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February 19, 1940.
RITA CANNON, the first woman racing correspondent, writing 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 he 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.
valious Ordanco, 1010. Bach nowy na bears the indication "UP" is received in but Hongkong on the date of publication by the United Press Associations, who re- serva all rights and forbid renoblication,
Arrangement
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Difficult Griffins
I CAN'T RACE!
I'M ONLY TWO NEXT BIRTHDAY. ·
OBJECTION BY THE COLT.
When a pony is really fit he lia and is taken through the
Watch for the pony that looks- is capable of doing his utmost, rather exciting experience of jockey's job to teach, the young
travelling to Hongkong, and from pony to keep on his own, to con- as though he has some idea of immediately.
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 previous 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 a among the youngsters who are Then he has a bit put in his great number of people know seeing a racecourse for the first brought up to fitness again for his next effort, *
mouth and is gradually taught about the horseflesh they like to time and having their attention: In the list of materiala destined
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 for Germany but detained by our Ministry of Economie Warfare we A DOZEN things may back.
for the one that walks with a also by the noises and sights of happen during that From then onwards he is built big, smooth stride and puts his the grandstand and enclosures.. have proof of success which
second attempt. Generally up by walking and trotting, and hind feet down in the hoofmarks Study the breeding of a pony betters expectation. It has been speaking, the ponies with which gradually brought on until he of his forefeet. That's usually and, particularly, the breeding of announced that more than both trainers and backers have can be galloped without any dan- a pony that can gallop.
the dams. Then throughout the the most difficulty are the yer of injury.
Watch them going down to the season, watch how ponles be- griffins.
But even after a few months post. Look for the pony that have These young ponies are grow of that the average youngster gallops low and smooth, parti.u. If you take an interest in rac- ing during their two-year-old does not thoroughly realise what larly when the going to hard, as ing why not study it from-points.....
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-
RACING is a great sport. bred and show a turn of speed. because they happen to be well side him.
million ton have already been inter- cepted by the Allied contraband control, -Seizures-of-the-very_com...... moditics essential to the main- tenance of armaments are stil! piling up. The fundamental weakness of Hitlerism's policy of aggression is that in all the materials which modern warfare requires the territory of the Reich,
MANY
a good pony standing fourtcon hands looks about twelve when.
and one of its chief' A few 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 with all that it has annexed, is racing from these youngsters' to allowing another animal to not bound along like a deer wast- expect ponies to be banged and singularly poor. The list of cap-point of view.
gallop alongside them, but thé ing a lot of his time in the air leathered and knocked about just tures shows at once the extent of From the moment a youngster majority seek company.
and slapping the ground hard to provide a winner for people. the with his hoofs.
the dependence of German military leaves the green fields of Austra- efort on supplica which she can not obtain from contiguous coun-
tries and the power of the blockado to stop supplies from oversons. In two months 87,540 tons of petroleum and 81,600 ton of iron ore were captured, tens of thou- sands of tons of manganese and aluminium ores, great quantities of copper, lead and zinc. and valuable amounts of rarer metals necessary In munitions. Materials for explosives and war stores bulk large in the list. The blockade has been specially effective against armament importa, and its 'effect is far greater than the figures exhibit. What is seized wo can compute. What Germany had contracted for but found no ship- ping to bring must be a far larger amount.
There is no source from which the Fuchrer's ministers can make
It is the trainer's and
who back.
"BIG SHIP-EASY TARGET,
THEY SAY
·By............ Vice-Admiral J. E. T Harper, C.B., M.V.O.,
who compiled the official record of the_Battle of Jutland. Ho comments in this article on an American : admital's condamnation of the 80,000-ton.warship and gives his views on some of the points that govern 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 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.
Vice Admiral Harper, who entered the Navy in 1888 wa for three years commander of the Royal vacht 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 has now given place to "capital" ship,
Guarding Empire's Food
IT will be seen, therefore, that the- term "capital ship" is not necessarily synonymous with battleship. At the moment it is; but if battleships, as we know thein, were abolished, "the- next most powerful unit would auto- matically become the capital ship, or ship of the lino.
A nation such as ours, dependent: for its very axistence on the must maintain a navy. capable of de fending the seas.Geographically situated we are, with parts of the: Empire joined not by land, but by zen highways; with millions who live In the heart of the Empire-Britain dependent on imported food to save. them from starvation, our naval needs
for and away above those of a. self-supporting continental nation, ed, may supply some petroloum
When dimensions of this nature are
But must this navy of ours contain. and perhaps sufficient manganese. strain on munition factories is spoken of it is not surprising that
battleships? Are these powerful, but.. expensive, leviathans really neces- But for the rest, her cupboard is
raised to a higher tension the im-many ask if battleships are really bare. The Reich is isolated from
necessary. First of all, we must porta are lost. Such la the understand what is meant by the almed at are heavy guns, with de pary? Should we put so many eggs the countries which in the first prospect of Hitlerism in its first word "battleship,"
long a range us possible; massive into one basket?
There is only one answer, Yes. side and deck armour to protect the half of the year supplied bar with
The battleship is the king-pin of war winter. With the loss of A navy must consist of many cate vitals from enemy guns and from the defence system of our Empire; or half her importa. We know that imports Germany has also lost gories of ships, ranging in size up-bombs from the air; under-water in other words, "Britain's, full-back, nothing was being Imported which markets. Nearly half her export heat and mine-sweeping trawler; torpedo ar mine; and as high
wards from the armed constal motor-protection to withstand attack from A fleet of battleships forms a solid- could possibly be produced in trado was done with Britain and submarines; escort vessein; torpedo speed ng can then be produced.
rampart of neapower, and acts as a Germany and Austria and Czocko France and neutrale ovorodas, boat, destroyera; cruisers, small and A ship, in short which is strong the last and final word our sure protector of the weaker units; it is. slovakia. These overseas imports The Reich is now unable to export larke; and aircraft carriers, to men- enough to take her place in the "ing shield. It wo were to abolish battle-
tion only a fów, were absolute necessities of the through neutral countries or In
of battle" when faced by the most ships the remaining units of our fleet. A battleship is the strongest unit powerful enemy feet in existence. armament programme. As the neutral shipping."
* of the fleat-to-day. The main points In Nelson's day such a ship, was
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