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Zurich Herald, 1955-06-02, Page 9FRE a v rt SPORT aMN 3°t, 570VeedeNg • The final tinge in one of the most colorful chapters in Canadian thorough- bred racing will 'be written on June 11 when, for the last time, a Queen's Plate race will be contested over the ancient Woodbine track at Toronto, oldest of all Canadian • Raee Courses. It will be the 96th running of the oldest continuously -run classic on the American continent, In actual quality of horse- flesh this race doesn't pretend to measure up to the Epsom Derby, or the Kentucky Derby, but it does possess something which neither of those glamorous races can boast. For keen sporting interest, for "neighbour vs. neighbour" rivalry, with perhaps a score of notable Ontario and other Canadian stables competing the event has no counterpart anywhere. It is a gala day in Toronto, and has been for almost a century. It was in 1859 that a Toronto turf club followed the ex- ample set by sportsmen of Quebec 23 years before, and peti- tioned Queen Victoria for a royal donation of 50 guineas for a Queen's Plate "to be run at Toronto, or such other place in Upper Canada, as Her Majesty might appoint," From that year to this, the reigning monarch has made this donation. • Canadian racing history was made when the Ontario Jockey Club enjoyed the signal honour of the presence of King George VI with the Queen Mother for the 80th running of the King's Plate, The death of King George VI changed the name to Queen's Plate again, and, as a lover of racing, who campaigns a very successful stable, it was only natural that Queen Eliza- beth II continued the donation. To the 50 guineas from Her Majesty, the Ontario Jockey Club adds $15,000. Quebec's Plate, started in 1836 in the reign of King William IV, but not run continuously, has now vanished from the scene, with harness racing replacing the runners. But the Ontario Queen's Plate, while having its last running at the famous old Woodbine track, will be continued on another course and its sporting rivalry will continue to flourish in years to come. Your comments and suggestions For this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge Si., Toronto. Calvert DISTif.£.ERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO For Men Only The King of Jordan has mar- ried -a nice girl. This news will !please the romantic of both sexes, particularly those of the feminine persuasion who still dream about the prince in the. /airy tale. This nice girl is well edu- cated. In fact, she is a college graduate with degrees to letter after her name, and was once a schoolteacher. This will satisfy a good Many men who think wives should be sensible and, on the other hand, will encourage ;just as many unmarried girls who have moments of wondering whether their educational at- tainments are frightening the nen away. But a real shock is in store for. Americans of both sexes when they learn that no women—not even the bride—were present at the wedding (a Moslem custom). This is the world turned up- side down! For any woman knows, who confesses her own Thoughts honestly, that weddings are planned around women alone. Every father of the bride bas learned that his sole func- tion is to furnish a somber foil for his daughter's splendor as she floats down the aisle on his arm, And every groom has learned that his presence at the festival is tolerated only to ziatisfy the reguirements of law, custom, and the ritual. As a mere man might observe among his kind: Maybe "they have something there." —From The Christian Science Monitor. "I hear your maiden aunt's very wealthy. Does she enjoy good health?" "Yes—gloats over it" Perilous Job When steeplejack Peter Jek- ubs slipped recently from a 100 - ft. tower on which he was work- ing at Baltimore, he caught his leg in a rope and hung head down for sixty-five minutes. Firemen rushed to his aid with their tallest ladder, The coolheaded steeplejack chatted cheerfully to them as they climbed to him. But just as they were putting a safety -belt round his waist the rope suddenly snapped, and he spun 100 ft. to the ground, suffering multiple • injuries but escaping death, In spite of the most modern safety precautions, the steeple- jack's job remains one of the most perilous in the world. Most ref the men are the sons' and grandsons of steeplejacks and seem to have no sense of fear. To be successful, a steeple- jack must have fingers and mus- cles of steel, and no nerves to speak of. Mr. Will Larkins, member of a famous family of them, once nearly fell from the top of the Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square, owing to his feet slipping on an inch -thick layer of greasy soot with which the platform supporting the statue was covered. He only managed to save him- self — he was lying on his back at the time by using his el- bows as brakes. Lightning once damaged the steeple of a church in Derby- shire. The vicar and church- wardens were so grateful to a local steeplejack when he had finished repairing it that they presented him with a new suit of clothes in addition to his fee, Celebrating his success that night, the steeplejack declared that in the morning he would don the new clothes on top of the spire. A great crowd watch- ed him stand on a tiny scaffold and loop a rope over one arm of the cross. Then he climbed on to it, and nut on the presenta- tion suit, throwing each discard- ed garment into the air. Suddenly he clasped his arms frantically round the cross. The rope he neded to regain the ground had slipped and lay on the platform a dozen feet below. The crowd gasped with horror. Then somebody remembered the steeplejacks' daughter a pretty eighteen -year-old "steeple- jill She was found, and her fair hair fluttering in the breeze, she climbed higher and higher until at last she reached the platform. She had never moun- ted so high before. After three attempts she man- aged to throw up the rope to him -- and so saved his life. "Tell me—who was braver than Lancelot, wiser than Solo- mon, more honest than Lincoln, and more handsome than Apol- lo?at, "1 didn't know you knew my wife's first husband." ISSUE "Z2 —• 1955 a HERE'S HOW — Diane Sibbett,, 17, above, shows near -perfect form as she trains with the Essex Ladies' Athletic Club. Taking a trip from the recommended form, Iowa's Rich Ferguson, be- low, turns high hurdles into a diving event during the Kansas Relays Steeplechase. NOT TO HURDLE • .. PLAIN HORSESE 13y F. (BOB) VO1V: PILLS aniewantaiporialmAndir After several weeks of stub- born and intricate negotiations, the annual review of the gener- al economic condition and pros- pects of the agricultural in- dustry in Britain resulted in a settlement which has subse- quently been endorsed by the executive bodies of the three Farmers Unions of the United Kingdom. By common consent the award has been adjudged fair and its disposition between minimum price guarantees and production grants commended as the best practicalcontribution to the balance of the production pattern. A Clear Case Agriculture's case was clear and straightforward enough — substantial rises in costs de- veloping during a trend of gen- eral inflation in other industries while the national agricultural income was falling. Between 1948 and 1951 the rise in output and efficiency en- abled the industry to absorb a substantial part of the increased costs of production, whilst still sustaining increases in the ag- gregate net income. More re- cent attempts by the govern- ment to pursue the same policy have overstepped the margin of resilience in the industry, with a consequent drop in income dur- ing the year of £40 million. Ag- riculture was therefore in no position to absorb additional costs, and in relation to the general picture of industrial prosperity there was no reason . why it should. The government's case, though equally clear, nevertheless calls for examination. The reappear- ance of a marked deterioration in the balance of payments po- sition should have been common ground, for just as three years ago it was officially calculated that British agriculture saved the country £400 million an- nually on imported food, so any excessive consumption of im- ported feeding stuffs by the in- dustry ,would adversely affect the national economy. To meet this, greater encouragementwas applied to home-grown feeding • - stuffs and a check administered to the expansion of hog produc- tion. Price Guarantees The real difficulty in the ne- gotiations ---- the size of the Exchequer commitment and the SE .. taxpayer's liability — stems from the; government's own deliber- ate` policy decision to use price guarantees as the form of pro- tection for the farming industry in free markets. Mr. Butler be- lieves -that this is the right choice for the country and, within the provisions of GATT, it may well be the only effec- tive means of maintaining a healthy and expanding home agriculture. The unions did not contest this principle, although they will study most diiligently its opera- tion in practice. They are, more- over, just as aware as anyone else that unrestricted imports tan make nonsense of the most efficient marketing system as far as prices are concerned, and they are equally aware that the market return is as unpredict- able as the ultimate extent .of Exchequer liability. It must be recognized that this uncertainty is inseparable from the free marketing system. 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