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THE prefix "Special to the Telegraph
ander the provisions of the lecommuni
RITA CANNON, the first woman racing correspondent, writing for the racing season fans, tells you'
How to
t
JUDGE A
PONY
HE season has opened, and from among the scores
TH
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 Rost 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
CANT RACE
I'M ONLY TWO NEXT BIRTHDAY.
OBJECTION BY THE COLT.
is capable of doing his utmost, rather exciting experience of jockey's job to teach the young
immediately
le used by the "Hongkong Telegraph" to indicate news which is strictly copyright Callons Ordinance, 1938. Such news bears the ladiesilon "UP" is received in but longkong on the date of publication by the United Preis, Azsociations,hore servo all rights and forbid republication. elther wholly or in part without previous
arrangement
Blockade Power
In the list of materials destined for Germany but detained by our Ministry of Economic Warfare we have proof of
which success betters expectation. It has been Announced that more than 22 million ton have already been inter- cepted by the Allied contraband control. Seizures of the very com- modities essential to the main- tenance of armaments are still pêling 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, with all that it has annexed, la singularly poor. The list of cap- tures shows at once the extent of the dependence of German military effort on supplies which she cun- not obtain from contiguous coun- tries and the power of the blockade to stop supplies from overacas. In two months 87,540 tons of petroleum and 81,500 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. Materinis for explosives and war stores bulk large in the list. The blockade has been specially effective against armament imports, and its effect is far greater than the figures exhibit. What is seized wo Con 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 Fuehror's ministers can make
after
Difficult Griffins
Watch for the pony that looks
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 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 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 for the one that walks with a also by the noises and sights of A DOZEN things may back.
happen during that From then onwards he is built big, smooth stride and puts his the grandstand and enclosures.
Study the breeding of a pony second attempt. Generally up by walking and trotting, and hind feet down in the hoofmarks speaking, the ponies with which gradually brought on until he of his forefect. That's usually and, particularly, the breeding of the dams. Then throughout the both trainers and backers have can be galloped without any dan- a pony that can gallop. the most difficulty are the ver of injury.
Watch them going down to the season, watch how ponies be griffins.
But even after a few months post. Look for the pony
If you take an interest in rac- These young ponies are grow of that the average youngster gallops low and smooth, parti.u- ing during their two-year-old does not thoroughly realise what larly when the going is hard, as ing why not study it from points
If he is being it is at present. season; most of them do not is wanted of him. know their work properly, and galloped with another, pony, or yet the public expect them to more than one, his natural-in- run with the steadiness and con- clination is to edge over towards
a good pony standing fourteen sistercy of old performers just the other animal and keep along-
hands looks about twelve when
and one of its chief because they happen to be well side him.
A fow ponies of strong and he is galloping. He goes down objects is to improve steadily bred and show a turn of speed.
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 youngsters' 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 and slapping the ground hard to provide a winner for people majority seek company.
It is the trainer's and the with his hoofs.
who back.
From the moment a youngster leaves the green fields of Austra-
Watch These Points
MANY
that
have.
of view other than the form- book? Some of the greatest racehorses are completely mis- judged by the form-book:
RACING is a great sport,
"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. an American admiral's He 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 noval 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. ed, may supply some petroleum
porta are lost. Such Au
When dimensions of this nature are
Vice Admiral Harper, who entered the Navy in 1888 was for three years commander of the Royal yacht Victoria and
Albert.
the air: under-water
99.
But In This Case It Is
A Target That Can
Hit Back!
to
called a "ship of the line," a term whleb hoa now given place "enpital" ship.
Guarding Empire's Food
TT will be seen, therefore, that the term "capital ship" is not necessarily synonymous with battleslily. At the moment It in; but battleships, as we know them, were abolished, the next most powerful unit would auto- matically become the capital ship, or· ship of the line.
sen,
nation such as ours, dependent. for its very existence on the must maintain a navy capable of de fending the scas, Geographically situated as we are, with parts of the Empire joined not by land, but by sea highways: with millions who live. in the heart of the Empire-Britain dependent on Imported food to shve them from starvation, our naval needs: are far and away above those of self-supporting continental nation.
But must this navy of ours contain battleships? Are these powerful, but. expensive. Inviatlans, really neces-
There is only one answer, Yes,
and perhaps sumolent, manganese. strain on munition factories In spoken of it is not surprising that But for the rest, her cupboard is raised to a higher tension the im- many ask if battleships are really necessary. First of all, we must bare. The Relch is isolated from
the understand what is meant by the aimed at are heavy guns, with assary? Should we put so many caga
long a range as possible; maasive into one basket? the countries which in the first prospect of litieriem in its first word "battleship."
jaide and deck armour to protect the The battleship is the king-pin of half of the year supplied her with war winter. With the loss of A navy must conslat of many cate-vitets 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-borabs from
wards from the armed constal motor- protection to withstand attack from in other words, "Britain's full-back.
A feel of battleships, forms h solid. nothing was being Imported which markets. Nearly half her export want and mine-sweeping trawler: torpedo or mine; and as high a rampart of seapower, and nets as a could possibly. ho produced in trade was done with Britain and submarines; escort vessels; torpedo speed as can then be produced Germany and Austria and Czecho- France and neutrals ovormens, boat destroyers; cruisers, small and A ship, In short which is strong protector of the weaker units; it is. slovakia. These overseas Imporia The Reich is now unable to export large; and aircraft carriers, to men- enough to take her pince in the "in the last and final word-our sure of battle" when faced by the most shield. It we were jo abolish battles. ships the remaining unita' of our fleet; were absolute necessities of the through neutral countries or in A battleship in the strongest unit powerful enemy feet in existence. PLEASE Tum To Pago 3, armament programme. As the neutral shipping.
of the fleet to-day. The main points In Nélson's day such a ship was
tion only a low,
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