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Canada's biggest sports event this
year will be the British Empire and Com-
monwealth Games. From July 30 to Aug-
ust 7 the sun of Vancouver will be shining
on 750 athletes from at ,least 22 of the 26
nations in the Commonwealth. They will
compete in nine events.
Never before have so many amateur athletes from so many
countries gathered in one Canadian city at the same time. In
1951 when the Games were held in New Zealand, 13 countries
were represented.
Planning anything as large as this is a tremendous job. A
full time paid staff has already been working for more than
a year organizing the Games in Vancouver. Dozens of business
men have been devoting time, money and energy in a strictly
voluntary effort,
One of the biggest jobs has been the preparation of facilities
for the various events. Vancouver has had to raise money to
build a 35,000 capacity stadium, a 6,000 -seat swimming pool, a
5000 -seat bicycle track, and, 50 miles from Vancouver, the great
Vedder Canal had to be put in shape at a cost of thousands of
dollars for the rowing events. Of course, when the Games are
over, these facilities will remain. Their value totals more than
$2,000,000,
The stadium being built for the Games will be the largest in
Canada, and the most modern. Later, it will become the home
of the British Columbla Lions' football club in the Western
Federation.
The cycle track, now completed, is said to be the fastest in
the world, and certainly the best in Canada. The swimming
pool, built at the University of British Columbia, will be the
finest in North America, and it's an official Olympic pool.
It's impossible to estimate the number of spectators and
tourists who will flock to British Columbia for the Games.
But those who should know estimate an influx of probably
75,000 over the usual number who visit British Columbia
during that part of the year.
And, of course, many of thea will be Americans, who will
continue to spend further weeks (and dollars) in other parts
of the Dominion.
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by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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By BOB ELLIS
With the new year the season
of annual meetings and conven-
tions has arrived. All over the
country , farmers are getting
ready to take a couple of days.
off from their daily chores to go
to town and attend the 'yearly
gathering of their specific produ-
cer group.
P esidents and secretaries, con-
veners and treasurers are put-
ting the last touch to the
speeches and reports which will
ring through the halls of the
Royal York and the King Ed-
ward Hotels .in the next two
months.
Much }las Been Done
Much has been done in the
best year which wants to be
rought to the attention of the
rank and file to enable them to
form their owii opinion on what
needs to be done in the future.
It is the future to which the
conventions should devote most
of their time. If the reports
were shortened to the bare facts
and the perfunctory greetings
and speeches of most of the very
important personages cut out en-
tirely, more space could be given
en the agendas to "new business."
More To Be Done
Evaluation of past experiences,
constructive criticism, new ideas,
discussion of future plans from
the floor of the house should all
be welcomed by a progressive
and alert leadership.
Farmers are getting familiar
with the idea that they can solve
many of their problems them-
selves, but more, much more, has
to be done to give them the con-
fidence in their own collective
strength and the faith in their
leaders and fellow members,
needed to do the job.
Co-operative Action
We are living in a social order
which favours the growth of
monolithic industrial corporations
.and giant occpuational groups
with dangerously great powers
concentrated in .the hands of a
few; powers so great that they
necessitate frequent interven-
tion of the State. to prevent their
abuse and to protect the com-
mon good.
Under these conditions the in-
dividual farmer cannot expect to
get his fair share of the national
wealth and a just return for his
"tabour. Farmers can, of course,
look to more or less benevolent
governments for handouts with
the inevitable consequence that
they will sink lower and lower
in the estimation of governments
and people, until they end up. as
hewers of wood and drawers of
water.
The recognition of this danger
led last year to the first large
scale undertakingseaof co-opera-
tive action in the marketing of
hogs and cheese:
Keep Pitching
To stay free and to be piasters
of their own fate, farmers will
have to continue on this road.
But to co-operate does not mean
to sit at home and let George do
it; and then squawk because
George did it differently,
It means that everybody
pitches in, makes has financial
contribution and takes his little
share of responsibility, if it is
only by coming to the meetings
and taking part in the decisions.
Let's get out, friends, and get
action.
This column welcomes sug-
gestions, wise or foolish, and all
criticism, whether constructive
or destructive and will try to
answer any question. Address
your letters to Bob Ellis, Box 1,
123 - 18th St., New Toronto, Ont.
Life Saver -- iDr. Goeran Hagstroom, of the Epidemic Hospital of
Gothenburg, in Stockholm, Sweden, demonstrates rca new light-
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It's Well Appreciated — This Korean waif finds it hard to believe
his eyes as he receives a man -sire drumstick from,` -,Cpl. Joseph
Gallipoli. The boy was among thousands of children who were
guests of soldiers stationed in Korea.
Calling on an old friend over
the Christmas holidays, he hand-
ed us a bunch of ancient turf and
sporting magazines he had dug up
while cleaning out his cellar.
Some of them were dated back
as far as 1909, but the names in
those would mean nothing to
most of our readers, although we
did happen on the chart of a
race won by a two-year-old call-
ed PAN ZARETA. remember
PAN ZARETA, anybody? If you
do, don't admit it, because it was
quite a while back, and no fool-
ing. ,> s
However, in one magazine dat-
ed October, 1932, there were,.
plenty of names and pictures
that still have a certain interest.
There was a shot of Tod Sloan,
at one time the most publicized
and successful jockey in the
world. By 1932 Sloan had s -nk
pretty far down, and the pic*eiire'
Shows him acting as starter for
a turtle race. (Not the sort of
turtles we sometimes bet on, but
the actual reptiles.)
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Then;''there was a picture of
Steve 'Donoghue congratulating
another English jockey who had
just accomplished the unusual
feat of riding 100 winners in a
season. The young man's name
was . Gordon Richards, who is
no*, of course, "Sir Gordon" and
who still boots his hundred or
Dore per year. Some of them last
longer than others as, for in-
stance, a photo of a familiar -
looking face, with the caption
"P. Remillard 'led all the riders
by a wide margin at the Mary-
land half mile circuit." The same
Pat who still gets the occasional
winner home although — except
at Dufferin, of course — not on
the half-milers.
"Where in the name of Heav-
en have all the fighting young-
sters of this supposedly virile
nation gone to?" — sounds just
like the start of a present-day
column bewailing the lack of
boxing talent; doesn't it? But
here's the way that particular
paragraph goes on. "Mickey
Walker, a real veteran, fighting
Max Schmeling, a lad from Ger-
many; aged and feeble Benny
Leonard mixing it with Jimmy
McLarnin, not so spry himself
any more; Johnny Dundee corn-
ing out of the grave to be smack-
ed around by a preliminary
fighter. Why, I'm ashamed of
my own people. Why can't we
have youngsters doing our fight-
ing? It's no sport for old folks
like Leonard and Dundee,"
Which should prove: if any-
thing—that even if the fighters •
change over a twenty-year
stretch, the sports writers still
keep moaning on the same note:-
, .., a, .e
Here, in another paragraph, is
something that has a familiar
ring. "That guy nobody likes ---
.,Rogers Hornsby—is again out of
work. Funny about Hornsby, he's
been canned in St. .Louis, New
York, Boston and Chicago, and
now he wants eto try his luck in
the American League," That, we
repeat, was more than 21 years
ago—but Hornsby, the last we
heard of him, was still getting
"canned"!
We would like to go on and on
quoting from this old magazine,
partly because it's full of inter-
esting stuff and partly — well,
because quoting is a whole lot
easier than trying to grind out
original. matter. Still, we must re-
call to you an incident mention-
ed there, one of the most unus-
ual happenings in horse -racing
history. A ,good title for it might
be "LITTLE WILLIE WAS TRY-
ING ANYWAY."
Harry M. Savalgo, who has lust been appointed publicity director
for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. A former .newspaperman
who served In the Public Relations Branch of the Royal Canadian
Air Force in Canada, England, France and Belgium during World
War ii, Savages succeeds G. M.13rown. The latter recently resigned 8
the post to take up residence in Vancouver.
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The "Willie" concerned was
Wee Willie Garner, later .to be-
come a top race -rider but then,
in 1926, an apprentice or "punk".
The occasion was the Queen City
Handicap at Latonia, and Garn-
er had the mount on ROLLED
STOCKING, one of the favorites .
to take the race, although pitted
against some of the best colts in
he business.
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It was a nasty afternoon. For
nearly a week it had rained or
drizzled, and the Latonia track
was fetlock deep in mud. ROLL-
ED STOCKING didn't get any
the best of the break, but Wee
Willie guided him like a veteran.
Down the back side he kept his
mount out of pockets and free
of interference and when they .
had turned into the straight and
were an eighth of a mile from
home ROLLED STOCKING was
well out in front. Two lengths
from the wire they were in the
clear and Willie was dreaming of
victory in his first big stake and
his share of the $17,000 purse --
which was a lot of money in
those days, and still is if you
ask us personally.
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Then, without warning, it
happened. ROLLED STOCKING
stumbled and fell. Down went•
the two of them, the horse slid-
ing and the jockey thrown clear.
Too surprised to move, ROLLED
STOCKING just lay there. But
not Wee Willie. With the soupy
mud streaming from him Garn-
er got to his feet. The second
horse, General Haldeman, still
was three or four jumps away.
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Garner grabbed the reins of
his fallen mount and tried to
stretch him four or five inches
further, which was all that was
needed to put the horse's nose
over the wire. Had he been suc-
cessful it would have given the
judges something to puzzle ov-
er, aecause the horse whose nose
first hits that imaginary line is
the winner. But ROLLED
STOCKING plain refused to co-
opt'''rate. He flipped his head
back, not forward, and Wee Wil-
lie couldn't slide him any fur -
tiler in the mud.
And, naturally, General Hal.
deman copped the race.
Still, as we said before, you d
have to give Willie Garner full
marks for trying!
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