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Last week this column hillted—
a trifle broadly, perhaps, --khat the
aristocratic Thoroughbred people
didn't appear to be welcoming, any
too warmly, the Standard Bred
folks' efforts at making Harness
Horse racing a major league pas-
time in and around Toronto.
We might have been mistaken, of
course. For all we knew the run-
ning horse interests may harbor a
deep and secret love for the lowly
trotters and pacers. But, if they do,
their actions, somehow or other,
remind us of the line from an
ancient ditty which ran, "It's all
very well to dissemble your love,
but why do you kick me clown-
stairs?"
But that's all water over the dam;
and the sire too. Anyway, in spite
of such handicaps as not being
allowed to run their cards during
the long, summer twilight hours—
when thousands of lovers of the
sport from a distance could have
and probably would have attended
—the Thorncliffe Raceway meet has
got off to a very encouraging start.
Toronto never was, and for that
matter isn't yet, a Harness Horse
Racing town, mainly because it
never saw that sport !xcept in
rather shabby circumstances. But
from the sort of stuff the fans have
been seeing at Thorncliffe, it might
very well develop into a real one,
and before so very long, at that.
The Thorncliffe folks got one
grand break on their very first day.
Oil the morning of the, opener a
friend remarked to us, "If they
ever had the luck to start off with
a nice juicy Daily Double, also
a couple of long -shots, it would be
the best kind of an advertisement
they could possibly get."
So. sure enough, when a steed
called DANIEL, in the second race,
came to judgment ahead of all the
others, the payoff was $277.30 for
a $2 investment; which is a pretty
fair sort of price on any kind of a
track, running or trotting. And
when the figures were posted for
the Daily Double, they showed
$629.50—which is ditto, ditto, ditto,
and in spades. Having a fair knowl-
edge of the Toronto horse -racing
mentality, we would say that the
news of such payoffs would attract
more attendance than anything else
that could have happened. Also,
those who go once are almost cer-
tain to be repeaters, for the sport
is smart and snappy, prices or no
prices. Which will- have to be
enough of Harness Horse racing
for this week.
* * *
From dear old Wimbleton comes
word that is highly shocking. There
at the very shrine of Lawn Tennis
we have the AP reporter sending
news like this. "The decision
brought on a noisy, unprecedented
rhubarb—it sounded much more
like Brooklyn's Ebbet's Field than
the normal, polite, hand -clapping
gathering at British sporting events
—police reserves formed a human
barrier in front of the main doors,"
and stuff like that.
Stili, we were not so greatly
appalled at such happenings as we
alight have been had we not just
finished reading, shortly before, an
article in an English periodical.
it was by Derek Barat, anti was
entitled MORE LAWN TENNIS,
LESS LACE PANTIES PLEASE.
Because what Brother Barak has
to say more or less applies to ten-
nis on this side of the pond too,
the following are a few quotes from
the article which, we need hardly
explain, was written before Wim-
bleton opened,
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Inventors Taking The Bite
Out Of Our Dog Dad's -
Potato Blackening
FARM FRONT
Causes Concern
MAYBE IT'S THE BREEZE that makes Eddie Angus Iook
this way as a pocket electric fan wafts the cigar smoke past
his ear.
Keep cool, now; don't get ex-
cited.
The man with the little whirling
propeller in his Band is not a con-
vention delegate about to give you
the buzzer treatment. And lie's
not a man from Mars revving up to
rejoin his flying saucer,
He's fanning Himself.
This is because the gadget -
makers, just a jump ahead of the
dog days, have come up with an
electric fan you can carry in your
pocket.
Batteries make it go, and the
Tom Thumb fan people think it
Will be handy for stirring up a
breeze in telephone booths, sub-
ways, upper berths, or even while
you're lying under a tree, watching
Your neighbor mow his lawn.
You may also have to use it to
blow away DDT sprayed in your
direction. When you turn it on it
sounds like a mosquito.
Gadgeteers have also made it
easier for people who get over-
heated prying ice cubes out of the
By all accounts we're in for some
high jinks at Wimbleton this year.
The only snag is we may not be
able to see the chalk fly for tired
businessmen.
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Yes, it promises to be more of
a leg -show than an exhibition of
courtcraft. "Gorgeous Gussy" start-
ed it all last year—and a very good
stunt it was. Although barely in
the top flight as a player, she's far
and away the best known name in
tennis. Her lace -edged briefs proved
to be first-class publicity. But isn't
it time they were tucked away in a
drawer somewhere and forgotten?
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..we go to Wimbleton to watch
tennis. It's the undisputed Mecca
of the game. As well as attracting
the world's finest players, it has
something else — that indefinable
"atmosphere" . that . Lord's , gives
a Test Match, or the great stands
at Twickenham add to rugger.
People flock there to catch that
atmosphere and see the game
fought out by experts under ideal
conditions.
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Yet already, weeks before the
tournament is due to begin, briefer
and briefer—and even more dia-
phanous—creations for the court
are front-page stuff. They come
under such dinky titles as "In-
trigue," "Love Set" and "Match-
maker," and consist of anything.
from transparent nylon, revealing
multi -coloured briefs and bras, • to
our old friend the bare midriff. 'While
the undie-conscious Miss Moran
threatens to startle us even more
than last year. In a pair of pleated
chiffon bloomers under a ballet
skirt l
Now that sort of thing's fine for
the beach or a gentle frolic with
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FOLDINGi-- MA FOLDING STEP INCLOTHES
CLOSET PROVIDES EASY ACCESS To HiGH SHELF...
refrigerator to make drinks that
will keep them cool.
At one extreme is the double,
jumbo -sized ice cube tray, It
makes half as many cubes twice as
big, which are supposed to last
twice as long.
The other extreme does away
with ice cubes altogether. It's a
combination straw and tube, which
has its own sealed -in refrigerant.
You stick it in the ice box to freeze,
then dip it in your drink and
slu-r-r-p—oops, sip.
Junior's plastic wading pool has
a shower attachment this year, and
for your own shower there's a
transparent plastic spray attachment
that fits any ti' ater outlet. In case,
you can't tell from the way the
water feels whether you're hot or
cold, the spray head has a therm-
ometer in it.
And now that you're all worn
out keeping cool, you can take a
nap in the tub. They're making
bath pillows of quilted rubber that
cling to the tub with suction cups,
so you won't crack your skull
when you doze off.
bat and ball in the back garden.
It could be recommended, too, for
the local tennis club, which is
usually just as much a social ren-
dezvous—more effective than any
matrimonial agency at loosing Cu-
pid's darts—an an opportunity for
strenuous sport. But is it what we
want to see at Wimbleton?
At the risk of appearing an old
grouch, I'd say very definitely, NOI
For, one thing, girls whose lives are
devoted to slamming balls about
aren't always. "suited to appear in
such airy -fairy nothings. You can't
keep serving aces without develop=
ing bulges.
Also, too much frou-frou is dis-
tracting to gentlemen spectators.
They may fail to follow the flight
of the ball, and miss a hardly -won
point. Even umpires could go cross-
eyed.
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It's not that I'm condeming frou-
frou for tennis out of hand. If it's
wanted let's by all means have some
at Wimbleton—but let's keep it as
a sideline. A special court could
be allotted on a sort of non-stop
cabaret basis. They could kick off
with a brisk can -can, followed by
various national dances as a sort
of tribute to competing countries.
The main brunt of the high kick-
ing would, of course, have to be
borne by a resident chorus. But
Icompetitors could participate for
limbering -up purposes—the whole
thing interspersed with juggling
acts, preferably with bats and balls.
* * *
i But so far as Number One and
Centre Courts are concerned, let's
i forget about lace and concentrate
more on the game. At least one
igirl with the right idea is attrac-
tive Nancy Chaffee, of California.
Nancy, who combines the Hardest
forehand drive since Alice Marble,
will almost certainly be the gla-
mour girl of the tournament this
year. But "No fancy pants at Wim-
bleton for me," she declares. "I
want to be lilted for my tennis—
not for what I have or haven't
got on "
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Judges' Mistake
A unique error occurred in judg-
ing a race at the Goodwood track
in lLngland on July 27, 1949. The
two leading horses had not only
finished side by side nea" the rail,
but they were nearly identical in
size and appearance, Therefore, the
judge withheld his decision until he
had examined the photo -finish pic-
ture. But in the print a tricky light -
and -shadow effect had made the
head of the near horse (No. 3) ap-
pear to be the one whose nose
touched the finish line. So No, 3
was announced , s the winner,
When the picture was posted later
that day, a spectator who looked at
it chanced to discover the mistake-
Seeing that the nose on the finish
line was black, he knew that No. 3
hard not won because its nose was
white. The next .morning the track
stewards admitted the error, but
the judge did not rectify it
It's perhaps a little early to be
worrying about overheated hay, as
most fires caused in that manner
occur after harvest. Still, forewarn-
ed is forearmed, according to the
old saying; so perhaps the follow-
ing little tale, as told by a farm
safety specialist, together with the
hints that follow, may not be amiss
after all.
"Hello. John Franklin speak-
ing." John had just arrived at the
extension office when the phone
rang.
"This is Mike DeValt," said the
voice on the wire. "I'm afraid that
new hay I put in the barn about
10 days ago is burning. What can
I do?"
"Have you ,checked it with a
thermometer?"
"No. How do .you do it?"
` "Get out your dairy thermome-
ter. And a pipe large enough to
lower the thermometer into. The
pipe should be 10 or 12 feet long.
I'll be right out."
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When John arrived at the DeValt
farm, he found the whole family
clustered around the barn. He
checked the hay in question, fouled
it to be a small pile—maybe five
tons—in one end of the mow.
The hay was warm, all right.
But with such a small amount,
John knew there was no dan-
ger. So he told Mike to relax,
then listed some of the facts
about hay -heating.
1, Hay in a mole is more likely
to overheat and burn than hay in
a stack,
2. It's hard to cure hay properly
in the open—or to tell when, it's
properly cured. When air is dry,
leaves may dry fast while stems
still are high in moisture.
3. Crushed stems dry faster than
solid stems.
4. Loose hay will continue to cure
in the barn—if it's not stored in too
much quantity and if some means
of ventilation is provided.
5. Hay can be artificially dried
in the mow with safety.
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WAX 7
ISSUE 28 1950
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Why potatoes turn dark when
cooked is a question that is being
asked liy consumers in many parts
of Canada. For years scientists in
different parts of the world have
been asking tile same question, but
— so far without much success. They
-•----- admit that the problem is an in -
volved and complex one and agree
6. Mows containing 10 tons Or
that no single factor is responsible
less are not likely to heat much.
for this blackening of potatoes oil
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boiling and suggest that a conibina-
7, Use of salt or sodium bicar- tion of related factors all play some
bonate has been recociniliended• part in the process.
But value of the former hasn't been Some of the contributing factors
proven, and tests of the latter in- causing potatoes to discolour on
dicate it doesn't help. cooking are considered to be tem- ,
* * * perature, fertilizers, soil, variety and
3• Hay fires occur most frequently certain complex chemical factors
the month after harvest. that to elate are proving elusive to
+k # ek investigators. They do know, how -
9. Check hay teklIperature by in- ever, that temperature plays some
serting pipe and lowering thereto- part in increasing or accelerating
meter into it. the production .of the factor that
eventually causes the blackening in
the. potato. Investigators have
10. Before you move hot hay, found for instance, that little or no
have fire trucks standing by. blackening was observed in pota-
toes that matured when the tem -
11. Carbon dioxide from tanks perature was 70 degrees F. or high -
discharged through pipes driven er, but that blackening was increased
into the hay will cool it so it can when the temperature dropped to
usually be removed safely. 60 degrees.
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