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.,:* •'*â-  .• â- â€¢^â- ^i^ffi- ft Elsrwhere on this p;ige will be found Jim Coleman's very novel an<l iiitcrestinx announcement of the big haruMS-racctiriK at the new Thornolifle Raceway in Torontoâ€" a meeting which may very well mark the start ot a new era of prosperity for the many Ontario folks interested in the b-eeding and rafing of Trotters and Pacers. « * * Ordinarily we wouldln't even dream of trying tp" enlarge on the writings of such as Jim Coleman, whose daily feature in the Globe & Mail has been sadly missed ever since he decided to turn honest and •jtiit columning. Hut in this case we feel that there are a few things that nn">jht bear our sayinK- It is rio secret that the runnnig- horse people â€" the Sportsmen who idolize Gate Receipts, Social Prestige, and the Thoroughbred (spelled with a capital "T") in -abou' that order â€" have looked with extreme disfavor on any attempt to bring to our fair Province harnesN horse racing of an up-to- date vintage. Putting it a bit more brutally, some of those Sportsmen arc -aid to shiver in their boots every time they read about spots like the Roosevelt Raceway getting bigger attendances and greater mutuel play than long-established regular tracks. ♦ » » And at that, over on this side of th( border such gentlemen might have good reason to be a bit fright- ened at such a prospect. Tor in spite of all the haliylioo about our "classics'' such as the King's Plate, here in Canada we don't see the best grade of Thoroughbred. Or the second-best. Or even the third- best. .Xs one callous observer put it, after looking over the entries for one of our top Canadian races, "Forty cents worth of horses running for a five tliousand dollar pot." » » » But at a meeting like this one at ThornclilTe, we can have the chance of watching in action just about the fine'^t there arc in the way of Standard Breds; and, although this may be rank hcresj', there are lots of people who â€" like ourselves â€" believe than Dan Patch, for in- stance, was a far finer piece of horseflesh than Man C War ever dared to be. * * t Anyway, as you may already have guessed, the running horse interests haven't done much to make things smooth for those pro- moting the new Thorncliffe setup. All o( which will serve to introduce a statement recently made by J. W. Brown, vice president of the Thorndiffe Raceway. Mr. Brown, who is also President of the Can- adian Standard-Bred Horse Society, prefaced his statement by saying that he felt he owed an e.xplanation to the farmers and horse-breeders of Ontario. Take it away, Mr. Brown. * * It "We don't like these starting- times but we are forced to accept them," he said. "We are bowing to the instructions of the Ontario Kacing Commissioners who, in turn, are bowing to the instructions of Premier Leslie Frost. Our start- ing-times will b« 4.15 p.m. on week- days: 2.30 p.m. Saturdays and holidays. ♦ » * "When, originally, we obligated ourselves to the expenditure of several hundreds of thousands of dollars to operate a night-racing meeting for our breeders at Thorn- diffe," said Mr. Brown, "we were emulating breeders in the more Not The Ki§5 Of Death â€" Toe l5iMa},'>jio kisses the ball he smacked for his 2000th major leagiif liit in a Ratue in Cleve- land. The New York Yankee outficlilcr hecanie the third ac- •*»• in.'ijor IcaRuel- with 2000 *»• more hits. The others are Luke A|>piin}7 and Wally Mo«cs. One Down â€" Canatliaii soldiers, members of J'rincess Patricia's light infantry company, display rigid army discipline as they march over the body of a fallen comrade who collapsed from the hot sun during a drill at Calgary, Alberta. easterly provinces of Canada and 25 of the United States. These meetings have been operated with- out political interference and they have brought prosperity to the standard-bred breeders in the dis- tricts in which they are located. "We were understandably sur- prised, then, when Premier Frost announced that he wotildn't per- mit any night harness-racing in the Toronto area. "Several months after the Pre- mier's announcement, the new .Ontario Racing Commission was appointed. The Commission, on May 5, issued its Directive Number 3 which stated: 'there shall be no night harness racing (under lights) in Ontario in 1950." * i :; "Naturally, we assumed that we could stage our programs in the twilight hours â€" completing them before dark â€" and giving the fanners an opportunity to get into the city for the sport. "Our hopes were dashed, on May 20, when the Ontario Racing Com- mission issued its Directive Number 6. This directive stated definitely that we must finish our programs by seven o'clock. Daylight Saving Time, each night. "Nonetheless, we are going to fulfil our obligations to the horse- men and breeders of Ontario. We are going to pay out our advertised program of more than $200,000 in purses and we feel absolutely cer- tain that we are going to provide a daily, quick-moving spectacle that will be enjoyed by the general pnbHc." New And Useful Chills Drinks No ice, no water dilution of your drink, as you sip through new "sip- per". Sipper is frozen solid in refrigeraitor before use; ilrink is cooled as it rises through sipper. Lips can't get chilled as non- freezing plastic mouthpiece is used. Sipper can be used many times, maker says. •> » * Timer Rations Water Police out looking for water wasters in your municipality in lawn watering season? New timer for hose or sprinkler turns water off automatically after set period of one-half, one or one and a half hours, as you choose. Said low- cost, timer fits on standard threaded faucet. • ♦ ♦ Cleans Tires Special tire cleaner, also usable as brass polish, cleans white side walls of tires, announces Texas firm. Said to remove curb marks and other dirt that ordinarily would come of! only with difficulty, also to take exhaust soot off bumpers. * * r, Makes Passing Safer Kver get trapped on a two-lane highway behind an elephantine truck inching along at a snail's race? You want to pass but you dare not sally out aroun 1 him to challenge oncoming traffic. This vexations predicament is eased by the "Passing-Eye," a new gadget that enables the driver to see around any object in front of him and is also helpful when ap- proaching the crest of a hill. It's all done with mirrors â€" two of them. Mounted on a single arm just outside the driver's window are two round flat mirror.s, almost IkiD^ each other but at a slight angle. One mirror is larger than the other. The large mirror faces for- ward, the small one looks to the rear. The driver, gazing into the small mirror sees there a broad Wcw ahead reflected from the large mirror. Thus he gets a good pic- tnre of what is approaching in the opposite lane and can pass safely when the road is clear without a preliminary series of hazardous •^orticii. ISSUE a? - 1050 MIASM FRONT |oIvix12lisMI Get among a bunch of poultry raisers and you'll hear arguments a-plenty. A lot of these arguments run along general lines â€" whether Ty Cobb was a greater ball player than Honus Wagner, whether Fred Allen is a greater comedian than Jack Benny, and so on. « « * But after all such weighty mat- ters have been settled â€" to the satis- faction of neither side â€" you'll find that these poultry-raisers' chief point of contention boils down to this; when the weather gets warm stiould you, or shouldn't you, open the hen-house door and let the flock run loose? * * « A majority of flock owners still let the hens run in hot weather. They say, first, that hens can't b? comfortable if they're shut up; and, second, that it's goo*' business to let them roam and make use of waste feed. Personally, I'm neutral. One of the hardest things to learn in life is to shut up when the other fellow knows more about a subject than you do. From here on, today's column will contain the views of a man who is strongly for the "shut- door" policy. He starts off by say ing that it's probably a good thing that hens can't talk; otherwise plenty of poultry raisers would get a first-class hawling-out for open- ing the hen-house .,door as soon as the weather gets warm. • * :)< 4t .The mairt reason for having hens is'io get eggs. And no chicken has yet been' invented that can make eggi; . ottt . of nothing or next to nothing. * • _ • Some kinds of feed produce ener- gy â€" keep a hen going. Other kinds produce eggs. Most of that "waste" feed a hen picks up around the crib or graii^ry is energy-pro- ducing. â-  *â-  * *, Sometimes . you find a poultry raiser who insists: "I get more eggs when I turn my hens on " Usually, that's because they were #ot get- ting a good ration anyway. * * * Recent figures aren't available because few record-keepers turn chickens out any more. So there's no basis for comparison. Biit in 1947, records of College demonstra- tion flocks showed that confined flocks shelled out almost two doz- en eggs a year more than flocks turned loose. * * ♦ -Another argument is that sun- light and grass help hens. That's true if their laying ration is short on vitamins. But if their feed is good, they'll get all they need out of the hopper. * ♦ * What about exercise? Too much means fewer eggs. A hen can't chase around and lay eggs, too. * 4 9 There's the disease angle to figure, too. A properly-cleaned hen house is bound to have fewer gernij than the barnyard. And old hens often are carrying disease germs which could raise hob with young birds. * » * There's still the problem of an uncomfortably hot house. But may- be there's something you can do .. Classified Advertising .. ACCOINTINT. FOR HAKfc UOOKKKEl'lNG & ACCOUNTINC; SKRVICB Irving N. Shoom. 77 Victoria St., Toronto. UAilV CIIICK8 MEAT I'UICE are soaiine. Eebs tire already movlnff up and poultry meat will soon follow. 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THORNCLIFFE RACEWAY TROTMAILY JVIONDAY JULY 3 THROUGH AUGUST 19 By Jim Coleman MONDAY, JUNE 26 America's Best â-  £quippe<l Harness Racing, T):ack opens its inaugliral meeting one week fr(ftn today. Our new bams at Thomclilfe Raceway are being filled rapidly and, by the end of the week, we anticipate that VK!...'iw|ii#, , iiave 500 pacers and trotters staWed on "me grounds in Leaslde* Our equine visitors hail from such widely-separated points as Cali- fornia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Br^^wick, Quebec, Ohio, Michigan, New York, numerous Ontario' way-stations and Red Gulch. * ' The Vice-President (Employment Division), just has informed us that he has enough men on the payroll to erect a new Empire State Building in 36 hours. As a matter of fact, if all the men who have applied for Jobs at our plant only will make a point of dropping In to see our races once or twice, we will be assured of bumper crowds throughout out 42-day season. Among our applicants has been a Hungarian nobleman who wishes to train and' driVe harness-horses for. some local sportsman. Another gentleman offers us the services of himself and his dwatf-trotter, a midget^horse which, he insists, can travel almost as swiftly as a Flylns-Saucer. We take this opportunity to give you furtlier departmental reports on various activities at ThomcUffe Raceway, which opens its gates to the public next Monday afternoon. V V V "F tC CONSTEUCTION DEPARTMENT: Friday's heavy rain de- layed us momentarily, but the entire construction program will be completed on schedule. Currently, we're enlarging the paddock so that, it can accommodate 40 horses at one time. (We wUl have the fields for the First, Second, Third and Fourth races in the paddock before the FIRST race. This will permit us to operate the races on a 20-minute schedule without' delays.) We've installed our huge new flood-lighting system. (Premier Leslie Frost won't permit us to use it but we had paid for the . equipment and we didn't want it to get rusty down in the imple ment-shed. Besides, we might find it necessary to turn on the lights if some lady loses a diamond pendant on the clubhouse lawn.) * * * * * WAG£RING DEPARTMENT: We're going to have the regular system of PaW-Mutuel wagering, operated under government supervision. We're hopeful that our patrons will get into the habit of asking the pari-mutuel clerks for their tickets BT 'PRO- GRAM NUMBER. â- t * * * * DAILY DOUBLE DEPARTMENT: The Daily-Double pool will be operated on the First and Second Races, each day. You must make both selections BEFORE THE FIRST RACE. In other words, if you select Number Three in the first race â-  and Number Five in the second race, you will ask the pari-mutuel clerk for "THREE AND FIVE!" (Do we make it clear? No tickets will be exchanged at the end of the first race. Daily-Double wagering is finished as soon as the wickets are closed before the First Race,) + + •!• + + STABTING-TIME DEPARTMENT: The first race will go to the post at 4.15 on week-days. Post Time for the first race will be 2,30 on Saturday afternoons. In order that you may reach home in time for supper, we are planning that the eighth and final race will go to the post at 6,32 p.m. on each week-day. .;. ^. + 4. + COMAUSSARY DEP.\RTMENT: Jay Hatch, Vice-President in charge of frankfurters, is making special arrangements so that no lady or gentleman will suffer from hunger at Thorndiffe Raceway. Currently, he is making a fast air trip to France and Switzerland to interview some of the best chefs who have studied at the feet of the famed Escoffier. He is returning with several of these chefs and promises to develop a frankfurter that will taste like filet mignon. No one goes hungry at Thorndiffe Raceway! + -i' -t- * * GEOGR.\PHICAL DEP.^RTMENT: We trust that, by this time, every person is sure of the exact location of Thorndiffe Raceway. Our new plant is built within the spacious grounds ol Thorndiffe Park, the running-horse plant in Leaside. If you're lost, Just ask the nearest policeman for directions. â- !• + * + * TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT: Augmented bus serv- ices to Thorndiffe Raceway will be provided. Please watch our future advertisements for details of tiiis service. * + * -l i- PROGRAM DEPABTSIENT: The official program?, v.'iucli will be sold within the grounds of Thorndiffe Raceway, will carry the past performances of all the horses in competition. Additionally, the programs will carry the daily selections of expert harness- racing handlcappei's. * * -t + -i. RADIO BROADCAST DEPARTMENT: Keep your dial set at 1050 (Station CHUM) and you will hear each race broadcast by Tory Gregg and Phil Stone. These broadcasts, as we told you the other day, are sponsored by a Mystery Man whose slogan is "Meet Me Under The Clock On Yonge Street." The only due that we can give you, for the moment, is that he Is a horseman who, up until now, has been interested primarily in the thoroughbreds. + + + •»• + WEATHER INFORMATION DEPARTMENT: Rain may cancel a harness-racing program. Consequently, you are asked to listen closely to 1050 (Station CHUM), If it is necessary to cancel a day's racing, the news will be broadcast at regular Intervals, THORNCLIFFE RACEWAY TEOTS DAILY MONDAY, JULY 3 THROUGH AUGUST 19 M^. % m ^ * < 1 t â- "€] m* m \ * A If** ^ ft 1 4 % * -ek §1' • 1^ I^L, « ^ k • -« ; I » A I L 4 H if *â-  • w * â- Â« (1 » U H * * r ' • if: * " i •I * ^ •! •» . ♦! - . *l 1 k '1 »-» r ♦ 1 i: ^ * I *>^ & ♦ *â-  1 * *> ^« M S- » - 1 " I » * r I k « t â- Â« 1 .* ( 1 « ( s 1 -^* 1 * â- M . « * i *l « !. * •* 'M la 4 M -* -M 4 »v â€" ^-< â- â- * M â- n 1 JS % A 4 it \ 1 « .« •* 'Wi 4 •â- â™¦ «x i I