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Menzies' Maioriiy In Senate Cut Dangerously

Victoria in elections hhld Dec. 10.

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sl! who knew her as she was very ,.L with L and race goers. ICE RACING I-IEBI At a meeting of the Victoria Driving Club held in this city Tues- day night a discussion took place regarding the desirability of hiring- ing back ice racing to its once

crallan Prime Minister Robert Menzies faces a deadlocked Sell- .te after July I. it became clear today with the election of a mem- ber of the anti-Communist Labor

Whlrlahh Mt,-Manus gained the last or five Senate seats contested in

'After July 1. when I!) of the preL.1t senators retire. party strengths in the Senate will be: Liberal-Country party. 30; Labor. 28; anti-Communist Labor party 2.

Menzies has a majority of 29 in the House of Representatives and observers expect him to push

prominent place here. In years past it was one .0! the favorite winter sports and many will re member with pleasure tir stirring contests that took place over the Harbor ice. A decision was reach- ed to make contact with centers in various parts of the Maritime;

through lm p o r t a at legislation quickly when Parliament resumes next month. This way he can use

and particularly with the sponsors of the very successful meets that have been held at Dartmouth for

Strange But True

By F. H. MacArthur irst ital system was set uonlte: lvorthpoAmerica in 1091. In that year the English crown gave a grant to Thomas Neale to est- gbush a postal system in the colon- ies. But it proved too expensive for one person to operate so colon- lgt postal systems came into be-

hhccording to long period tests there's no e18 GU99 50 300d eating as that of the barnyard hen. Small birds come next and the duck .53 was given 81st place.

Lack of memory is often due to lack of interest. Perhaps that's why elderly people can recall past events when they quickly forget

recent events.

James Kirby's mother dreamed that he would be killed at work in Rockwood. Tenn. To quiet her fears he stayed home for one day. A grindstone went to pieces while he was sharpening a blade. One of the pieces hit him on the bead and killed him. - Our word "martyr". one will also for a cause. formerly meant "witness". it came by it! DRMII9 meaning when many early Christ- ians "testified" to their convictions by dying for them.

Guthbert. Ga.. is the only town in the U. S. with its municipal

water tank. located in the middle of one of its streets.

Famous persons sometimes say odd things in their last words. "We 511311 go out together." said Marla Baslikirtscft. noted diary writer, as she noted her bedside candle burn- ing low before her own death

These were her final words.

Before the executioner lifted his deadly axe to chop off the held of Marie Antoinette. she stepped on his foot and said. "I be: your pardon". Concerned all his life with the proper use of words Francois do Matherbe. French critic and poet, told the priest describing the wonders of heaven to stop talking because his bad diction bothered him too much. Then Matherbe went to his death.

Probably one of the most unusual death bed chats was held by a scientist with the dying Elle Mei- cllnikoff. Russian bacteriologlat.

The dying man told the other scientist what to look for when a post mortem examination was

made on his body.

While standing up corn in her field in Yanceyville. N.C.. Bets!

Johnson found an ear of corn ex- actly the shape of a baby's arm and llanll. with five fingers attach

ad to the hand.

Jet propulsion is nothing new in the fish world. The squids age old means of going forward was by jet propulsion. And stranger still this fish can propel itself either for ward or backward.

According to tradition Sir Walter Raleigh was the first man in

smoke a pipe in England. This is not true. The first was Ralph Lane. Governor of the colony Of Vll'i!lnll- Lane took the pipe to England and while there let Raleigh have a few puffs. That did it. Smoking became fashionable at court and from there it spread across England and the world. i

A popular record in a juke box only lasts 10 days.

White sponges which grow In dark undersea caves have the high- est market value. They are speci- ally line and soft and well suited for the medical profession.

is thcrc such a book as Joe Millcr's Jest Book? There is, but Joe never wrote it. The work at- iributed to Miller was a collection of jokes. only three of which were told by Miller himself.

would a ship made of concrete flntll'.' It would.

Remember the 24 concrete ships built by Uncle Sam during World War II? They averaged about 4750 dcarl wcirzht tons. and. although they floated all right. they were not practical.

Anybody interested in buying a faulty heart? ,ff you are you might get in touch with Mrs. Mildred Hitchcock. 36. of Brookllne, Ver- mont. Mrs. Hitchcock wants 83.200 for her allint! heart right now so

several years. If horsemen in those places like the idea of coming here to an Inter-Provincial meet the Victoria Driving Club is prepared to put on a program that will be one of the best in years. indications are that there will be good leg

the Senate majority he holds until July 1.

Two anti - Communist Labor party senators-one did not contest the recent election-are both ex- pected to support the government's election policy in legislation but they could cause deadlock on

om” issues. few weeks preparation horses from

the various parts can be fitted to give

PENGUIN SPECIAL

CHRISTCHURCH. N. Z. (CF)- Seven tons of fish were stock- piled here for the American ex- pedition to the Antarctic-not to feed the expedition. but to silv- ply the 50 penguins they will take back to the United States. The penguins have been ordered by the Smithsonian Institute at Washington.

the Island and many are eager for the (ray. No dates have been eel but it is believed that mid-Febru ary would probably be the most suitable time for the big race meet The following officers were elect- ed: Hon. President. Lt.-Col. 1), A, MacKinnon; President, D. K. Mac- Leod, Vice-President, Charles Wil- lis. Secretary-Treasurer. A. 3. Cut.- cllffe. Directors. Dr. R. F. Seaman. H. P. Cudmore. Harry Murphy, Stanley Matheson. Russell Abbott and Roland Wood.

ANNUAL REVIEW

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BACK STBETGII

cord for a 2-year-old pacer in a race over a half mile track. Al- together her winnings were slight- ly over 540.000.

Another Maine horseman. George Reid. owned a half interest in Philip Scott 1:59 2-5. that fnished up his ' with w" ' of 379.720. the largest amount ever won during a single season by a New England owned pacer. In his final three starts of the year at Hollywood Park he forced Hillsota to pace in 1:59. Diamond Hill '0 1:57 2-5 and finally Times Square to 1:59. Illa lifetime winnings in five campaigns total 8195.728, the largest amount ever credited to a pacer from the Eastern United States. The fourth Maine horseman. William T. Maybury of Dexter. is the owner of the star 3-year-old trotter Galphone 2:01, that was the major threat in the big 3-year-old trotting stakes last season to Scott Frost 1:59 2-5. His season's win- nings were 364.97l and he took a race record of 2:01.

AT SPRING GARDEN

Del MacTavish. Lachute. Que, a great friend of Rankin McLaine, who usually raced during the win- ter at Dufferin Track, Toronto. is now located at Spring Garden ranch. De Leon Springs, Florida. He has a large stable with quite a number of record horses and promising younger ones.

ter from Edwin T. Keller. Gener- al Manager Vernon Downs. Ver- non. N. Y. with complimentary references to our annual review of Maritime Harness Racing .... .."At the USTA meeting in Columbus I approached the Saratoga officials, Vice-P. ” i Frank Wiswall and race secretary Harold Haswell. whose track and ours are only a little more than a hundred miles apart and suggested that we join together in promoting a series of pacing races for the coming sea- son that would really be something for the owners. trainers and the fans to get enthused over. In this I, of course had the whole-hearted support of our very fine presid- ent here. Mr. Octave Blake and Proc Eldred. our executive vice- presiden' here at Vernon. We have finalized these features. So. hold on to your hat. here is what the horse papers of next week will an- nounce to the sport at large-Eight early-closing stakes. at t20,00o each. for a grand total of 3160.- 000-four to he raced at Saratoga. the sports finest half mile track, the other four here at Vernon. cer- tainly harness racing's fastest piece of dirt.

"The stakes are to be condition- ed as follows: For pacers that were non-winners of 325,000 in 1955, and the series are to become known as The Empire Stake Pace Feb..i as the date,adde . . . . ..n Classics. We have set W ”ncsda,. Feb. 1 as the date of closing, with an entry fee of but two per cent. and nominators have to name to the entire series of eight races. By making the stakes for winners of less than 325,000 last year. we are cutting out the top bearcats who already have had their day in the spotlight. in other words for the first time in pacing his- tory the owner and trainer of a good horse. yet not one of the few top bearcats of the day. has some- thing decidedly worthwhile coming their way. Several of the Canadian horsemen will undoubtedly be in- terested in these races; They are all to he raced on Thursday nights. at each track on alternating weeks. The first race will be at Saratoga on July 5. the other three there on July 19, August 2 and 16, those here at Vernon on July 12. 26. Aug. 9 and 23."

A letter received from Harold M, llaswell co-inventor of the Uni- versal Drivers Rating System. cxplalns a change in driver's ratings as follows: Dear Colonel:-"Sorry, but due to corrected figures on some of the drivers received recently. the order and percentages of some are changed. It is unfortunate. of course, that it displaces John Conroy as the top. Am sending this as soon as possible with the idea that this corrected list may be of use. The complete national list will be published in the Harness Horse, Horseman and Fair World and Hoof Beats the week of the 15th and will show these corrected

1- ach ou in time for correction." figures. I hope this will e y sum

Rankln's many friends will re- gret to know that he has recently undergone an operation in hospital. but we are glad to learn that he is ' ' a splendid recovery and we all hope he will be around again in the near future. We have heard a great many people speak about Rankin since his illness and and they just confirm what we have always felt, that he has a very warm place in the hearts of all who have had the opportunity of knowing him.

The only woman driver that we have read about who was actively racing over night racing P18!"-5 '35 season. Mrs. Mabel Webbcr, 30. was killed in an automobile ac- cident on Christmas day near her home at Victor. N. Y. Two other persons were killed in the crash. Great sympathy is expressed by

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1, George Turner. Dartmouth. N.S., 265 70 .406 2. Donald Ratchford. Sydney. N-Sn 174 42 jib -403 3. Michael Chlasaon. Sydney, N.s.. 179 41 J1 -402 -1. Robert Ryan. Houlton. Maine . 533 ll 5, Clayton MacLeod. Westvtllc. N.S., 7 -an 6. Donald Turner. Dartmouth. N-Si. '3."

7. John Conroy. Truro. NS. V --

available this season and given a to

wortbwhilee performances. There is a lot of speed on tap on.

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iHUNTERS' CORNER

loned remedies were brought into play such as goose grease and tar- pentine. sulphur snd molassu. etc. When child birth was emmln- ent there was no sleek, high power- ed automobile at the door ready to roar off to the hospital at a moments notice........jusl a mid- wife with lots of boiling water on the wood stove.

None of us have any desire to revert to the "good old days" as they are often referred to but we have to pay pretty grim price at times for comforts of mod- ern living. Electricity is a wonder- ful servant when working but- when Nature orders a general strike we're about as helpless babies. Until the time comes when we can draw. atomic power from the air we'll have to modernise our electrical facilities as far as possible and keep our fingers crossed. it's a far cry to the days

r this age.

HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGE

Our Hungarian partridge under- went a beneficial pruning but all is well in the wildlife world at the

'moment. The older birds, that had

about reached their life span in any event, and the weaker or all- ing members of the younger gen- eration fell by the wayside. That

all to the good as it assures better and stronger birds for next season's crop. Nature culls her

culls his stock, although in a Slightly different manner,"but the result is the same in the end. The spell of severe winter weath- er settled one controversial point -....We have no shortage of Huns. hnn resident hunters and local "lets using setters and pointers as an aid in locating covey's have been blamed, in certain circles, Y0! tieclmating the covey's to the point where additional Huns would have to be imported to build u lossc-4 from overshooting. This col: umntsl has always contended that hlmtlntz In season, using any legal method. is not a factor in controll- ins our ilun crop. Any one of the YOUOWIHR three factors .wealher, Predators and haymowers. cause more. casualties among the Hun covey s their legal hunters ever did Tile number of covey's that Showed up after the sleet storm Silt Under way was a real eye Ollcner to all..and that includes this columnist. One afternoon at the height of the sleet menace there were 4 covey's on a ban portion of the green at the Char- lotietown Golf Links. One was re- ported to contain 25 birds. Along a road in eastern Kings that sever- al partles of hunters with dogs cqverd pretty extensively last fall and reported no Huns. eight cov- eys have showed up along a four mile stretch of this road. They average 10.2 birds per covcy. Rural mail carriers have told me they never dreamed there were so many covey's on their route until

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Shearing Mark Set By Using New Methods

AUCKLAND. N.Z. '(CPl--III "V9731 years brothers and Ivan Bowen have ben setting shearing records using a tad- lhnlque evolved after o nclgnung h:i,"dY 0' every movement involved. l:n(Bowen claims the world ree- or or a standardeight-holir day link a tally of 457 sheep. . To denionstrste that the method wtllhboost the performance evu o s ears-rs who do not aim at phenomenal figures. !:hal:Kv:l'8Llied ill the new technique I re sheared 3.156 sheep in hen eight-hour day. This is claimed as a world rac- ord for a nine-man gang. The Ihep shurn were llElVny.wogld Romney . ewes. Normal shearors with similar sheep would my; put "trough the total reached by 9 W11 U-sins the new method. l The system has aroused wide 5 tercst overseas and has brought qulrles from many countries. in- cludinl; Canada. it is now being taught throughout New Zealand by instructors sponsored by the wool board. WALKEI) 'l'f) Mhclunpg

Here are the principal features of the Bowen technique; 1- The 5hP0n is caught under. the neck and walked on its hind leg!

gthe ll1ilL'lllilP. Many shear-are Selle ihv shvcnis head, twist and turn it dtinn. and drag the animal to the machine by the from logs with much llhysiral effort.

2- The sheep is allowed to slide down to Hi on its tall with hind legs ullixlrclt-licri and leaning against the sll('.'lrcl"s legs. This position can he reached with almost no elitlrl, whey-ggs much energy l!'llPPfll?d to get the animal into position under most methods.

3 .TllP wool is taken from the slweps belly mm this position in five to six i)lt)ll'.& of the shears, compared unit 10 to 12 by many other systems

4. Wool is tnkcn from the off leg, and over the tail without any lifting being necessary. Older. methods requircrl the shearer to take the shrew by the hock and lift its weight off the floor to get over the tail.

Where did they kep themselv- es? that's the sixty-five dollar question manv uriuld. give that price for the ansnor, Methinks the answer lies with the birds mam. selves ..... ..the Hulls have learned a lot since the days when hunters rode around de luxc and shot their limits from cars most every time they went out. Just because a party of hunters with the latest in hunting dogs covers a district one, two or three times in a season and fails to start a single covey is absolutely no grounds for the assertion there are no Huns there. What happened this winter gave

hits sleet drove them out of hid- I12.

many. hunters cause for deep thought.

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