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Zurich Herald, 1951-08-09, Page 6Coach Days, While the economic importance of the National Road vas carried in its wagons, the glory and spec- 'dacle of the road was the sage coaches With their gleaming side ]panels. In their hey - day the coaches whisked travelers from Cumberland to Wheeling in twenty- four hours. Under pressure they could do better than that. The two hundred twenty-two miles from Frederick to Wheeling were once covered in less than twenty-four hours to carry a special presiden- tial message, and over one stretch the stage reached an average of fifteen miles an hour. The stages were operated be regular lines, carrying such names as "Good Intent," "Peoples," "Na- tional Road" or Lucius Stockton's popular "June Bug" line. .A jersey man, Stockton was colorful and im- perious, and struck a patrician note .as he raced over the road in his ;private carriage, the "Flying Dutch- man." In the early days of the railroad, it was he who had chal- lenged the locomotive with his orse and buggy—and had won. He was a superb driver and Com- manded the respect of those wyo .trove his stages. Another titan of the road was The giant six -foot -five Scotsman, .James Reeside, evho habitually wore a scarlet vest and tie. Called "the land Admiral," Reeside ex- panded his line to a total of four :hundred men and a thousand horses, and branched out front the National Road to haul the mail from Philadelphia to New York and other points, becoming the largest mail contractor in the na- tion, Before the corning of the rail- r'oad a great lore had accumulated around coaching, part of which is presented in Thomas B. Searight's Homeric recollection of The Old Pike. On the National Road coaching never found the artistic expression it evoked in England, where Charles Dickens saw the nostalgia of "past toachfulness: pictures of coaches starting, arriving, changing horses, coaches in the sunshine. coaches in the snow, coaches in ;,rmravuae Mexican -Grown Cortisone—Will the "miracle" hormone drug Cor- tisone ever be plentiful and inexpensive? Above, a Mexican laborer carries what scientists believe to be the answer, "Cabeza de Negra," the root of a wild, poisonous plant. Synthetic Corti- sone made from the vegetable source appears to be as effective as the Cortisone derived from ox -bile being used at present in the treatment of arthritis, critical burns and some types of cancer. the wind, coaches in the mist and rail?, coaches in all circumstances compatible with their triumph and victory, but never in the act of breaking down or overturning." Coaching on the National Road did create a small literature and larger folklore. A skillful driver was a joy to watch, and the young and confident stage drivers of the old pike were proud of their skill as they rounded the sharp turns of the mountain roads . . . Color- ful and widely known by name, the stage drivers were as prond and independent as ships' 'captains and, while they ,'onld accept treats from passengers, were indiguaet when offered tips.—From "".l'he I'c,tomac'," by Frederick Gutheim. Fifteen thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven—count theui- 15,127 cash customers at the To- ronto Maple Leaf Baseball Stad- ium! And on a hot, humid. not to say sticky washday evening, al- ready!! And with the attraction NOT the Dodgers and Yanks in a World Series final, or some such, but merely Toronto and Montreal currently locked in an International League struggle so tense and nerve- racking that only a paltry nineteen games separated them!!! 9 4 We never. thought we'd live to see the day. In fact even now We can't help wondering if it wasn't just a dream, But they were there. all right, those fifteen thousand odd—a big- ger baseball crowd than the Queen City has produced, excepting on some very special occasion, within the memory of the most ancient inhabitant. So it begins to look as though the Bill Veeck's and the Jack Cooke's are right after all— that baseballf'Tby itself, is all very well as an attraction so long as your team is up there battling for the pennant, but that when' it isn't yon have to jazz it lip a bit. "Give them bread and circuses" one of the Caesar boys—we think it was Julius although it may have been Irving—once said with regard to keeping the crowds pleased. "Give them free hot dogs and flag- pole sitters" is the way the modern baseball impressarios interpret it. Iists who think that a Saturday or Sunday sun along some of our car - packed highways is tough going, take a swivel- at what happens over there, and find out that you don't know the half of it. A hundred sweating, toiling "len, their tired legs thrusting machines as if their lives depended on it, work their way up the longest, hardest slope of the Pyrenees. At the summit one brown, tough - looking figure braces himself in the saddle for the Iong, downward swoop. It is the Italian, Bartali, and not one of the French aces. Before he can gain speed, ex- cited spectators crowd around him. "Salaudt!" bawl a number of fans. Be "Macaroni!" hiss others. Bartali is pulled off his machine, insulted, spat on and abused. Some of his countrymen, who follow close be- hind, are also manhandled. Despite this, Bartali regains his machine, mounts it and achieves the descent from Col d'Aspin -into Perpignan at the record speed of ninety kilo- metres an hour. He conies in first, shouting, "Ive been assaulted and I'm going home!" And even if it's a lithe hard on those who profess to look upon baseball as something sacred and untouchable—"a great Aniericalt. institution" ... "one of God's great- est gifts to mankind" ... and the like—who is to say that the Cooke's • and the Veeck's haven't the right idea in this cockeyed day and age? is Certainly not us, we can assnrt you. We have always deeply sym- pathised with the haat-and-egg fighter who, after being congratu- lated for the 'steenth time on the - good game battle he had put up. plaintively remarked, "Being a good game loser is O.K. but I'd like to try, just for oncet, how it feels lacing a good game winner." * :a :r Or, to put it even more succinct- ly, which. would you rather have, three cheers oc-s'three bucks? So go right ahead brightening up the atmosphere around the Fleet St. Flats, Mr. Cooke. Bring along the bull fighters, or David and Goliath with the original cast and see if we rare. Now, for a change of pace, the turn to a sport which requires no bathing beauties, radio comedians or anything else in order to get the crowd into a dither. In fact the spectators take an interest a lot too warm for comfort in what is des- cribed at the world's most gruel- ling race—the three thousand mile bicycle race known as the "Tour de France." You Canadian biey c- Jeepersl—Whizzing along at 35 miles per hour, these guys and -gals ,on sleds hope to popularize sandplaning, a sport which combines he most terrifying features of bobsledding and aqua. .laving. Equipment for the daredevil pastime consists of a ply. ele ty e' .e le fur towing and a paid-up life insurance policy • :k k As a result, the entire Italian team withdraws from the race and returns to Italy. Then M. Schuman,. French Foreign Minister, apolo- gizes to the Italian Ambassador, and for some days "L'affaire bicy-c- lettc" elbow, Korea from the head- lines. The French take their cycle rac- ing with deady sf-iousness. Especi- ally the Tour de France, which appears to cause more apoplexy and high blood pressure than all the test matches since the Austra- lian cricketers first won the Ashes. Tour de France is one of the most gruelling physical tests in all sport. It is a 3,000 -mile road race run in twenty-one daily stages, with a day's rest for the riders every four or five days. The daily mileage averages out at about 140 miles and is covered at approximately twenty miles an hour. Pretty good going. * Cyclists enter from every country in Europe, Britain included; and today there is even a sprinkling of entries from Australia, South Africa, the States, and some of the Asiatic countries. * * * The event, which was run recent- ly is always run in July, the hottest of the summer months! Froin Paris the riders make for the west coast, then turn towards the Pyrenees and up their steep slopes. These are the hardest climbs in the race. A man Hurst be in the very pink of condition to e*nerge from this section with a chance of figuring among the first . twenty. Some of the passes. are 6,000 feet high; many of the long, grinding climbs continue for twenty "biles and the midday temperature in the shade may well he ninety l e * * Then, as a relief to the toiling men conies the rush down the slopes from Perpignan, on the Spanish frontier, to Cannes. From there the riders go north into the French alps; more desperate, breek- breaking, muscle -tearing, agonized climbing. The riders now reach Strasbourg, and turn finally for Paris, 500 miles away. * :k * Each day the cyclists start arul finish at pre -determined points, and their tines are recorded. These times are added at the enol of the event and the man with the least hours is the winner. He may not be the first to reach the winning post at Paris on the final day. Y• * Is it worth tearing one's insides out on a two -wheeled treadmill round France for nearly thirty days during the hottest period of the year? Only those who have raced and 1061 cilt: atlsw rr that onestion P.IIMPOZSAINI.VraP,MAIMMISMI Most of them describe it as thirty days of Hell, For the winners -- yes. et At least $15,000 in prize money is put up before a single machine "loves off. The first man is certain of a minimum of $3,000 in cash and perhaps another $30,000 in bonuses and subsidies from mauti- facturers, His future is rosy. He can open a cycle business that will always be well patronized, for the man is now re hero in the eyes of million s, 'r * '4 The remainder of the prize - money is divided among dose who finish among the first dozen, and for the first six there are also fat bonuses and rewards. Each day the mate who makes the best time re- ceives the equivalent of $50 and the second man $25. There are numerous other prizes; awards by manufacturers and en- thusiasts for special sprints; for being the first up this pass or down that; or for making the fastest time over certain tough stretches. 4' * * The spectators are strictly par- tisan. There is no nonsense About hoping that the best man will win. All Frenchmen hope that a Gaul will push a wheel in front for the honour of La Belle France. W -1)W CAN I? By Anne Ashley Q. How can I mix whitewash? A. Fill a bucket half -full of lime. •and cover it about two inches with water. Let stand 24 hours to slack or until it is the consistency of paste. Dip out a portion of this slacked lime into another bucket and thin with water to the desired consistency. Add one teaspoonful of bluing to % bucket of white- wash to clear and make white, and /-pint of salt to make it stick. * :a * Q. How can I treat perspiring hands? A. 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