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THE press "Special to the Telegraph
writing
February 19, 1940.
RITA CANNON, the first woman racing correspondent,..
for the racing season fans, tells you
How to
JUDGE A
PONY
THE season has opened, and from among the scores
T
of horses in training the supporters of the Turf will be looking for animals to provide them with the undoubted thrill of winning races at the right time.
But here is something I would like to believe that the public appreciated at its true value. All concerned with racing would benefit if people realised the fact that a pony is not a machine.
Just because a pony is feeling fit on his first outing and the luck of the race goes his way and he is able to win is no reason. to accuse him of being a rogue or his jockey of being incompetent or even worse if he does not happen to win the second time ho appears on a racecourse,
A Rest After Winning
OWNERS, trainers, and jockeys are all anxious to win as many races as possible. Naturally, they cannot. always hope or even expect to do so.
At this time of the season trainers are particularly anxious to win.quickly so as to find some line of form by which to judge the other ponies in their stables and to know how good or how backward they are.
Those ponies which will be running to-day, for instance, will be expected to win more races later on in the season. They have to earn their keep; and it is impossible to maintain a pony at concert pitch throughout the season.
Remember, a pony has to be tremendously fit, and the job of getting him so entails a great deal of clever, patient treatment on the part of his trainer and lot of exacting work on the part of the pony-work that tests him right up to his capacity.
When a pony is really fit he lia and is taken through the
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I CAN'T RACE! I'M ONLY TWO NEXT BIRTHDAY.
OBJECTION BY THE COLT.
Watch for the pony that looks is capable of doing his utmost, rather exciting experience of jockey's job to teach the young
Immediately
the travelling to Hongkong, and from pony to keep on his own, to con. as though he has some idea of the still greater excitement of serve his energy and to give his what is wanted of him. Watch. for the calm, collected pony-- supreme effort of winning a race that until he arrives at the train- sole attention to the demands of though, of course, this is a either wholly or in part without, provion he has to be let down somewhat, ing stables, life is a bit difficult the man on his back.
quality not always to be expected given an easy time, and then for him.
It is surprising how little à among the youngsters who are brought up to fitness again for Then he has a bit put in his great number of people know seeing a racecourse for the first his next effort.
mouth and is gradually taught about the horeflesh they like to time and having their attention. to obey it. After that he has to bet on. Watch the ponies walk- distracted by dozens of animals. submit to carrying a lad on his ing round the ring. Look out they have never seen before, and A DOZEN things may back.
for the one that walks with a also by the noises and sights of From then onwards he is built big, smooth stride and puts his the grandstand and enclosures. happen during that second attempt. Generally up by walking and trotting, and hind feet down in the hoofmarks Study the breeding of a pony speaking, the ponies with which gradually brought on until he of his forefeet. That's usually and, particularly, the breeding of both trainers and backers have can be galloped without any dun- a pony that can gallop.
the dams. Then throughout the the most difficulty are the ger of injury.
Watch them going down to the scuson, watch how ponies be- griffins.
But even after a few months post. Look for the pony that have.
If you take an interest in rac- These young ponics are grow- of that the average youngster gallops low and smooth, particu
ing why not study it from points ing during their two-year-old does not thoroughly realise what larly when the going is hard, as
of view other than the form- season; most of them do not is wanted of him. If he is being-it is-at-present.
book? Some of the greatest- know their work properly, and galloped with another pony, or
Watch These Points racehorses are completely mis- yet the public expect them to more than one, his natural in-
judged by the form-book. run with the steadiness and con- clination is to edge over towards sistency of old performers just the other animal and keep along- because they happen to be well side him. bred and show a turn of speed.
In the list of materials destined for Germany but detained by our Ministry of Economic Warfare we have proof of
RUCCCKA which betters expectation. It has been announced that more than a million ton have already been inter- cepted by the Allied contraband control. Seizures of the very com- moditics_essential_to_the_main- tenance of armamenta are still piling p. The fundamental weakness of Hitleriam's policy of aggression is that in all the materials which modern warf! 'o requires the territory of the Reich, with all that it has annexed, is singularly poor. The list of cap- tures shown at once the extent of the dependence of German milltary effort on supplies which she can- not obtain from contiguous coun- tries and the power of the blockade to stop supplies from overseas. In two months 87,5-10 tore petroleum and 81,500 ton of fron. ore were captured, tens of thou- nanda of tons of manganeso and aluminium orcs, great quantities of copper, lead and zinc. and valiable amounts of rater metals necessary in munitions. Materials for explosives and war stores bulk large in the lat. The blockade has been specially effective against armament imports, and its effect is far greater than the figures сал exhibit. What is seized wo computo:
had What Germany contracted for but found no ship- ping to bring must be a far larger amount.
of
There is no source from which
MANY
a good pony standing fourteen hands looks about twelve when
RACING is a great sport,
and one of its chief A fow ponies of strong and he is galloping. He goes down objects is to improve steadily Let me give you a picture of dominating character may object and stretches himself. He does the breed of the racehorse. Don't racing from these youngstera' to allowing another animal to not bound along like a deer wast expect ponies to be banged and point of view.
gallop alongside them, but the ing a lot of his time in the air leathered and knocked about just majority seek company.
and slapping the ground hard to provide a winner for people the with his hoofs.
who back.
From the moment a youngster leaves the green fields of Austro-
It is the trainer's and
"BIG SHIP-EASY TARGET.
THEY SAY
Vice-Admiral J. E. T Harper, C.B., M.V.O.,
who compiled the official record of the Battle of Jutland. an America admiral's Ho comments in this article on condemnation of the 80,000-ton warship and gives his viows on some of the points that govorn Britain's naval policy.
WHAT should be the size of a battleship? It is good these deficiencies. Russia, reported that the United States has recently turned its
the Fuehrer's ministors can mako
If she chooses, if she will be paid back on the suggestion to build leviathans of 70,000 to and if the transport can be creat-80,000 tons in favour of something less cumbersome,
od, may supply. nomo petroleum
Vice Admiral Harper, who entered the Navy
for three years' commander of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
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But In This Case It Is
A Target That Can
Hit Back!!
called a "ship of the line," a term which hos now given place tor "capital" ship.
Guarding Empire's Food
IT will be seen, therefore, that the- term "capital ship” la not necessarily, synonymous with battleship. At the moment it is; but if battleships, 45 we know them, were abolished, the next most powerful unit would auto- matically become the capital ship, or ship of the line.
nation such as ours, dependent. for its very existence on the sen, must maintain a navy capable of do- fending the sens. Geographically situated as we are, with parts of the: Empire joined, not by land, but by |sea highways; with millions who livo- in the heart of the Empire-Britain-- dependent on imported food to savo them from starvation, our navál needs, are far and away above those of a self-supporting continental nation, When dimensions of this nature are
But must this navy of ours contain. and perhaps sufficient manganese. strain on munition factories
battlcalilps? · Are these powerful, but. is spoken of it is not surprising thint
expensive, leviathons really neces- But for the rest her cupboard is raised to a higher tonsion the im- many ask if battleships are really
necessary. First of all, we must aimed at are heavy guns, with an anry? Should we put so many eggs ports are lost Buch 18 tho understand what is meant by the
[long a range as possible; massive into one basket?
There is only one anawer, Yes.. sido and deck armour to protect the
battleship is the king-pin of prospect of Hitlorism in its first word "battleship." war winter. With the loss of A navy must consist of many cate-vitals from enemy guns and from Imports Germany has also lost gories of ships, ranging in size up-bombs from
wards from the armed coastal motor-protection to withstand attack from trade was done with Britain and submarines; escort vessels; torpedo-speed as can then be produced, France and neutrals
overseas. boat destroyers; cruisers, small and The Itoich is now unable to export large; and aircraft carriers, to men-
tion only a few. through neutral countries or in A battleship is the strongest unit neutral shipping.
of the feel to-day. The main points
baro. The Reich is isolated from the countries which in the first half of the your supplied hor with half her imports. We know that nothing was being imperiod which could possibly be produced in Germany and Austria and Czocho- slovakia. These overseas importa were absolute nocesalties of the armament programme. As the
The
the air: under-water the defence system of our Empire;
In
markots, Noarly half her, export boat and mino-sweeping trawler; torpedo or mine; and as high after words, "Britain's hilabe
A chip, in short which is strong enough to take her place in the "in of battle" when faced by the most powerful enemy fleet in existence.
In Nelson's day such a ship wRE
flect of battleships fórma a polia rampart of scapower, and acte, as a protector of the weaker uniis; it is. the last and final word-our sure shield. If we were to atollah, balfie- hips the remaining units of our fleet. ***PLEASE Turn:Ta:Paga 3.