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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1931-04-03, Page 6A fd Ir: If ra: tly tl{ iya Lw NE THIMBLEFUL- AIAY FEED FoQ ONE CHICK THINK OF IT! One tiny thimbleful ... all the feed a chick can put in its little crop in one day. On this tiny bit it must live ... grow .. build bones ... build muscles ... start feath- ers. Think of the job feed has to do ! They must depend on feed for so many things ! They get them all in Purina Chick Startena (mash) or Purina All -Mash Startena Chow .. . 12 different ingredients in every thimbleful. Cod-liver oil ... dried buttermilk ... alfalfa flour ... granulated meat ... these and eight others are there! These 12 ingredients ... think how carefully they must be mixed to make every thimbleful alike. Purina Startena and All -Mash Startena Chow are mixed over• and over again ... 960 times just to be thorough! You will find the same care taken with Baby Chick Chow (scratch) ... to be fed with Startena until your chicks are six weeks old ... and with Purina Growena (mash) and Purina Intermediate Hen Chow (scratch) . to be fed from then on until the pullets are laying at 16 weeks. How little feed a chick eats ... just one thimbleful a day ... yet how important it is ... how much depends on it ... the chick's very life ... its growth... what the pullets will do for you next fall and winter when eggs are stare to be worth good money. You can afford to feed only the best ... Purina Poultry Chows. 1 Thos. Dickson, Seaforth, Ont, News and Information.. For the Busy Farmer. Know What You Sow—"For what- soever a man soweth that shall he also reap." Sow only large, plump, bright seed. Poor seed is dear at any price. In view of the Somerset report, advocating wider use of pre -cooling facilities and central packing of fruit, it is interesting to note that Mr. George Wilson, secretary of the Norfolk Fruit Growers, places the value of their new cold storage plant in marketing the 1930 crop at $35,- 750. SEED CORN Sufficient Home Grown Seed Avail- able. As a result of the very favorable weather and improved situation in regard to the corn borer in 1930, Southwestern Ontario is offering this spring large quantities of seed corn of excellent quality. Official tests have already revealed particularly high germinating power, some sam- ples running as high as 98 to 100 per cent. • Regulations controlling the ship- ment of seed corn have been modi- fied and this spring any growers or dealers in old Ontario and Quebec may purchase their requirements and have same delivered on the cob as was the custom previous to the corn borer trouble. Seed corn grown and matured in Ontario is better adapted to Ontario conditions when used either for grain or ensilage purposes than is the seed corn imported from sections where the growing season is longer and where larger types of corn prevail. Experience has proved that varieties such as Golden Glow, Bailey, White Cap and the Flints are best suited to our conditions. Prevailing conditions demand that we purchase our supplies at home. when they are available and are of a satisfactory quality. The corn grow- ers of Essex, Kent and Lambton Coun- ties are this year in a position to live up to the enviable reputation as seed producers built up prior to the invas- ion of the corn borer. Purchase your supply of seed corn at home and know what you sow. Sow Cleane S ed. A recent survey shows that were responsible for a total loss ,of between 150 and 200 million dollars in Canada last year. The direct loss' in crop actually displaced or killed out by weeds was over one hundred WRIGLEYS WRIGLEY packages contain the best that can be produced in chewing gum. Freshens mouth sweetens breath —the chewing nteadies,the rietVes and aids digestion—the sugar is `energy that keeps you "(tp„and coming:" --cep fit with ;I? Ff: bIl ut� 1 �t ,x'•i•. A 5 r a , t,l ,.h., ' millions, while the remainder was made up of freight charges for carry- ing weed seeds along with grain, clover and other crops, loss of mois- ture, depreciation of farm value due to weeds and the increase in culti- vation necessary where these soil rob- bers were present. To mitigate this loss, the land must be cleaned up. Careful pre -seeding cultivation will clean up ordinary fields, while partial summer fallow and the sowing of smother crops like buckwheat, rape and turnips are recommended for very bad patches of such tenacious weeds as twitch and sow thistle. A clean seed bed, plus clean c iver seed and clean seed grain,of a l::gh stan- dard of purity and germination, will give a big increase in yield over the other kind at practically no more cost. Only clean, plump, vigorous seed, tested and approved by Govern- ment authorities, should be used. Cow testing is very important. Not all cows that give milk are profitable. The only way to make sure of these unprofitable cows is by the system- atic use of the milk scales and the Babcock test. DAUGHTER FINDS OUT The young wife was worried when mother's weekly letter failed to ar- rive. Finally—after several days— she telephoned home. Dad answered. No, nothing.,serious; mother had hurt her hd slightly and couldn't write. How it relieved her daughter's feelings to know everything was all right! POLE -SITTING WITH A PURPOSE "Shipwreck" Kelly, who put flag- pole -sitting on top of the world and himself on top of the flagpole, has a spiritual brother in faraway Japan— Kiyoshi Tanabe, or, as Beverley Smith puts it in his New York Herald Tri- bune column, "Shipwreck" Kiyoshi. Indeed, the Japanese flagpole -sitter goes his American confrere one bet- ter, for, as Mr. Smith tells us, al- though "Shipwreck" Kelly is the un- disputed pole -sitting and pole -stand- ing champion of the world, he has "never put his art to any really prac- tical use." It was Kiyoshi, who accomplished this, and with the help of no less a personage than the "Son of Heaven" himself, the Mikado. Kiyoshi, we read, was clever enough to employ flag -pole -sitting as a means of ending a labor dispute. The story was told originally by Newton Edgers in the New York Sun, and has been confirmed to Mr. Smith by a business man just returned from Tokio. Thus: Early in the morning of November 16th Kiyoshi crept to the top of the 130 -foot concrete smokestack of the Fiji Spinning Company. When the of- ficials arrived and ordered him to come down he shouted defiance' of the management and announced that he would not descend until workers who had been laid off were taken back at full pay. The management summoned the po- lice, but when they tried to take Kiyoshi down by force he threatened to jump off the chimney. Since there is no Japanese law against sitting on high places, the police desisted. Plead- ings of relatives and friends also fail- ed to bulge Kiyoshi, By the second day a great multi- tude had gathered and itinerant food sellers did a thriving business in the Japanese equivalent of hot dogs and orange drink. Kiyoshi lowered a bas- ket en a string and demanded that it be filled with food. Otherwise, he said, he would jump off, He got the food. The weather was cold, windy and rainy, but Kiyoshi held on. The man- agement stoked the furnaces below with soft coal, and Kiyoshi was en- veloped constantly with choking, blinding smoke. But still he held' en. By noon of December 1st, Kiyoshi yi• S, {u van closely resembled a smoked herring and his strength was almost spent. "Let him eat smoke," said the man- agement. And then luck, the emperor, and tradition intervened. It so happened that the sublime em- peror, who had been reviewing the manoeuvres that day, had to pass the factory. By iron -bound tradition it is forbidden for anyone to stand on a high place when the emperor passes. The management, fearing that the disgrace would involve their entire business, granted all Kiyoshi's de• mends. He was taken down more dead than alive. That's Pole -Sitting with a Purpose. 'BAD EGGS," SAID JUDGE, "IM- PROVE WITH STORAGE" Lord Darling, who at 81 years of age has returned to judicial duties -on the bench, has long had the reputa- tion for a dry wit which enlivens the dull technicalities of the law. Last year, when he officiated at the open- ing of an egg -packing depot, he re- ferred to his long experience in sort- ing the good from the bad. All who came before him as a judge, he said, hid to be graded, some into one box and some into another, the idea being that if kept for some time, they might improve. "At the same time, you must understand that this system can- not be applied to eggs," he explain- ed. Even as a young counsel, pleading at the bar, Lord Darling had a repu- tation for ready retort. But he once came off- second best in an encounter with a London cabby. Appearing as counsel for the defense in an import- ant case, Mr. Darling aroused con- siderable amusement by prefacing many of his questions in the cross- examination of witnesses with the words, "Would you be surprised to know—?" Winning his case, he came out in high feather and beckoned a cabby drawn up near the entrance to the court. The cabby, a true Cock- ney, looked round leisurely and re- cognizing the prospective fare, drawl- ed: "Would you be surprised to know that this cab's engaged?" THE HEART The heart is one of the vital organs of the bol y which continues to work when we are asleep just as it does when we are awake. The heart is a muscle organ. When it contracts, it acts as a pump circu- lating the blood to all parts of the body. Every part of the body needs blood, because it is from the blood that the cells of the body select the nourishment they need, and it is into the1 b ood that the cells discharge their waste products. A good circulation is necessary if the tissues of the body are to be healthy. A good circulation cannot be maintained unless the heart is in pro- per working order. In other words, the general health of the body re- quires a sound heart. The heart, like most organs of the body, is capable of doing more than is usually demanded of it. That is why it is able for a time to do extra work when it is called upon to do so by sudden or severe physical effort. It is not advisable, howe'v'er, to over- strain any part of the body, because such strain may be too great or too prolonged, and permanent harm may result. Because of its reserve power, a damaged heart may .serve a person very well, providing care is taken not to throrw any extra strain on the or- gan. Those who have a weakened or dam- aged heart can live long and useful lives if they arvoid such efforts ad' heavy lifting which throws a sudden or extra load on the heart. They must avoid doing anything which causes shortness of breath, and they should learn to stop and rest immediately if t ` y r (, ti 1�Mi!ni ,. they wry'erie ce shortnessof breath or 'pate, The must realize their lam, itations, and of try to do more than., they are a'bl , Infection in any form is frequently responsible for heart disease.Infect- ed teeth, tonsils or head sinuses may be foci tram which poisons and germs are given at causing damage to the heart. The prevention of heart disease be- gins with attention to general health through proper food, fresh /air, rest and play. .Any flocus of infection, such as diseased teeth or tonsils, should be removed before there is a chance of its causing damage to the heart. The heart • is often damaged as the result of acute rheumatism, which is an infection.Growing pains and chorea, or :St. Vitus' Dance are evi- dence of rheumatism in children, and they should be treated as serious con- ditions in order that the heart may be protected. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by let- ter. GREAT FIRE PERIL ON OIL • TANKERS The dramatic race of the blazing oil tanker, Elkhound, down the ' River Thames recently, when a desperate effort.was made to get her out of the river before the tanks burst, must have brought vividly to the minds of many people the terrible dangers of life aboard such craft. When a fire occurs at sea, there is nowhere to run. It becomes a race against time while the crew, working like trojans, try to get clear of the vessel before the inevitable explosion. Fire is the tanker's most relentless enemy. In an ordinary steamer there is usually a chance of quenching fire. In a tanker there is always the pos- sibility of heated tanks exploding with their hundreds of tons of crude oil. The tanker is like no other vessel afloat. It is easily recognized by the position of the funnel, which is as far aft as possible, so that any sparks that may be emitted will drop harm- lessly in the wake of the ship. Great precautions are taken, against fire. Thetanks are isolated by what is known as a "coffer -dam," an empty space between two watertight bulk- heads, over which the leaking oil must pass before reaching the boiler rooms. In such craft the officers and crew are split up into three camps, the en- gineers being housed above the boiler rooms, the officers amidships, and the deck -hands forward. In foul weather these three little communities are compelled to remain more or less is- olated. A narrow gangway, raised about seven feet above the tank tops, runs the full length of the ship and on account of the isolation of the dif- ferent ratings, access from one to the other is not such "plain sailing" as in the ordinary steamer. Unlike other kinds of craft, tank- ers keep two watches, one on the bridge and the other on the tanks. AUTOMOTIVE MUSINGS Among other signs that the motor car industry is construing as hopeful is that the cars in the medium price tier are increasing in sales. Last year was no exception to the rule that during hard times the low- est and highest priced representa- tives of any commodity are the ones that are least affected. Throughout the year 1930 the accuracy of this rule was reflected in the sales of mo- tor cars in the price class from $1,- 500 to $2,500. T During the first two months of this year the figure has shown a steady trend upward, a trend morel than pro- portionate to the general increase in sales. There is no question on the part of any element within the automobile industry that there is a definite field for medium-priced cars. Automobile prices are proportioned to production costs and in costing more than cars in the $1;500 to $2,500 price class have an opportunity to offer distinctive fea- tures. It is in this field where the most radical changes have taken place in the last two years. The especially noteworthy one is the switch from six For allthest d and 'Throat Prescribed by the Medical Profession for over thirty-nine years, Angier's Emulsion is universally recognized an an appruv ed treatment for colda, coughs, bronchitis, influenza and all catarrhal affections of the respiratoy or digestive organs. ANGIER•S EMULSION will allay the cough, loosen the phlegm, relieve the sore- ness of the throat and chent --have a sooth- ing beneficial effect on the stomach and digestion and keep the howcla regular. A11 this in one medicine that is pl^iaant to take and that has an invigorating and Ionic influence upon the entire, general health. It is soothing and healing to throat, stnmach and intestines, and it hon o must invigorat- ing. tonic influence upon the, general health. The most palatable of n11 ernulaiona, Angirr'a agrees perfectly with dedicate, onnitive atomachn. Equally useful for adnita and children. Angier's in an invaluable remedy for all 'cheat and throat affections, A British I)ortor writes: "1 have been prearrib. ing ANG I ER'S EMULSION for many years. I find it inoaluable for bronchial and chest affections, and I also prescribe it for anaemia and umsting diseases of children." (Signed) L.R.C.P,ottn. se 65c. and $1.20 at Druggists. ' ad (4.4.4'4•+,•'.e' Yi'tM;bw.r, •43Yt.'I��k'S EMULSION' 'Endorsed by the Medical Profession " r1;./14.1.111.1115 Ytt141.111; ''tJ .;al; tt2 ' t �rr1J,tISS How ToSii 1y Net Rud of Joint Agony Out goes theain—down goes the swelling—the inflammation subsides. Now you're ready to go to work again for you ought to know that wjien you rub Joint -Ease on your troubled joints away must go all distress or money back. —60 cents a generous tube—all druggists —made in Canada. int -Ease to eight -cylinder engines. The comeback of cars in this price level is regarded as indicating, among other things, a lapse in the .pessimis- tic attitude that has affected car 'buy- ing generally during the last 11 or 18 months, save during the synthetic boom in the early months of 1930. It is hopeful sign not only to manu- facturers in this particular price tier, and their dealers, but to makers and dealers in all classes of motor cars. * * * Not that it has a serious effect, but the radiator grille or screen with which so many 1931 models are equip- ped has come in for its measure of criticism from those engineers who do not trek along with novelty at the ex- pense of efficiency. They point out that it cuts down the cooling edfectilvle- ness of the radiator, not to a serious point, but enough to annoy the pre- cise -minded engineer. If the public wants grilles, howev- er, and apparently it does, the car maker is not going to deny them the pleasure of having them. No, sir! • * * Did you know that— The average motorist does not drive 50 or 60 miles an hour out on the op- en highway, although some car own- ers do? The mean speed is 38 miles an hour, according to one survey. The difference between open and closed cars in the way of speed is not what it seems to be? When a stock open model of a certain eight recently did 90.4 m.p.h., its closed mate stepped up and showed itself only .2 of a mile an hour slower. • * * It is worth remembering that sl- ough most are are equipped with 6 ankcase ventilators and oil filters, the things that break down the engine lubricant are dirt, dust, sludge, abras- ive and the like. * * * Car owners who fail to ascertain the reason why a certain unit of the automobile had to go to the shop for repair or replacement, miss a real op- portunity to educate themselves a- gainst further trouble of the same kind. Asking the repairer for an ex- planation of the difficulty usually will bring even the experienced car owner new light on the performance of cer- tain parts of the car. "Why?" is an excellent question, and one that the intelligent repair man is happy to an- swer, * * * "Design an efficient body and its beauty will'take care of itself," says a famous authority on the subject,; Capt. Sir Malcolm Campbell's car il- lustrates the point. It's the best looking car ever to hold the record. Spealcing of Campbell, his friends have long thought he had an in- feriority complex, but a biographer says it just seemed that way as a result of a lot of hard luck. Well, that's passed. * * * Use generally is regarded as the chief factor in rapid wear of the up- holstery. Tests, however, fail to sus- tain this judgment. It is the dust and grit that works its way into fabric that does the damage most rapidly. That is why the makers of fine cars advise buyers to have the upholstery brushed with a whisk broom at least once a month and, after the brushing, subjected to a thorough cleansing with a vacuum cleaner. It means a valuable extension of upholstery life and much better appearance. k * * Will man ever travel 300 miles an hour on land? Well, the speed record has been raised more than 150 miles an hour since W. K. Vanderbilt's car travelled the fastest miles at a rate of 92.3 m.p.h. at Daytona in 1904. SECOND DREYFUS CASE IS AGITATING GERMANY What has been called the German Dreyfus case suddenly flared into wide publicity one day last Fall when the daughter of Paul von Gontard, a noted German industrialist, was being married. As Von Gontard led his daughter to the altar, an elderly wo- man man thrust herself forward and con- fronted hien. "I want my son," she cried. "Give me back my son!" She was quickly removed, but the incident set all Germany talking again about a case which had been almost forgot- ten, and since then excitement has in- creased. There is a strong public de- mand that the woman'son h s who is Walter Bullerjahn, shall have a new trial. He is now serving a sentence of fifteen years' imprisonment, hav- ing been convicted of high treason. Committees have been formed to de- mand •a reopening of the case. Ques- tions have been asked in the Reich- stag and also in the French Chamber. The general impression is that Bul- lerjahn has been convicted unfairly, that there was not enough evidence to warrant a verdict of guilty; and that, like Dreyfus, he was the 'victim of a conspiracy. Bullerjahn, now a man 34 years old, was brought up in the military school for orphans at Potsdam, is father having been an officer. He served creditably through the war, and some time after its conclusion was given a job with the Berlin -Karls- ruhe Industrial Company. He was placed in charge of its dumps, which QCpnsisted partly of munitions and partly of scrap metal. In a building at one of these dumps there was a roost with locked doors. Bullerjahn knew that behind these doors were small arms kept in defiance of the terms of the Versailles Treaty. He requested that the weapons sh'oul'd be removed, at least to some property for which he,was not responsible. No , action was taken. In 1924 some met - am disappeared from one of the dumps ami Bullerjahn wee suspected of hav- ing a hand in the theft. 'He heard of this and was indignant, taking his complaint to the head of the company, demanding • to know if it was likely that for the sum of $40 he would im- peril a job for which he was being paid $76 a month, especially at a time when jelhs were hard to get. His Superiors assured him that he was not suspected, and Bullerjahn felt that his enemy was one Gebauer, a fellow employee. Shortly afterwards he asked his employers for an in- creaser in salary. (Hie was about to be married and he needed the money but his chief reason in making the request was that the increase would give him a higher standing in the works than that of Gebauer. He was told to wait for a couple of months until the incident of the missing metal had been forgotten. Not very long afterward representatives of the Interallied Military Commission of Control visited the premises of the Berlin -Karlsruhe Company, walked to a locked door and demanded that it should be opened. There was some delay but ,presently the door was opened, and the officers entering', found a considerable store of forbid - en small 'arms. It was seized and'i ppropriate ,penalties imposed on the firm. It was plain that an informer 1 had been at work, and, suspicion fell upon Bullerjahn. He protested his in- nocence but was haled immediately before the Supreme. Court of Germany at Leipsic and put upon his trial. Eleven items of circumstantial evidence, were offered against him, and in addition the statement of a person at the time unknown but vouched for by the prosecution as being a man of the utmost veracity and disinterestedness. The State's at- torney in the course of the trial said that he would not ask for a convic- tion on the eleven pieces of evidence alone, but that the statement of the anonymous witness added to them made the case conclusive. In giv- ing their verdict one of the judges said that he thought the 11 items themselves sufficient. Bullerpahn was 'then sentenced to 15 years' imprison- ment and they loss of his ciivil rights for another 10 years. The case for the ,prosecution was that Bullerjahn needed money, that he had a grudge against the company, and that he was seen in the street before a house oc- cupied by Lieut. Jost, the member of the commission who had found the contraband arms. Lieut. Jost has since declared in ,a newspaper article that he had never seen Bullerjahn and that the informa- tion was supplied to him a year be- fore he visited the factory. Lieut. Jost is now in France, and an effort is being made to have the French Government relieve him for the time being of his military oath and permit him to return to Germany to give evi- dence. It will be recalled that a sim- ilar request was made in the Dreyfus case to the German Government, but that Government refused to permit a witness who could have cleared Drey- fus to giive testimony. It has also come to light that the distinguished and veracious and dispassionate wit- ness who finally convicted Bullerpahn was Paul von Gontard, head of the Berlin -Karlsruhe Industrial Company. In a newspaper interview the addi- tional fact has leaked out that Von Gontard was merely repeating what others had told him and that as a di- rect witness he was worthless, even had he been on oath when he gave evi- dence. But one of the difficulties in the way of Bullerjahn is that the court which convicted him is the only court which has the power to reopen the case. In other words, the court rs, invited to admit that it made a ter- rible mistake, and is naturally reluct- ant to avail itself of the opportunity. MOST STRENUOUS TESTS ATH- LETES CAN ENDURE In the course of an article on the effect of exercise upon an athlete's heart we suggested that if there was such a thing as a heart being injured by prolonged exercise, it would prob- ably be manifest in long-distance run- ners, since running imposes an unus- ual strain upon the heart. Our illus- tration might have been happier, we infer from an article upon sports in The Outlook by George Trevor. He writes: "Long distance running is not as gruelling an ordeal as the un- initiated imagine. The Marathon run- ner fears only stomach and leg cramps. His lungs and heart are un- affected by the monotonous dog trot, once those organs have adapted them- selves to a sustained jog. Marathon running is a game for age as well as youth. Clarence De Mar still wins Marathons though he is nearing"fifty. Harry Parkinson, rejected by course stewards because of a flighty heart, enters the Boston Marathon without official sanction and always finishes." We quote this not as evidence against the expert consensus that there is no such thing as athlete's heart, but merely as an interesting illustration of what various athletic sports de- mand of their votaries. es. A arentl P y a man with none too robust a heart may be a creditable long-distance runner if his legs and stomach are right. What is the most strenuous form of competitive athletics? asks Mr. Trevor. He says that the toughest game of all is four -mile rowing. The oarsman who pulls a sweep in a four mile race makes the supreme demand on nature. He requires a longer per- iod of preparation. An athlete physi- cally fit to box, play football, or run a mile, would not be able to undergo the long -drawn out torture of a four -mile row unless he had been specially prepared for it. "Surpris- ing as it may be seem to the layman," says Mr. Trevor, "rowing puts rela- tively slight stress upfon the arms. It is the legs, a'bdiominal muscles and heart that are taxed unmercifully. The nervous tension, the feeling of personal responsibility, preceding a race, puts an added burden on the heart, Each oarsman realizes that he is a vital cog in that smooth mechan- ism we call a crew. There is no substitute rattly to leap into the shell at the first hint of weakness." It would neem that rowing is elven more trying than sculling and we re- member being told by Mr. Lou Scholes, When the memory of his rf. MOR E ECZEM *Rig "1 b.d a nil ' Ps asrec iessth liu81P apgp�t cation o!'Soo 84W Odell itc sad hum right away My'ektn h low `clear.' pow Paula. "Sootha Salva" is quicIto4t knowntelly! .for eczemapseele.gA thugito.� struggles at Henley were fresh in his mind, that no money in the world would induce him to repeat the or- deal from the beginning of training to the finals for the Diamond Sculls. Canadians will be interested to know that Major Frrtank Wandle,�for ten years athletic director and foot- ball trainer of the United States Military Academy, places lacrosse as the most strenuous of all sports next to rowing. The field .players are compelled to race up and down the field as long as the game lasts with hardly a let-up. As an example of what lacrosse takes out of a man he cites the case of Holley, Army centre, who entered a game with Navy weighing 145 pounds, and when the game was over weighed 152. It must be remembered! also that Holley was in first class physi- cal condition when the games began. Another Canadian game, hockey, comes next. 'Hockey and lacrosse are undoubtedly the two hardest games on the wind, with racquets a step behind. It is easier to skate than to run, but the sudden stops, quick starts and hairpin turns jar the nervous system and deplete vitality. The process is furthered by the legi- timate body checking which must shock an athlete almost as much as being heavily tackled on a football field. Repeated substitutions bear witness to the killing pace that hockey players must maintain in first class company to -day. 'Basketball' is somewhat less exact- ing. The halves are limited • to twenty minutes, the interruptions for foul shots are frequent and the body checking is less punishing than in hockey. Moreover, the recently developed five -man defence elimi- nates a lot of running. Tennis, once contemptuously regarded as in the same sporting category as carpet balls and croquet, is in reality one of the hardest games a man can play. At Melbourne in 1907, in a five -set game for the Davis Cup, Norman Brookes and Beals Wright tottered a- bout the court like punch-drunk fight- ers in the fifth set. They had run more than six miles with the tempera- ture at 101 degrees, in addition to the added strain of repeated sudden stops and starts. In running the middle distances are the hardest, the quarter mile being considered the most exhausting since it is a sustain- ed sprint. The 100 yards is not so exhausting. The sprinter runs the first 60 yards on one breath, then in- hales and finishes on his second breath. The sports mentioned do not legal- ize assault and battery, although sci- entific body -checking falls little short of it. Football, boxing and wrestling dp not impose the same strain upon heart and lungs as the sports we have mentioned, but they expose the partic- ipants to direct physical violence. The football player has to be trained to withstand terrific shocks; but, under modern rules, the American game, which is rougher than ours, is punctu- ated by breathing spells between scrimmages, while time'' -out respites, help the staggering athletes to regain their strength. As a matter of fact, the ball is actually in play for less than 15 minutes. The .stamina de- veloped in the ring is of a different quality. Football .players, as a rule, have failed to stand ring punishment, and prize-fighters would also succumb to the specialized violence to which football players are inured. Wrestling is extremely hard on the entertainers, especially when it is a real match be- tween men of about equal strength and ability, and not merely an exhibi- tion. SELF-OPERATING CLUTCH APPEARS Motorists' feet are due for a lot of relaxation, if a new self-operating clutch appearing in Detroit is widely adopted by auk makers. For this de- vice does away ditirely with the clutch pedal. The unit is claimed to be striking- ly different. 'It operates in conjunc- tion with a two -speed gearset which eliminates the second speed combina- tion altogether. To compensate for this the ratio of low gear is raised to a point between the normal low and second. This comibination, however, is intended for use only under extreme conditions. Ninety-eight per cent. of all driving is said to be possible in high gear. The gearshift lever, as well as the conventi,onal clutch pedal, is aban- doned in connection with the device. Gears are shifted by means of a wire control •on the dash and operating control of the car is done almost en- tirely through the accelerator. When the accelerator is depressed the power connection unction between engine and rear wheels is established. It is instantaneously broken by means of a special free wheeling device when pressure is removed from the accel- erator. According to the dispatch from De- troit giving the details of the new dutch, a nationally known manufac- turer of cars will adopt it before mid- summer on all his models. t!.