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NOTES OF THE DAY

SVEN HEDIN

The seventieth birthday of the untiring explorer, Sven Hedin, in

YOUTH REVIVES ART

OF RIDING

By LADY APSLEY,

among the rising

The Very Idea!

DET. AYESAW ON THE MAKE

By George

ourself sat rather dis- consolately in the little bed- sitting room we shared off Nathan Road.

It was sufficiently far off

a good day for the expression of admiration which this man's con- tinuing accomplishments inspire.rvival of interest in riding skill-animate them all.

TO-DAY we are witnessing a districts, but the same spirit and DETECTIVE Ayesaw and At present bo is at work survey among all ages and classes, but ing a great highway in China's nowhere is this Interest more Interior at least he was, until a marked than

The branches are kept in touch fow days ago he went to Nanking generation. Christmas holidays do by visiting commlasionors and to recolve a much-coveted honour intervened, but during this time we district commissioners and instruc not last long, frost and fog have courses of lectures arranged by at the hands of the Govoromont: have been treated to a delightful tors. Thus the newest and best Nathan Road to avoid the sound He will return to his work in the display of horsemanship, know- proved theories and practices of of buses and high rents but still fleld again shortly. Born in ledge of real sport and general equitation are conveyed to the decently remote from Shanghat Stockholm on February 19, 1886, sound judgment from young riders farthest branch.

Street. of both sexes, Girls, generally, To-day, in the hunting field. Sven Hedin has been attracted from havo more chances to excel in good, clean sport is more difficult Ayesaw got up from the bed and" his carllest youth by distant lands. riding; but a few days ago out to obtain, and much more expen- for the fifth time opened the bat- At the age of 20 he accepted a hunting I saw two boys taking sive, and though the meet may be tom drawer of the common ward- position as tulor in Baku where their own line over a country, well easier to reach by train and cars, robe. Hungry and tired as wo for the first time he came in touch up with hounds, in manner which horses are scarcer and better-bred were, from sheer force of habit wo was as near perfection as possible-requiring better riders; while had to hazard one of those brilliant with the Far East and its unex- plored possibilities.

one youngeter being the son of a wire, slippery roads, ribbon develop-deductions which serve to what the Asia lay local tradesman, the other a Lowerment make new dangers, secessi- mind of a great detectivo. stretched before him; vaat x-Boy at Eton. Hoth had "mado"tating perfect control and better- "You are looking for food?" we

countries their own ponies, and though one trained horses.

croaked huskily, panacs of unknown

mount had other was faultlessly turned out, knowledge of what to do and not like gimlets to the drawer, backed rough coat and the Moreover, good horsemanship, The detective, his eyes still fixed the two young owners later in the to do, and how to avoid unnecessary to the bed to look for his pipe. day rode home together, happily damage to the land we are per- Ho had been groping for some discussing bits, martingales, and mitted to ride over is more acces ten minutes and was obviously last summer's cricket scores. sary to-day than ever it was beforo, tired of doing the gimlet act when

Undoubtedly, there is an increas-Hunting is not the loose-reined

we found the pipe and put it in. become the horse, but among the young In the

his hand. Then with his tooth old days, before cars, tren- the chief, if not entire, credit for everyone depended on horses and loopt apart by the pipe ha advanced of learnt to ride as a matter of course, to the drawer again, and fell inte

earliest and probably a long allonce. he traversed Persia and Meso- children of well-to-do parents and only lesson from old coachmen of We too fell into a long silence potamia, and in 1890-91 he was on in hunting districte but also in the "Sit back, Master Richard,'

dhaving gone to sleep on the bed a new expedition to Russian Tur-areas where hunting is nearly non-idea. Many of us, born with reins which was so rarely vacated by kestan and the region of the existent and country facilities dif. in our hands, so to speak, learnt the great detective. Pamir which was explored by him ficult to attain, is due to the in- if such a word can be applied to

fluence of the Pony Club.

auch haphazard tuition-by being This was started in 1920 as the turned loose on unmado and un- junior branch of the institute of sultable ponies. the Horse, formed during the last Small wonder if learning by ex- certain men and perience proved- so disheartening women keen to preserve the best und painful a proceeding that it in hunting, to cultivate the higher was abandoned as soon as possible. arts of horsemanship, and to en- courage the breeding of the right type of riding horse. The result has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the founders.

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FRIDAY, FEB, 22, 1935,

SECOND

THOUGHTS

Although it is hardly to be expected that the Labour Party, if and when it next comes into power, will be dominated in its policies by its extreme Left Wing, there is undoubtedly a fear prevalent in some quarters that an early accession of power by the Labourites would not be to the national advantage. As sumption of the Government would, however, no doubt be accompanied by a tempering of outlook, as power brings with it a sense of responsibility which is inclined to show its effects in a sobering of viewpoint. It is, indeed, not without interest at the moment to note that Sir Stafford Cripps, who has earned.

acquainted with unknown

ten

years by

· .

branches of the Pony Club. The There are now over a hundred membership is not far short of nine thousand children under the age of seventeen. Over seventeen join as associates.

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Whilst at home he preferred to take his problems to bed with him and we as usual had to sleep on the door.

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"Yes. I was wondering whether you had enter all the chocolates you bought yesterday with your sweepstako win."

We woke with a start. It was Ayesaw still gazing at the drawer and addressing us.

for the first time. He almost grudged himself sufficient time to rest and hardly had he published the results of his journeying when he was off in 1809 on his frat bid penetration of Central Asia which led him to districts never before traversed by a European. It was

Learning by making your own he who discovered the ruins of the

mistakes is useful when you can

mense stonework boars testimony

recognise your mistakes; but it is ancient city of Lu-Lau whose im-

certain that there are many people He had found out about the riding and hunting to-day with bad chocolate, wo reflected gulltily, to the high degree of culture pre

owe these quite unnecessary charac- good half of it. There were seats, bad hands, and so on, who and would most surely insist on a vailing in those lands many many

teristics to their lack of real in certainly some disadvantages of centuries ago. He even catered

struction in their carly days. All living with such a vivid brain as Tibet, wrapt in seclusion, hitherto

they this the Pony Club has altered, and our friend possessed, we reflected Impenetrable; but to do so he ran countless risks

It is amazing how well the young as we retrieved three crestfallen at Umea din. The object of the Pony Club, in generation have responded. guised in the strangest costume young people to ride and enjoy all stinctively appreciative of the true Its own words, la "to encourage

bare from our trouser pockets and All children are imitative and in-handed them over to Ayesaw, to save his very life. What he saw kinds of sport connected with expert-consequently there impressed him deeply. He horses and riding, to Instil in them miniature Geoffrey Brookes in was prevented, however, partly by the proper care of their animals, Rotten Row, in the hunting-field, force, from entering Lhasan, the and to offer them the opportunity in the suburbs, on the downs, and Then he took two bara of choco- Holy City and capital, and ao saw of receiving Instruction of a higher "just hacking about." Then man- himself compelled to relinquish and on more orthodox lines ners and turn-out of both riders late with the same air of delibera- than many of them can obtain in-and ponies have improved beyond tion and began to cat them all hope of realising his most dividually"

knowledge both know their part ravenously, paper and all, before the Karakorum Pass and reached to the interest of it least two

The value of auch a force, added and do it.

our very eyes. Gone are most of the silk jockey Kashgar, where the journey came grown-up relatives, is incalculable, caps, fancy coats, and funny get to an end,

and best shown perhaps indirectly, upa, causing such agony of soul to For instance, we all know local the wearer sensing that disapproval horso shows which since the war of others so feelingly described by had become almost moribund, due Siegfried Sassoon in his "Memories to the loss of old patrons, rising of a Fox-Hunting Man.".

ordent desire. Instead he crossed

OFF AGAIN

•

can

one

The great detective lit his pipe of our trousers which were wait весл and placed it carefully on a pair

ing to be pressed.

"You must be hungry," wo pointed out and for once Ayesaw had no fault to find with our de- ductions. Ho looked at the re- maining bar of chocolate and de voured it with his eye.

By 1906 he was under way expenses, and other popular amuse- To what heights children can get some notoriety as an exponent again, this time starting from ments, return to pristine glory on when taught by real enthusiasts When, minutes later, satiated of the advantages of dictator- Persia. He discovered the Trans-the inclusion of well-arranged was amazingly illustrated last sum- with chocolate, the great deboetive ship, appears, hike many others. Himalayan Ranges, an entirely un-children's classes.

mer at the International Horse reached for his mouth organ we known

Then ona region, crossing, those to have lost a great deal, if not mountains no less than eight times examples In some

quote many

Show at Olympia, remarkable for know that a crisis had passed. #SSSSSNESSSESESESSIES all, of his enthusiasm for that with supreme effort and fortitude, known hunting countries of certain children of the Cotswold and Mey-dimcult passage in Beethoven's of the lesser-the two displays given by the Dotective Ayesaw evaded a rather particular form of government. suffering terrible privations, often covert-owners and farmers, not nell Hunts. Both were superb. Yugue‘B flat-even more dimcult in tortured by hungor and thirst to formerly sympathetic to foxes or to Whether we shall ever see area bedsitting room-to remark that A pronouncement which he re-

the point of exhaustion. In 2009 hounds running over their land, Ivival of the dressage tests of the we had better got a case, soon or cently made seems to suggest he returned to Stockholm where completely won over by the on-old Imperial Spanish School of there would be no grub with which that during his quiescence of re- ho busied himself with the work thusiasm of a small daughter for Riding in Vienna-where the to face the morrow. cent months he has been doing attached to his varied discoveries her local branch of the Pony Club. horses' pedigrees go back 700 years, which caused the liveliest Interest For, of course, not all the mem-and they spend their lives in the some revision work upon his throughout the world. During bers are children of hunting and riding school-I cannot say, but

Stafford the War he spent considerable riding parents, and the children of am certain that, on the whole, the now believes that if the nation time on the German fronts, reach-urmers whose land is hunted over next generation in this country will welcomed. Several branches ride beautifully, and in doing so, Ag ing as far

are hot, even situated in hunting. (Continued on next column)

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political creed. Sir

Palestine and

will only face the task of con- Mesopotamia in 1916. In 1927 structing a sultable democratic together with several Chinese, machine, there is no reason why Swedish and German Belentists. we should have to pass through Lion of

he set forth anew on an expedi- Central Asia, this time the dictatorship phase like purposing to investigate meteoro- im- some nations on the Continent.logical conditions on the Apparently he has abandoned A number of recording stations mense plateau of Central Asin. any idea that he may have har- were established whose records boured of himself providing have proved of great value to the Great Britain with a dictator books on travel Sven Hedin has Belentile world. In his many of extreme ability and infalli-throws much light on the myster- bility. But, short of recourse to ies of inner Asia, and particular dictatorship, Sir Stafford sees hitherto sealed book of Tibat. He credit is due him for opening the plenty of scope for reform of the presenta hls readers with an on- political machinery of the coun-tirely new world and one is amazed try. The House of Lords, which at the courage and daring dis- played in entoring territories in most people have come to regard which he was dogged almost daily as an innocuous if sometimes by death and destruction. He useful unit of the Constitution, has been honoured in every con-

ceivable way throughout is, in the eyes of Sir Stafford, & civilised world and his name veiled dictatorship. Parliament ranks among the world's greatest as a whole has become mainly a explorere. machine for registering Minis-

the

terial decrees. It is reassuring, unique'services of the Monarchy however, to, learn that this So-is never lacking. It is other- clalist reconstructor is for the wise with Parliament, which is maintenance of the Monarchic wont, to receive more criticism element in the Constitution. than praise. Even so, it is one That, at least, is one principle on of the most accurate and trust- which the great majority of worthy Instruments of demo- Britons, whatever their political cracy that the world has to show, colouration, are agreed. The and although it is not beyond long process of political evolution reform, the reformers will have has

given Britain certain to mingle discretion with their advantages which its inhabitants zeal if they are not to do more do not always adequately appre-harm than good to the cause of clate. But appreciation of the ldemocracy.

LORIDA

Sain

STECAL

"Now, study hard every day so mother and daddy can be proud

when they return next spring.”

As usual we agreed and at that very moment there came a knock on the door in the passage. We both rushed to the keyhole and peered through. Detective Ayesaw's name plato was fixed to a door to a cubby hole opposite which was nover opened but its position enabled us to examine our visitors at leisure before calling them over to our room and explaining that

the detective had not yet left his dressing gown.

an

--Through the door we saw obviously high up Government official belabouring the door with a white and flabby flat. Streama of perspiration flowed down his face and had already begun to make a pool round his feet,

"God, he'll ruin the mat," sald Ayesaw disgustedly. "Dring him over."

And then we remembered f. Aycanw's dressing gown had followed mine to the pawnshop only the day previous!

(What will poor old Ayesaw do without his dressing down Will

he be able to raise the wind în timg or will ho have to recoiva the visitar in bed? Anyway who is this visitor! Is it a lachrymoss Public Works Department man come to tear down the building or is it merely another complaint of squecze cutting thich Ayesaw will have to put right? Soo.next thrill- ing instalment);

I trust; lose none of their dash and enthusiasm.

And what a good thing. As a great French rider wrote: "In training a horse a man also trains himself."

develona Hiding undoubtedly confidence, pa tience, symonthy, neatness, quick- nesa of mind, attention to detail and the matter in hand, na well as other desirable qualities. Riding is an unsurpassed exerciso such fun."

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