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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1950-07-06, Page 2d k� A, SIX51T1C Elsewhere on this page will be found Jim Coleman's very novel and interesting announcement of the big harness -meeting at the new Thorncliffe Raceway in Toronto— a meeting which may very well mark the start of a nein era of prosperity for the many Ontario folks interested in the breeding and racing of Trotters and Pacers. M * • Ordinarily we wouldln't even dream of trying to enlarge on the writings of such as Jim Coleman, wIlose daily feature in the Globe & Mail has been sadly missed ever since lie decided to turn honest and quit colunuling. But in this case we feel that there are a few things that might bear our saying. It is no secret that the running - horse people—the Sportsmen who idolize (.rate Receipts, Social Prestige, and the Thoroughbred (spelled with a capital "T") in about- thar order—have looked with extreme disfavor on any attempt to bring to our fair Province harness horse racing of an up-to- date vintage, Putting it a bit more brutally, some of those Sportsmen are raid to shiver in their boots every time they read about spots like the Roosevelt Raceway getting bigger attendances and greater mutuel play than long-established regular tracks. And at that, over on this side of the border such gentlemen alight have good reason to be a bit fright- ened at such a prospect. For in spite of alA the ballyhoo about our "classics" such as the King's Plate, here in Canada We don't see the best grade of Thoroughbred. Or the second -he=r. Or ei-en the third- best. As one callous observer put it, after looking over the entries for one of our top Canadian races, "Forty cents worth of horses running for a five thousand dollar pot." But at a meeting like this one at j Thorncliffe, we can have the chance of watching in action just about the finest there are in the way of Standard Breds; and, although this may be rank heresy, there are lots of people who—like ourselves— believe than Dan Patch, for in- stance. was a far finer piece of horseflesh than 111an O' War ever dared to be. Anyway, as you may already have guessed, the running horse interests haven't done much to make things smooth for those pro- moting the new Thorncliffe setup. All of which will serve to introduce a statement recently made by J. W. Brown, vice president of the Thorncliffe Raceway. Mr, Brown, who is also President of the Can- adian Standard -Bred Horse Society, prefaced his statement by saying that he felt he owed an explanation to the farmers and horse -breeders of Ontario. Take it away, Mr. Brown. "We don't like these starting - times but we are forced to accept them," he said. "We are bowing to the instructions of the Ontario Racing Commissioners who, in turn, are bowing to the instructions of Premier Leslie Frost, Our start- ing -times will be 4.15 p.m. on week- days: 2.30 'p.m. Saturdays and holidays. "When, originally, we obligated ourselves to the expenditure of several hundreds of thousands of dollars to operate a night -racing meeting for our breeders at Thorn- cliffe," said Mr. Brown, "we were emulating breeders in the more Not The Kiss Of Death Toe DiMag io kisses the ball he smacked for his 2000th major league hit in a game in Cleve- land. The New York Yankee outfielder became the third ac- tive major leaguer with 2000 �r ni.ore slits. The others are Linc Appling and Wally Moses, One Down — Canadian soldiers, inembers of Princess Patricia's light infantry company, display rigid army discipline as they march over the body of a fallen comrade who collapsed from the hot sun during a drill at Calgary, Alberta. easterly provinces of Canada and 25 of the United States. These meetings have been operated with- out political interference and they have brought prosperity to the standard -bred breeders in the dis- tricts in which they are located. "We were understandably sur- prised, then, when Premier Frost announced that he wouldn't per- mit any night harness -racing in the Toronto area. "Several months after the Pre- mier's announcement, the new ,Ontario Racing Commission was appointed. The Commission, on May 5, issued its Directive Number 3 which stated: `there shall be no night harness racing (under lights) in Ontario in 1950." * * :k "Naturally, we assumed that we could stage our programs in the twilight hours — completing them before dark—and giving the farmers an opportunity to get into the city for the sport. "Our hopes were dashed, on May 20, when the Ontario Racing Com- mission issued its Directive Number 6. This directive stated definitely that we must finish our programs by seven o'clock, Daylight Saving Time, each night. "Nonetheless, we are going to fulfil our obligations to the horse- men and breeders of Ontario, We are going to pay out our advertised program of more than $200,000 in purses and we feel absolutely cer- tain that we are going to provide a daily, quick -moving spectacle that will be enjoyed by the general public." New And Useful rt s 'i s s I a. F. Get among a bunch of poultry raisers and you'll hear arguments a -plenty. 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You want to pass but you dare not sally out aroun 1 him to challenge oncoming traffic. This vexatious predicament is eased by the "Passing -Eye," a new gadget that enables the driver to see around any object in front of }Jim and is also helpful when ap- proaching the crest of a hill. It's all done with mirrors—two of them. Mounted on a single arm just outside the driver's window are two round flat mirrors, almost facing each other but at a slight angle. One mirror is larger than the other. The large mirror faces for- ward, the small one looks to the rear. The driver, gazing into the small mirror sees there a broad view ahead reflected from the large mirror. Thus he gets a good pic- ture: of what is approaching in the opposite lane and can pass safely when the road is clear without a preliminary series of Hazardous sorties. ISSUE 27 --- 1950 PERUANENTLY eradicated with Baca Polo. The most remarkable discovery of the age. 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From here on, today's column will contain the views of a man who is strongly for the "shut - door" policy, He starts off by say • ing that it's probably a good thing that hens can't talk; otherwise plenty of poultry raisers -would get -; first-class bawling -out for- open- ing the hen -house door as soon a; the weather gets warm. The main reason for having hens is to get eggs. And no chicken has yet been invented that can make eggs out of nothing or next to nothing. Some kinds of feed produce ener- gy—keep a hen going. Other kinds produce eggs. Most of that "waste" feed a hell picks up around the crib or granary is energy -pro- ducing. * * . * Sometimes you find a poultry raiser who insists: "I get more eggs when I turn my hens ov " usually, that's because they were not get- ting a good ration anyway. Recent figures aren't available because few record -keepers turn chickens out any more. So there's no basis for comparison. But in 1947, records of College demonstra- tion flocks showed that confined flocks shelled out almost two doz- en eggs a year more than flocks turned loose. Another argument is that sun- light and grass help hetes. That's true if their laying ration is short on vitamins. But if their feed is good, they'll get all they need otrt of the hopper. What about exercise? Too much means fewer eggs. A hen can't chase around and lay ergs, too', t * * * There's the disease angle to figure, too. A properly-cle,lned hen house is bound to have fewer germ; than the barnyard. And old liens often are carrying disease germs which could raise ]lob with young birds. 'F " There's still the problem of an uncomfortably hot house. But may- be there's something you can do IE% erti Si FOR SALB MOTORCYCLES, Harely Davidson. New and used, bought, said, exchanged. Large stock of guaranteed used motorcycles. Repairs by factory -trained mechanics. 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Apple Farm hJnnor^t StrnrntRln Fan••t•,r,nt,r, 11amtL ton, about that, With windows on just one side, there won't be much air movement. Adding windows at each end of the house helps. >k :k Insulation makes a bike• differ- ence, too, Both ceiling and wall insulation will knock off many de- grees of temperature, But a com- plete insulation job isn't always possible, particularly if you are on a rented farm, In that case, a straw loft Will be far better than nothing. Another aid to coolness is a sun - porch or small yard..A, wife -floored sunporch is best, It will give birds air andsun witholtt exposing them w' to extra tiiscase dangers, ,A. small yard is all right if it's on a differ- ent side of the house each year s.a disease and parasites don't ac- cnmulate. If you must titre liens out do it . late in the day after they've had chance to eat, drink and lay eggs. Jim man MONDAY, JUNE 26 >� America's Best -Equipped Harness Racingi Track opens its inaugural meeting one week from today. Our new barns at Thorncliffe r tl Raceway are being filled rapidly and, by the `• ., end of the week, we anticipate that we will 9. s ,�•, have 500 pacers and trotters stabled on the• grounds in Leaside. Our equine visitors hail from such widely -separated points as Cali- fornia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ohio, Michigan, New York, numerous Ontario way -stations and Red Gulch. The Vice -President (Employment Division), just has informed us that he has enough men on the payroll to erect a new Empire State Building in 36 hours. As a matter of fact, if all the men who have applied for jobs at our plant only will make a point of "'dropping in to see our races once or twice, we will be assured of bumper crowds throughout our 42 -day season. Among our applicants has been a Hungarian nobleman who wishes to train and drive harness -horses for some local sportsman, Another i, geA'tlgman offers us the services of himself and his dwarf -trotter, Ilip,,Xaget horse which, he insists, can travel almost as swiftly as a ,)Nlying-Saucer. We take this opportunity to give you further departmental; reports on various activities at Thorncliffe haceway, which opens its gates to the public next Monday afternoon. k k + k CONS,gRUCTION DEPARTMENT: Friday's heavy rain de- layed us momentarily, but the entire construction program will be completed on schedule. Currently, we're enlarging the paddock so that it can accommodate 40 horses at one time. (We will have the fields for the First, Second, Third and Fourth races in the paddock before the FIRST race. This will permit us to operate the races on a 20 -minute schedule without delays.) We've installed our huge new flood -lighting system. (Premier Leslie Frost won't permit its to use it but we had paid for the equipment and we didn't want it to get rusty down in the imple- ment -shed. Besides, we might find it necessary to turn on the lights if some lady loses a diamond pendant on the clubhouse lawn.) k k k k WAGERING DEPARTWNT: We're going to have the regular system of Pari-Mutuel wagering, operated under government supervision. We're hopeful that our patrons will get into the habit of asking the pari-mutuel clerks for their tickets BY PRO- GRAM NUMBER. DAILY DOUBLE DEPARTMENT: The Daily -Double pool will, be operated on the First and Second Races, each day. You must make both selections BEFORE THE FIRST RACE. In other words, if you select Number Three in the first race and Number Five in the second race, you will ask the pari-mutuel clerk for "THREE AND FIVE!" (Do we make it clear? No tickets will be exchanged at the end of the first race. Daily -Double wagering is finished as soon as the wickets are closed before the First Race.) k k k k k STARTING -TIME DEPARTMENT: The first race will go to the post at 4.15 on week -days. Post Time for the first race will be 2.30 on Saturday afternoons. In order that you may reach home in time for supper, we are planning that the eighth and final race will go to the post at� 6,32 p.m. on each week -day. •;<• a9 k k k COIYEMSSARY DEPARTMENT- Jay Hatch, Vice -President in charge of frankfurters, is making special arrangements so that no. lady or gentleman will suffer from hunger at Thorncliffe Raceway. Currently, he is making a fast air trip to France and Switzerland to interview some of the best chefs who have studied at the feet of the famed Escoffier. He is returning with several of these chefs and promises to develop a frankfurter that will taste like filet mignon. No one goes hungry at Thorncliffe Raceway! •r k k k k GEOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENT: We trust that, by this time, every person is sure of the exact location of Thorncliffe Raceway. Our new plant is built within the spacious grounds of Thorncliffe Park, the running -horse plant in Leaside. If you're lost, just ask the nearest policeman for directions. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT: Augmented bus serv- ices to Thorncliffe Raceway will be provided, Please watch our future advertisements for details of this service. k k k k -I• PROGRAM DEPARTMENT: The official programs, Y,ldc;i will be sold within the grounds of Thorncliffe Raceway, will carry the past performances of all the horses in competition. Additionally, the programs will carry the daily selections of expert harness - racing handicappers. -3+ k k k I RADIO BROADCAST (DEPARTMENT: Deep your dial set ai 1050 (Station CHUII•I) and you will hear each race broadcast by Tory Gregg and Phil Stone, These broadcasts, as we told you the other day, are sponsored by a.Mystery Man whose slogan is "Meet Me Under The Clock On Yonge Street." The only clue that we can give you, for the moment, is that he is a horseman who, up until now, has been interested primarily in the thoroughbreds, k k k •k' k WEA'.1<'HER INFORMATION DEPARTMENT: Rain mY'ty cancel a harness.;'acing program. Consequently, you are asicef to listen closely to 1.050 (Station CHUAV. If it is necessary t( cancel a day's racing, the news will be byoadcrst at regular Intervals.