Show BACKSEAT DRIVING h Another Wonder Horse Even Tackles Learn Metric Change Proper y By FRANK K C. C BAKER Tele Telegram ram Sports Editor Gre Great t Stake Horse Will Run in inU inU U. U S. S Word comes from the he antipodes that Australia will invade with another wonder horse to be bes s shipped from down under some te next month Ammon Ra undisputed champion O 01 OL the turf as fl a 2 and 3 3 od a aI I New Nev Zealand horse that now as a old year ld has won approximately in purses will be brought t to the United States to follow in th the footsteps ot of the great Cleat Phar Lap It Is U hard to bank on another horse hors akin Phar Laos Lan's place so quickly That Thai great horse hore caught the fane fancy ancy and imagination of the the American America sporting p public last winter as s n nother no other horse has captured favor fo for forthe forthe the turf tur in ages His untimely death deat heels of of his br brilliant triumph In the he Agua handicap was a abig big blow to racing S Phar Lap was one performer who wh lived up to his his' advance publicity Touted as u a great th thoroughbred h he came to this land and vindicated althe al all all the nice things said about him H He had the color and background that tha interested sted folks Ie less familiar with th the turf activities His exploits apparently apparently were destined to regain much mud popularity for the track His death was mourned with something akin t to the sorrow orrow felt for the loss of a a human buman athletic wonder Ammon Ra Will Arrive Here in January It is the present plan for Ammon Ra RR to follow the same same trail blazed by Phar Lap and run in the Agua Caliente Cal Cal- lente handicap at the Mexican border track The h horse is to be shipped on the Mariposa December 17 and will arrive ar are rive nyc in San Francisco January 3 The horse is owned b by C. C C. C Sheath of New Zealand His owners make it plain that Ammon Amon Am Am- mon ton on Ra Ha a is n not t a p product of Australia The horse is a New Zealander in every respect Like Phar Lap he hea i ia is isa a gelding and like his illustrious illustrious' predecessor predecessor pre pre- was foaled in New Zealand It was was in New Zealand he won re re- yn rno as a juvenile d defeating everything every thing that could be matched with him He followed th these e victories on his home turf by beating everything in his liis division in Australia in his 2 and 3 year campaigns The invader is Is' a a gelded son son of ot Limond Dimond and Hyades by 1 Sheath purchased Ammon Ra immediately immediately im mediately following the second race of his car career r as a 2 year for 20 and by the terms of the sale had to pay an additional when he won the A. A J J. L C. C derby It was the highest price ever paid for a 2 year old in Zealand As a year old ld Ammon Ra scored five straight wins including the thc A. A J Jt C. C derby greatest sporting event on n the island contin continent conti n neat nent lt and the Caufield 2000 guineas Truly he has a background comparable comparable com com- parable to that boasted by the great Phar Pharo Lap It will be highly interest interest- Jag to see how well he keeps to the trail blazed by the bolt It of lightning Even football tackles live and anti learn Robert Moore l h hu husky sky ky sophomore sophomore more prospect at it Brigham Young was told shortly shorty before belore the Ys an annual il l lame fame recently with Utah that Jack Johnson might be unable to to p play ay for tb the Utes Vies because cause of a alame alame alame lame arm Lets see now Moore loore mused muied This Johnson is 15 all con con- fer ference nce material isn't he Well Jd Id kinds kind like to play against him Maybe a fellow could learn some some- thing Came the day of the game ame then and Johnson was In the game rame and gave rave Mr vr Moore quite a lesson So much in fact that Moore looked like Jike a abIg big disappointment A week later however howe the same Moore played a sparkling game against Colorado Teachers Perhaps he be was asan an apt student after all U Amateur Union Finally Adopts Metric System The year 1933 is destined to go godown godown godown down in American track and field history as one of myriad new records The Amateur Athletic union which is the oldest and ancl largest of American sports governing bodies has finally got around t to adopting the metric system of measurement for torah all Its track and field events The new measure will go into effect January 1 1 and that to will will mean mean new American records almost ever every time the stars run a race for tor the metric distances have have- been n run in the United States only on rare occasions The nevi measure should have been In operation years ears ago even in 1923 when it was wa first proposed Perhaps it was patriotism then that kept America away from the measuring system stem that every other nation except ex ex- ex England used More likely It U was a feeling that the change would I spoil American tracks and cause Untold untold un un- told contusIon Confusion This confusion is not as great as may maybe be anticipated however Officials Off OUi dais need shift the start of a standard stand ard race only a yard or two either cither way to run any metric distance race on the present tracks without handi handi- cap Moreover in the shorter races like the meters the substitution of the metric measure would really be an advantage in that it would place the starting pits well in advance of the finish line The A. A A. A U U. probably saw the light on the metric business at atthe atthe atthe the last Olympic games when Bill DIU Carr and Eddie Tolan gained International recognition n b y smashing records In meters instead in In- stead of yards and inches Had HadT T IaD nd Carr smashed records in j yards and ad Inches the world would have paid paleS little attention be because America and England are the only countries that deal in these thele terms But the rest of the tile world understood the value valoe of these performances noes Immediately tely a as expressed In terms common to them and were glad to recognize them Truly J Jt seems that th the I A U. A.-U. h has made l' l wise m move ve |