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JUMPING INTO SPACE

JUST 60 years ago this summer a

tople well to the fure as subject of easimi conversation among all clarses was parachuting. The feats of 30 American, Major Thomas Ballwin, excited intense interest,

Baldwin war the first to invent a really practical apparatus, orielnat- ing in modern flexible silk para- chte. In August 1887 he landed ately from a balloon aliout a mile high at Rockaway, New York

Coming to England on July 20, 18, he made the first of a series of decents which caused a sommation. from the Alexandra Ascending Palice rounds, he dropped some- tinar from as high as two miles. Oure he was caught by a high wind

mat rowly missed batting the spire of St. Michael's, Wool Green. In September, after hits tooth de ernt, the Balloon Society presented him with a gold medal. Parachut- ing become the note. By the end of October he had male some 50 des- cents. Others emulated him, gener- though Joseph alty with succes,

Sitoon, going up from Olympia n August, was killed. Dop in a Basket

Parachuting is much older than aviadi. 21 1995 Le

..

Viari, though he does not aprop to have actually constructed one, des- erbed" ten root of called linen." under which a man will be able to any great fren let himself height without danger to himself."

attle was heard of such contri- however, until the rise ut vajice ballooning Towards the end of the eighteenth century.

In 1785 the eclebrated Blanchard released from a ballonts a parachute to which a baskel enatining a dor was attached, which came to earth uninjured. Later he trusted himsel to a parachute, but if failed to check the rate of fall saticiently, and her Jeg was broken on landing.

The first to descend safely won another Frenchman, Andre Gar- herin. In October 1797 he descend- ed near Paris from a height of 14 parachute scillated mile. The violently all the way down, and it was a matter of lack that he escaped disaster.

Vast

Io 1802 he repeated the experi- ment in England, thrillingt London crowd on the Volunteers Ground near Grosvenor Square by dropping 1600 fret, having another narrow escape, fortimate to get off with a few cuts and light masca,

When next interest was aroused, it was by the fatal attempt of an Irish artist, Robert Cociting,

to

prove his contention that the cure for oscillation was to construct the parariate in the form of an inverted cone.

On an evening in July 1837, he ascended in a balloon from Vaux- bal Gardens, and when at 5000 feet over Greenwich, jumped off. The structure turned inside out, and al- most closed, dropping with fright- ful rapility, until near the ground and the basket became detached

to earth like ** stone. plunged Cocking was found in a feld at Lee, in Kent,, dashed to pieces. Boy's Bright Idea

WWA

tittie After that,

progress made. There were a few descents when balloons sustained accidents. sometimes successful, but more often not. The advent of Professor Bald- wh, as he called himself, opened a

new era.

He owed a remedy for what had up then been the greatest de- feet, the oscillation, to a small boy, an absorbed untanker at his early experiments, who anggested putting

Ever

hole in the top." Baldwin tried it, and it solve the problem. since a vent has been an essential feature of all parachutes

After the craze of 50 years ago subsided there were only occasional instances of recourse by balloonists to parachuten until the Great War, with its employment of observation balloons.

About 750 British officers and 800 French saved themselves from burn- ing balloons. Not until the last year of the War, however, was the iden applied to aeroplanes, Arst by the Germans. Captain Sareat, a French officer, was the frat aviator of the Allies to use a parachute, dropping safely from a damaged plane in July 1910.

Had the War lasted a little longer, Calthorp's "Guardian Angel" para- chutes would have been atted to all British aircraft. Now, of course, every pilot and member of a crew in the RAF. has a parachute, and reports from time to time of lives saved altruct little attention. Tranum to the Rescue

The Irvin parachute, an American type, with a small "pilot-chute" at the apex to pull the main parachute Away from the pleman and ensure 1er expansion, was adopted after the War. The Russell "Lobe" para- a tater type much in use, chute and other types have been devised to meet special conditiona.

To-dny life-saving apparatus is an essential equipment of all aircraft, while professional parachutists, men and women, miske hundreds of den- cents in a yout,, with very rarely a fatality.

Perhaps the "ace" of professional parachutists is John Tranum. One of his spectacular alunts for alm was the rescue of a party of bal- looniais kiranded in mid-air. Des- cending from an aeroplane above, loaded with a bunch of parachutes, he alighted on, the moving balloon And distributed the parachutes. Then all salted to the ground.

In this country, in order to re- Rulate parachuting for exhibition purposes in unoMcial displays, it is prohibited except in a case of emer Kency unless the permission of the Alr. Ministry has been obtained. Army from the Skick

In the Soviet Army there have

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,

THOROUGHBREDS DON'T CRY

WHAT HAS HAPPENED

NO FAR

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Rourr Calverton comes with hey rundfather, Hir Pater, cus Ivent Kritiek aportamon, in quest of the famed Amarican oran rating cup. They ongapa head-

Timmte Donovan airnny Jockey, Trichest intu a plot to throw the men preceding the Cup by his achoming father, Tinumie ta deartbroken when 37 Peter, seeing his favorito lose, succumbs to a fatal heart at tark. The only atonement Tim-. male can make is to obtain funda fram kis father to permit Roger,

ho is nearly penniiesa, to enter The Pookah" for the "big race. But Donovan Br, managra to ar sung Tinmie's Toal-misato din irment. There is no time to obtain

anather jockey. and Roger, draperate but not yet benten, decides to ride his mount himself.

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Chaptor Elovon

The band corps struck up the parado tune which indicated that the hornes were about to inarch out for the big race. Excitement Bur charged the air. Last-minute bet- tors rushed to the ticket windows

senration, renewed hope mingling with ferebading.

1 oyen roved toward a tall, heavily follaged tree which plot up beside the fence, fifty feel away, commanding a perfect view of tho +HI track.

"Bergennt, you gotta help" mai" Timmie cried, "You gotta help mo neo the race! Lemme climb that tree! It won't hurt nobroty,"

"Don't you know we got strict orders about things like that?" re- turned the other, in mocit soverity. Hin eyes brightened sympathetically at the boy'a eagerness.

"If we ren anybody climbin' treo clong to the track, we gelta yunk 'em right down. If we see any- body. With the inst words he de-

berately turned his back sauntered away,

and

Timinde, breathing out silent grat- Inde, ruled over and gait to shin up. As he pulled himäel on to his perch, crouching among the Eter branchen, die enight night of Roger, walking The Poukah down the track for a Bnal turn before. the start.

"Roer!" he whispered hoarsely, when the other boy came near. "It's Ine Timmile! Up here!"

Roger looked up, a glad amile of recognition on his face,

"I gotta talk fant," weni on Tim- me hurriedly, "Somebody might And ine. I gotta tell you what to do, how to fool 'en"

"No, no. forget that," counseled Timmite, "None of that comin' from behind stuff."

"But that's the only way we can

win!" argued Roger.

"But I know, Timmie," answered rrying back to her box, Mother Iniph caught a glimpse of a fa-Roger. "I'll do just as you were miline figure clutching a wad of Ring-to." bilia. It was Donovan Sr. She paused Just long enough to hear him placing a five thousand dollar wager on Top Skit; ovidently, with Timmle out of the rage, he felt he had nothing to fear from Hoger's generalship. Mother Ralph's lips curled angrily. "Staged a mighty quick recovery," she muttered to Cricket. Opening hor pocketbook, and extracting is total contents -n five dollar bill-she scurried up)

"I'll stay out of your way," Roger said. "Would six lengths be enough?"

to the adjacent booth and, deliber-1 ately raising her valce, c

, cried out! "Pookah to win, non!”

Qutalde, on the pathway leading from the paddock, Wijkina helped Roger swing up stop The Pookah's naddle. The trainer, his eyes misty, then paused for a moment as he gripped the boy's hand.

"All I can say to yer, Master Roger" he inurmured, "is that. I fool Sir Peter standing 'ere right with us, and mying all the things I'd like to be saying, how proud "a is of The Pookah, and 'ow 'o knows you'll be h'out there bearin', the Calverton name and the Calverton colors in his honor. For myself, I can't add much mors to that than a 'God bless yer."

"You're crazy! Do you think Int you come they're goin' to through on that turn? Maybe I. could, mannge It, but I know how to handle 'em. You can't. They'll gang up on you!"

"No, they won't.",

"They will, I tell you! They'll give you the squeeze! You'll bo layin' out on that track with a broken neck. You gotta go right to the front and stay there?"

But Roger, waving adieu, hnd started off, Another jockey was right behind him. Timmio drew back, and gripped a branch tensely with each hand as he waited for the raco.

Lining up at the starter's box were fiftoon beautiful thorougil- breda. Hop Skit, entering the race the favorito, seemed to snort de- fiance to the fold as he proudly nhook his mane.

Holding the bell cord which should signal the break from the post, the starter cautioned the Roper was too moved to make jockeys to obey instructions and any reply. Finally, an he dug his keep in line. feet in the athrúpa and started "Get 'im up there, Read! You, away from Wilkins, he called back: Wells, look awake! Hold that head, "I'll try.... Il try very hard." Myors. Back there, Calverton. Coma Jolling part the British youngan, on your toes!" ater, a truculent look on his face, The bell clangod. The harnes camo Boots McGuire, one of the leaped, as one unit, across the he Jockeys Rogor had met at Motherrier. A roar went up from the Kalpli's. He pulled in his bordo. stands. They were off!

"I tell you something, kid, bei Fiddler, a rangy maroon atallion. fore, wo start," he said. "If you took the lead at the first turn. want to stay in one plece, keep out Hustler, black eyes gleaming like of my way. That's all I'm tellin' ebony, was half a length behind. you."

Raghway, with Boots McGulro, was Roper stared at him Imperturb-third, and Hop Skit twenty feet be- ably,

blad. Roger had broken away on "Fd Bke very much to stay in the outside, and was far in the one plece," he replied, with unruf-rear.

Find politeness, "ond I'll niny out The Pookah ran easily and firm- of your way all right, Mr. Mediulra,ly, head up. Roger was determined Would six lengths ahead be far Lint, in spite of Timmie's warning. enough?"

he would not attempt to catch the Roger nudged The Pookah. The leaders until the last half of the horse wheeled and cantered off to race. ward the track, as Boots clenched Out around the far end of the hin fat in mule anger.

track they spad. Fiddler keeping Beyond the race-frack barriers, his advantage. Bit by bit, however, Timmio was strolling back and Trop Bilt and Rapaway vera proan- forth dejectedly. He had not hearding to the fore. Fifty yards more, the surprins announcement about and they had taken the land, run- Roger. He tarted away from the ning neck and neck. grounds, and then, unable to leave Slowly but steadily Roger In- until he knew the very worst, wand- cronsed The Pookah's pace. With ered along the miratch of white every passing minuto the gap nar- fence that ilesignated the great ovat rowed between the British entry area of the course.

and the pair of anortlag, speeding leaders. The crowd realized it was to be a three-horse finish. Every- body was yelling incoherently for his or her favorite..

An Irish cop who know all the Jockeyn by alght, and admired Tim mie for his doggedness and mettle, came up to him and sald:

"Tough luck, kid. Sorry to seo As ho approached Timmie's free you in a mess ko this. It's proband the final homo atrotch, Roger nhly just a mistake and they'll fix strained forward and cried out: it up."

"Look out! Give me room! I'm "Mistake?" Onred the boy. You coming through!" can't fix a mistako like that! Not The Pookah darted forward, malt- when you've thrown down your best tng his last challenge. Dink Road, pal! When they take his horne out on Hop Skit, and Boots McGuire, the race because of what I on Ragaway, glanced back with donn ****

menacing looks. With one thought "Son, I give you a bit of now," they guided their horses,closer to replied the officer drily. The gether. No matter which one wán, Ponkah'a minnin' today.”

they were going to make sure "The Paskah's runnfæ’?" Timmie Roger didn't” Kaped.

Re-entered a few minutes ago. And who do you think's ridin' him?" The boy starod. It was obvious ho didn't have any iden

"Your pal-your buddy," "You mean...”

"Sure, Young Calverton's ridin' him himself,”

"Look out!" screamed Timmte, hysterically. "Go round 'em! They'll murder you!“

But thore wan't time to r round and still win the race. Lips clenched in grim determina- tion. Roger drove for the narrow middle opening. He was right on the others. Quickly Dink Road forked Hop Bidt's head, and the three Timmle, unually so loquaatous, horses longed together, in stagger- for once had no rejoinder, 119 was ing impact. dumbfounded, and, at the same time, Allod with an indescribable |

(To be continued)

Adapted Story By

HALSEY

RAINES

Chapter Twelve

The full weight of Hop kit fell against Roger's left leg as the boy winced allently in pali.

It seemed certain that all three mounth would go plunging to the ground together. But The Pookah, holding his balance as though he realized the entire prestige of the Calverton family rested with him, plunged straight ahead.

Dink Read tried to hold Hop kit to the course, but the force of the audden swerve and the crash had upset him. As Toger forced his way through on The Pookah, op Bkit tripped and foil. Dink dovo helplessly over his head; ho landed on outstretched hands and r080 ncowling to one knee.

¡ Donovan's ochro ince was taking ou In redalsh tinge. But his interlocu

tor was by now getting rather nettled herself.

“Annoying you!" she cried. "You lying, thieving, black-henried old Boon!"

I have you 'arrested. If you don't get along," muttered Dono- van. He looked around in appre henaton au ho saw tint a group of onlookers wero standing still watch- Ing the argument,

"You'll have me arrested!" res torted Mother Ralph,

Rizing up the situation, she sh served that Donovan had gathered a crowd. She waited till he tried to turn away, then with a sudden, deft movement slipped her amali purno into his left cont pocket. That accomplished, she began to

ncrennt.

"Police! Hey, pollest" nho called Int_the top of her lungs.

Donovan, caught napping by this ruse, yelled in return, but only served to provoke an angry mur- mor from the cowd. In a moment 6 policeman had darted aerons the alale.

"Hey, what's this?" he cried. "What's the trouble?"

"This man threatened me." de- clared Mother Ralph. "He tried to steal my pocketbook!"

Donovani was now pallled and red by turnn, and sputtering like a broken auta exhaust.

"This is an outrage!" he gasped. "This woman is trying to frame me, officer."

"Yeah!" shot back the policeman, comparing Mother Ralph's respec table-looking face with Donovan's

atently

nervous manner. Ho reached in both pockets and fished "Stealing purnea out the purne. from old women, eh? Well, you can tell your story to the judge,"

He took him by the arm and led him away.

Grimy, sputtering and breathless, Timmie had covered the distanco

Cricket and Mother Ralph were beside themselves with joy.

Boots McGuire, on Ragaway, of- from his former point of vaninge fered the polo remaining challenge. in the tree to the space outside the Boots, survivor of more than one paddock, where an 'admiring crowd bruising collision, kept his horno was being forcibly kept away from

Neck Roger. and imaolf from tripping. and neck he paced along with his British competitor.

Rushing up to the British young- ster, he throw ble arma about him. "Nobody could a run the raco you did today, kid," he cried.

"I guess it wasn't what I did," rasponded Roger. It was The Pookah."

But the impact bad thrown Rag- away, just a little of stride. Per haps it had shaken bis own con- fidence in his equins ability reg or perhaps the indomitable spirit of the other animal, and his rider, were just too much. Down the last grueling stretch cams The Pookah

gaining gaining puiting ahead now a half-reached around and thumped him length in front....

on the back.

"HI tell you, Mister Timmle." cut In Wilkins happily, "HT nover 'ad no doubt 'how it would end."

return, Timmie, beaming

Sta

Tho stands were in a terrif It was a birght, balmy morning. tumult. Cricket and Mother Itaipha fortnight later. A flood of sun- wero bealda themselves with joy. shine suffured the roadway along When the elder Donovan and his (which a little traller cavalcade was cohorts saw that Roger was compassing.

ing through, despite the trap that Up in front, in the pivot car, bad been laid for him, they fat outwers a irlo bubbling over with Timmie, wearing a A stream of futlio invective, and good cheer. tore up their programa,

shiny now khaki outfit, was driv- Roger and Cricket perched at his right,

When The Pookah Dasbed over ing. the taped finish line in conclusive triumph a tremendous cheer rosa from the crowd. Even the support ers of losing horses or most of them-had to applaud a magnidcent exhibition like this,

word

After a brief rest, to recover from the stress and strain of the Amer les Cup jeust, Roger and Wilking hat hatched up a plan which spelled a delightful way of combining bual- ness with pleasure,

Timmle, leaning wild-eyed so far from his treo that he finally lont The Pookah, through lile master, his balance, dropped to the ground.had been invited to participate in Ho plcked himself up on one ankle, the big race of the year at Mary- made sure that nothing was broken, land's famous Pimlico track. Roger, and darted off like a rabbit down at first, was half inclined not to the track. The only damage he 0; then a brilliant Idea struck him.

Why not buy a might have suffered was to lis

second-hand vocal chords, hoarse from scream traller and make a reaï famliy va

ention party out of it? Mother ing.

tushing forward to greet Roger Ralph loved auto traveling-she when he galloped over the Anish had often said no-and she could line, Wilkins looked like someone bring along Cripkot. who had been rescued from a train So, on this crisp, cheery morn- wreck. The trainer's clothes were ing, anyone who might have looked torn open in several places, his col-through the windows of the trailer Jar wrapped about his ear, ble aus-livingroom would have seen Mother penders tralling behind him. He Ralph working away busily on had used up as much energy in some knitting and at the anmo tima winning the race na olther The Keeping up a brisk flow of con Pookah or Roger.

versation with Wilkins.

Wilkins ranohed the victorious

The trainer was satisfied to take

horso and ridor just no a smartly it easy. Let the three youngsters do Rowned woman was placing a giant the driving. His sole responsibility floral wreath around The Pookok's was to look out for the sub-trailer neck, while the crowd continued to attached behind-n nort of roving boom, clap and cheer its approval.atable. Here The Pookah was con nover ad the slightest doubt tentedly neighing as vistas of Amer of the h'outcome." Wilkins stuttered. Ican verdant countrysido finehan by. "Come, Ind, 211 give you a lift

"Gee, I never dreamed I'd be down

doing anything like this," mused Timmle, as the car sped along.

“No, especially when you tried to give, Roger a binek oyo the first Interposed night you met him, Cricket. "Just let mo sit down a minute,”

That was the best thing that Amiled ever · happened to ma,” Roger whispered.

Wilking ifted him without at-Roger. "If we hadn't fought we

might never hayo got fort, and carried him to a beneli,

Ho did not realize, until he had put a hand on Roger's leg to ns. alst, that the boy was drawn with pain. s leg had been severely bruised in the crash.

Forcing her way through the food friends afterwards." crowd, Mother Ralph caught sight

be such

"Bay, I guaan that's right,” ad-

of Donovan. He looked like this mitted Cricket. A sudden thought time he might be really sick. Mother Crossed her mind. "How long do Ralph, pulling Cricket after her, we stay at Pimilco?" couldn't resist the templation for a "Long enough to win the race." sald Roger, "and to buy tickets for parting dig.

You're all coming over "Hello, Mr. Donovan," who called, London. catching up to him, "How do you there, un guests of The Pookah

The Pookah must have heard liko i

that comment, for a prodigious "Suppose you look after your own whinny, long and reverbernung, business," returned Donovan coldly smole the air, sonding a flook of

“You were pretty sure of Hon Pennsylvania

ducks in a mod Skit, weren't you?" shot back scurry for aleitor, Mother Ralph..

"Will you stop annoying me?"1

STELE ENTS

a given aren, followed by 3000 remarkable enthusiasm for para-1 chutes.

apparatus.

more, with parts enabling field- chuting as a sport, encouraged by All records wore broken and the At the other end of the scale, plece to be assembled and in opera, the authorities, The, craze, redchad most daring feats accomplished in urchins in Moscow-streels jumped tion foithin a few minutes of land- its height.in 1988, when many, thou-young Russia's favourite sport. In- off bridges Into the river with para- ing. Mass parachute descents are's sandk÷dropped-frem karoplanes and genuity was pretty well- exhausted chutes made out of bed-sheets, until regular feature of training.

towers erected throughout, the land records a girls, dropped frota-seros games and for parachutes was accompanied byl for adjumping with captives pared plane flwimitus on swithout on els

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