30,000 MILES A YEAR
-IN A HORSE-BOX
Les Tidey and Snowy Davies are known to every trainer and jockey in racing-but not to the general public. They are two of those behind-the-scenes charac- ters whose work contributes much towards the smooth running of any race meeting-the travelling head inds.
Les who works for Wille horse which got east. To get Stephenson's stable at Royston, it safely on to its feet again he in Hertfordshire, and Snowy, had to pull the communication with Ryan Price at Findai), | cord and stop the train. Sussex, are probably the most · Horses are incapable of being travelled of all "ods."
Istek, but some show definite Both stable bave heavy signs of molaise after a long programmes under journey-and these hardly ever year-round both rules of racinst.
win racer Q long way from home.
LA and Snowy дго also rather exceptional in driving their horse-boxes themselves-- for about 30,000 miles a year.
Caring for the welfare of hothes on the way to and from meelings can be peaceful or nerve-racking, recording to the temperament of the passengers Horses have been known to kick
to violently that boxes have Betually been in danger of dis- Integrating as they went along et 30 miles an hour!
THEY TRY TO ROLL
SHEEP TRAVELS TOO Some horses thrive in the company of odd animals in their stable at home, and ke them to travel with them Snowy Davies always na to take a sheep in the hore-box when Canardeau is going to a inceling, for the horse frets without it.
It is the travelling head lad's job not to forget any ruge, fodder, bandages, and grooming kit which may be needed; and Other horses get down in to make sure that the racing their stalls and try to rall, Then tack is all in good condition, for they get "east they cannot broken bridle is a bitter way stand up again-ang the box to lose
(Saddles are has to be stopped beside the usually the jockeys' own pra- road while the almal is freed perly, and are looked after
n race.
by taking down the ramp and, by the changing-room valets.) the movable sides of his stall.
Les Foster,
When he gets to a meeting
Frank Cundelf's the travelling head lnd usually head Ind, was once going by rall declares his horses, nakes sure 10 Doncaster in charge of
*apprentice Jockeys have walked reund the course, gets cach horse into the parade ring t the right time, has them rühbed town, walked round, and cooled af after they have run, and rees that everything goes with- out a hitch.
Moss To Furnish Apartment With Prize Money
Milun, Sept. D. The une and a half million Jire
inoney ($2,220)
prize collected by Brian's Surting Moys when he won yesterday's Italian Grand Prix motor race at Monza will
towards Ko furnishing his
is apartment. future wife said here today.
Moss, who won the lust race this
season counting for the World Championship. said he and his fiancee, 21-year- old Canadian-born Katy Molsen, i
Drivers"
Alter the, racing is over, and If his charges are slaying over- night, the travelling head Jarl and the boys with him stay forally
If the horses go home, a distance often of 155 talles, they bedded down for the
night, ang red and watered.
Before the travelling heng! Ind can go to bls. own bed he has to see that the tnuk ka all clan, and that everything is ready dr an early start in the morning tờ the next meeting.
70-hour week
It can mean
THEY SHOULD KNOW! While some of these paragons
would be married next month. are pald extra, most of them Miss Molson alw Moss whi receive the same baste wage da the rnce in a British Varswa
other fully trained lads-about
to take second place in the 1957 | 27 a week, To this they aud World Championships behind the their travelling allownnejs (paid Argentine's vetern" fitte holder by the owners) and sal Juan Manuel Fanglo-France-present, from un owner If his Presse.
Ecrse wins.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
BASIEK
WHAT THE GUARD THINKS HE SEES-
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THE CHINA MAIL, · TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1957.
Snowy Davies teads 'chaser Irish Spirit nt exercise,
Must like to risk ten bob when they know they have brought a "good thing" with them.
And they should know! A hend lad told me outside the weighing-room one after noon: "The bly bay will win today." The horse had not run before, but it strode away with the race.
The Travelling hend Jad collected his winnings.
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WE SHOULD ADOPT SOME What's Best In Kowloon?
FORM OF SUBSTITUTION FOR INJURED PLAYERS
Says TOM FINNEY
I see that Frank Coultas, the Hull reforac, has been quoted as saying that Duncan Edwards of Manchester United is the greatest wing-half he has ever seen. Yos, greater than Joe Mercer (prosent Sheffield United manager), Cliff Britton (Preston's present manager), Billy Wright, Harry Johnstone, Bill Shankly and all the greats of my time.
This is high praise indeed. I asked a world famous manager what he thought about it. His reply was: "I rate Duncan Edwards now a greater player than John Charles. I know Big John was a miracle man in the air; and that he was a lovely ball player. But when they tried him at wing-half he never showed the dynamic approach to the job that Duncan Edwards does. Everyone knows that wing-half and inside-forward are the hardest positions. Well, at wing-half Edwards has the lot. A tiger in defence; a devastating shot when he moves into attack."
So there it is. A referce and a famous manager put Edwards right in the world champion-
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I recall Billy Shankly when I flest played for was a resolute Preston, Ho Scot who fairly made the men in front of him play. Don't I know it. When Blily wan behind me ho kept firing the passes up the wing so that I couldn't
help but get in the game!
Among the great half-backs I played with or against I must put Harry Johnstone (former Blackpool player, now manager of Reading) high on the list, A cultured player was Johnstone; and an inspiration to any team.
Billy Wright, at wing-half, was attolher of the human dynamo breed, Joe Mercer and CUT Brition, of course, were England's half-backs in a war-, time line which has been hailed as the greatest ever to play for England.
is Duncan Edwards grenier than
any of the man I have mentioned? I'll put him in the sume Hist without a quibble. And that, for allmi of 20, is Eoing some,
ALL TIME GREAT
What a blow to soccer the news that Len Shackleton of Sunderland is hanging up hla boots for good, "Shack” called Jul ine Clown Prince of Soccer: How typient of the inun In fact he made a tool ot most defenders he played against.
Football will not seem quite the same with Shack not there to delight us. As a ball player he was among the all time greata. Certainly one of the greatest inside forwards throwa .post-war football.
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When are we going to see sense in our Soccer and adopt some form of substitution for hajured players,
At Stamford Bridge we had the sorry spectacle of Gl Merrick, the Birmingham and England goalkeeper, being 50 badly hurt that he had to leave the field, Birmingham struggled on with ten men and lost 5-1. Not very satisfactory, is it? Not even to the sporting Chelsen club.
Trouble is that most people fear the adoption of substitutes because they feel it is open to abuse. They point to the way several continental sides have in the past brought on a fresh, player while one of the team who has been having a bad time feigns injury.
However, who can deny that In recent years we have had the Cup Finals ruined by players beling injured? In 1957 Man- chester United lost their· goal- keeper Bay Wood; in 1955 Manchester City lost their sight- back Jimmy Meadows; in 1947 Arsenal lost their right-bock Wolley Barnes...and you could go on adding to the list,
I know from personal ex- perience that conches of con- tinental teams have used tho substitute rule to bring on a new player when another mem- ber of the ulde has not been performing too well.
LET'S EXPERIMENT
But why aren't we bold In this matter? As a start we could experiment by altowing મ substitute for an injured goal- keeper. After all, the keeper
is a specialist, When he has lo leave the fleld two positio07 are affected. Someono must take his pince between the posts, and that leaves a gop somewhere else.
It substituta goalkeepers proved successful, then the nexi step would be to permit sub- stitution for any injured, player. But to cut out any, chance' of abuse it should bo stipulated that a time of 15 minutes should clapse before a now man is brought on.
This would give the trainer time to effect running repaire on the injureɛ] ・man,, And if he was too badly hurt to carry on, then his team would not be so heavily penalized. They would have to struggle along with ten men for only 16 minutes..
Maybe this is not the com→ plete anawer, But the immo is | fast approaching when we must make some move to help teams handicapped when players upo hurt. At present the gama ia. being spalled for the players and the nubile when, a' fenia is handicapped by injuries,
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