dominion by
the National System.
- Already, the Radio Department of
the Canadian National Railways has •
done a great dual- to further the_, T,
knowledge of good music by arranging
good programs in which the serious
music of the past and present has a
fair share, and also . by procuring the
services of sallied musicians and '
qualified groups of .band and orchestra
players at Its carious broadcasting
centres. In this, connection the Hart
o
House String Quartette has been< -
heard from practically every station
of the broadcasting chain during the
Past two seasons, a most important
contribution in the spread of know-
ledge of the.choisest chamber music.
It is now planned to devote a sec-
tion of each program to Canadian
music and whenever possible com.-
.posers will be invited ' to play, or
direct, their own compositions from
studios of . the radio • department.
Special attention will be given to new
works found to possess merit and com-{
posers now resident in the Dominion
are invited to communicate with the
headquarters of the Radio Department,
Cnadian_National Railways at Mout-
real.
Party,. which is :treacherous to our
late director, Dr. ,Sun Yat -sent
"2 Down with the Chinese Com-
munist Party, which is against the
San Min Chu I (Three 'People's Prin-
cipals)!
"3 Down with the Chinese Com-
munist Party, which is destroying the
People's revohition!
"4 Dowel with the Chinese . Com-
munist Party, which is undoing the
work of the Northern expedition!
"5 Down with the Chinese Com-
munist Party, which is utilizing
bandits and labor usurpers' to oppress
the peasants and laborers!
"0 Down with the Chinese Com
enunist Party, which is: insulting and
disgracing our late director, Dr. San!
"7 Down wth the - Chinese Com-
munist Party, which is plotting the
downfall and ,destruction of the Kuo-
mintang!
"8 To be against the Three People's
Prdnclpals is to be a coltnter-revolu-
tionary.
"9 To be against .the Kuomintang
is to be a counter-revolutionary.
"10 All power and authority belongs
to the Kuomintang.
"11 Alt true and loyal comrades, of
the Kuomintang must unite and rise!
"12 Down. with all counter-revolu-
tionaries! n P "13: Down with all opportunists!
d de our
o as o we al were lection be-
Colonel
own continual reflection in a Dlates correcbly ao sa to get the addi- "14 Concentrate' the powers of the
lido 0 their pro- Kuomintang.
"15 Dowm with the Fengtlen clique
of militarists!
"17 Eradicate all corrupt officials,
mirror, For the mo main high-
ways
Christian, and. we fall, rise, stumble trays are 'usually printed in red; on
again, rejoce, suffer, and struggle } these red lines must'be exact -
when the maharajah agreed to accom It was a treat to see the visitors part o
Paul the team, acting in an advisor}
• accu,rate%y hit for the goal. The for-
capcity to Colonel H. A. Tontkinsou, wards did a fine bit of goal shooting, Among the Indian Princes and other
manager of the British Army -in -India, ;especially the No. 1s—a position that Public spirited I ianp princes
in India,
grouter confidence tl}an ever was seems to be causing Milburn much nothing in all the sporting world
gLven the players. concern. would bring greater joy than having
Now, just how the Indian forwards
Team Starts Practice I , a team representing the Orient wiu
In December, 1025, India's A tenni will make out against such a wonder the famous Winchester Cup, now held
ful defender as Milburn remains to be
consisted of Major Vigors, Major Wil-
that
never yet failed to hurl a defense
nearly V0,000, most of which was he is disposed to: bear hardly, it is the s
that will sooner or later stop any sot•t [ princes, 1tYPooritieal fanatics ..those who making the next
The "Pilgrim's ground
for
is a com- or form lines. Hereindiesthe chief lean toward the Right Wing..
mon meeting round for all types; in �� calla strike agahrst. the
an issue of several thousand Kuomintang is counter-revolutionary,
f the world. g g
Wants to Lift Cup, its pages, as im he Bible, alt religions difficulty iu panting maps m colors, 19 To
India
seen The veteran American back by America.
hs allant Indian sportsmen raised
Where
tete
copies is being run, it is necessary, to 1 "20 Those who refuse to come und
-print all. the .copies- in one color at a ; the direction. and guidance.. of!the
time, and while these' are dryng the . Kuomintang are revolutionaries.
Ink is washed off the press sed the "21 The masses of the People must
If the •weather • rise and clean up the eonnter.revoln-
next color got ready.
chanes, "especially it the air gets • tionary Chinese Communist Party.
g
d' thesheets of parer stretch or "22 The masses of the people must.
glen l
and Captain Denning taking
r the style and were but for vain glory and praise,
Georgep g
may be reconciled. There, is a: not-
able absence of that fanatical hatred
of 'other churches so characteristic of
the sour Puritanism of the period,
Bunyan, indeed, was more concerned
to sot his own house do -order than to
meddle with anyone else's, and; if
there can be any party upon whom
!lame; Major Atkinson 1 Captain
Anderson. In. February,
amp. s re
hr'in c and trouble is encountered in tlse and support the. Chlneee I' uomht-
team was reconstructed
mut color fit exactly ;Caug."
ary, 1926, the
with Captain of offense, but from yl f bythe generous Ind sit p where it should
1 The
ig speed of the visitors' play—with the
who follow and Play the game.
i Hurlingham Club, of London, also aid- rho talltatives, and such as Blends,
the places of Major Vigors and Cap- expected daily improvement between.
who made their religion a "stalking
horse to get and enjoy the world."
Bunyans message to his own genera-
tion was to leave all these miserable
Naturally the coming Pretences of religion and live the true
Bess the Maharaja of Ratlam to Christ -life' mer3 were to be doers of
America, with the players is an ince*- the Word, not hearers only. What
tive to stir the players into the point mattered was "a new life." Material
of giving ther very hest efforts, Cer- Possessions or hardships were" to
tag g count as nothing in the great adveri-
wuly the presence of His Highness tura to win something far more pre-
cious
re-
will prow an excellent Stimulate for c•ous-than our earthly emolument; to
wit, Eternal Life. The only warfare
that counted was the warfare of the
spirit against the flesh, not merely of
one form of religious belief against'
another.—Alice 'Law, in The- Empire
Review.
tain Anderson, Games And tourna- now and the opening game—one would ed, and in so doing let it he known
nients were played in various parts of judge that the American captain will that the whole of the sucBricess
Empire
India,' including Calcutta., Poona, Delhi, are "pll 111g" for the success of the
iathore,Murut and smaller cities,
be given plenty to do taking care of
Indian_Army players.
his own bailiwick, without much i 1 1 of His Flight
"In India the fields are much like chance of wandering too far afield.
those to be found over here," says
Colonel George de La Poer Beresford, Harmony of Indians Perfect
7
ho 1or•arY secretary
of the Army -In- Another thing noticed with keen In -
India Palo Association. ''The field -s terest was the confidence the players
are hard and fast, but with not so had in each other. Harmony is the
much grass. I might also add there 'keynote of the Indian officers: The
is more dust and more bad language." team play, the team spirit, must be
But 11 is the opinion of both the preserved above all else, and no in -
Maharajah of Ratlam and Colonel terual strife has been caused by the
Tomkluson that the Indian fields are utter.coliapse of the 1924 team. The
even faster than the American, be- Iuclian officers are •out to win.
cause Lh•ey are dryer and the grass is; If they are not equal to the task they
not so thick. Practice on such fields at least hope to pat up a series of polo
soon put she players in such excellent battles worthy Of their undertaking,
oondition they tool( no chances upon In this respect they have the best
their arrival in England of playing wishes of every member who will play
on soggy, wet and heavy grounds, on the American team, for if there is those keen brown eyes and winning
any big undertaking.
The, Maharaja of Ratlam is one of
the best players in India, and has been
ranked high by experts of the game
for twenty years_: or more. This In-
dian soldier -prince is a .great student
of the game and as an 'advisor to
Colonel Tomkinson every player on
the visiting team feels that Ills Iligh-
nes.s holds some lucky charm behind
REG'LAR FFI ERS—By Gene Byrnes.
(iiICK JIMMIE1
THE CULLENS
ARE COMING FOR
DINtJSR: RUie1 OVER
'TO SM1GG5 AND
GET A BTG CAN OF
His GASAPta
t'�Au,noNN. HLE AIg PAW'
WE MUST
GTRETCN OUT
OUR SALAD
GOIAS WAY I.
8E GORE TO I
SAY 1T5 FOR
1x945 CAT!
The future of air travel Is largely
in the bands of the youth of the coon-
iry.—Daniel Guggenheim.
SORRY BUT
'WE'RE CLEAR
OUT
ALE• 64fAte0.
HERE'S {
'STHE •
"suD9We PRICE!n
A dist of the maps, plans, and pub-
lications of this organization may be
obtained upon application from; the
Topographical Survey, Department of
the Interior, Ottawa.
Man -Made Forests
It will be many a year yet before
any crop can be looked for from man -
planted forests. Man -planted forests,
however, are coming, There- is no
doubt of that. We have some of thele
growing up in British Columbia, and
there are others in the Provinces fur-
ther .east, We must. have forests,
Commerce and industry demand that
we shell Climate depends on them..
'rhe flow. cf our rivers is regulated by
them. They protect our lands from
erosion, and they satisfy our/aesthetic
cense.-Vancouver PrOvinoe•.
Shaking Quakers.
"Yes, sir, I'm front pure Quaker
':tock," .
"So am I—!et's shake"
There's a Lot in a Name.
t5- VA AFRAID
To ;i"AKE •PATI
CAT OtdSY L KE5
PALE BRAND!
gena
^5.0.1.1es
New Style Caravans
Western machinery threatens to sun.
Plant the camel on the ancient trade.
routes of Asia. A fleet of motor
trucks' will soon be In operation on
the road from the Caspian Sea to Teh-
eran, the capital of Perste A motor
caravan may oust the traditional
ships of the desert from the rough
Trebizon-Tabeiz .trail, over which
Zenophon led his retreating tou
thousand. Nota little of the romance
of old Asia will vanish if this wanes
to pass, Lts:trails have been worn
d2ep by the hoofs of •theleeiled camels
and donkeys which Cor centuries hi +e
plodded westward with their bus'dens
of the wealth of Hindustan, rags, silk
and saffron from Persia and copper
anal silver from .Pastern, Anatolia.
Centuries' before Amerlea was discov-
ered this .commerce was adding to the
wealth of the Roman Empire. But
It rill lend startling emphasis to the
achievements of the New, World if a
product of American inventiveuessie-
comes'the carrier of'tilie ancient trade.
-Philadelphia Public hedger;
9¢y.
Vcry Satisfactory.
"Mabel, did your polo les, sue' turn
lent ettccessl'uliy7,"
I 'should say they c1!d! 1 married
my instructor this morning."
1 q
Love at rr t sight if yeti tike—but
1 don't marry till the second.