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Show THE REAVER PRESS. REAVER. 1'TAH Beauty and Healft AAoraan "lorse Typically Ame 1 Government Runs Unique Breeding Farm in Vermont Neu I 4 1 V By BAUKIIAGE s Analyst and Commentator. any game. enough, it was announced later by the same authority that the electric light, which poor Thomas Edison certainly thought he had something to do with, was likewise a Russian invention. If I ever read, as some day I fear I shall, that sodas and wer first discovered on a pleasant afternoon by some mysterious Muscovite s he sat dreaming on his back steppes, I shall announce that bortsch and vodka are American products and that the Volga boatmen were limply a prodigal local of the CIO maritime union. Meanwhile, however, I am reminded by the department of agri- viewed the Green Mountain boys culture that one when they came back from the War thing which Is as of 1812. American as The author has Jrl say about America and- Justin afterward: "He was just forwhich no a little work horse that cleared lA eigner had bet the fields and helped Vermont ter try to appro-priat- e grow up. Come to think of it, a as he's like us. He's American . . . home - grown that's what he Is, American." the is product, The Morgan horse helped other Morgan horse. Justin Morgan states and territories grow up, too, Is immortalized for their equine brotherhood went in bronze and West with the emigrating farmers, and more than one American solyou can see him dier was proudly mounted on a standing today on his pedestal Morgan as he went into battle. GenBaukhage before the main eral Custer rode oil on a Morgan of table the United States Morgan horse when he went out to fight the horse farm which covers about Indians, a whole regiment of cavalry had Morgan mounts in the 1,000 acres of rolling, wooded counCivil War. two of miles north try Middlebury, Ice-crea- was overcoming fear. It is my opin- bot-do- The original farm of 400 acres was presented to the United States department of agriculture by Joseph Battell. Colonel Battell had lung been an admirer and breeder of Morgan horses, and had founded the American Morgan register. The farm was established In 1907. The area was Inereased by an additional gift of about 35 acres by Colonel Battell in 1908, and by purchase of about 550 acres from Middlebury College in 1917. The land, underlain with limestone, Is well adapted to the production of horses. In the selection of foundation breeding stock, and in planning subsequent matings, emphasis was placed upon size and quality, and ability to perform the three gaits, walk, trot and canter. These points Mi r tsar-- .- k v - Morgan brood marcs, with their foals, run in one of the pastures of the department of agriculture's V. S. Morgan horse farm near Middlebury, Vt. continue to be emphasized. Also, every effort has been made to preserve adequate muscling and depth of body and to preserve and enhance desirable temperament. The stocky stallion, original of the effigy was named for its owner, a singing schoolmaster, was foaled in 1793 and died in 1821. He tl mean the stallion not the schoolmaster) had a romantic career and he is the progenitor of the breed, which as the department of agriculture says, is one of the few breeds of horses developed in the United States. Justin was a "small, active animal of great power and endurance, with the reputation of being able to outwalk, outrun, and out pull any other horse In Vermont and the neighboring states." He had the power to transmit these qualities, says the department, to his three known sons and the United States government is doing its share to perpetuate the characteristics for which his ilk is known: "beauty, easy keeping, soundness, endurance, and spirit coupled with gentleness." The first time I ever went to Vermont I was attracted to these plucky little borses. Later I learned more about the Morgan horse. He weighs less than 1.000 pounds, he is ot over 14 hands high, with powerful chest and leg muscles, a proud head and a stout bear! He has done a lot to develop the state of Vermont and his adventures have carried him far afield. In a Actionized but remarkably accurate story of "Justin I," Marguerite Henry tells how the boy Joel, who "gentled" Justin as a colt, later lost track of him and finally found him again and how Joel in his cavalry uniform with a sprig of evergreen in his helmet, sat proudly on his diminutive mount when President Monroe re post-morte- round-bar-relie- Breeding Program la Uru'er Way SSL.? JfcBfcJsaW$i HOW TO CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY . . . Triplets Maureea, Michael and Michele Yosco f Flushing, N. Y., got all dressed up to celebrate their first birthday. They also had three lovely cakes. Put them all together clean clothes, gooey cake and Inquisitive and they spell washday for mother. NEWS REVIEW Rioting Flares in India; British Get Stern Rule INDEPENDENCE: India Riots INQUIRY: Tito Questions CO-O- During the two days before fateful India became a land of free men, more than 200 died in a bloody orgy of violence and rioting in the huge northern province of Punjab. Lahore, the capital, was the center of the disturbance, but fierce fighting also took place throughout the west and east Punjab countryside. Wide sections of Lahore. were aflame. This took place on the eve of India's independence day, just before the Indian constituent assembly sat down to function as a free governing body. Cause of the rioting, incited, as always, by terrorists, was the bitter disagreement arising out of the partitioning of India into two separate zones one for Hindus, the other for Moslems. In New Delhi, the independence day ceremonial program began with two minutes of silence for those who died in the fi,ht fur freedom which was finally achieved through amicable negotiations with the British. "The Morgan horse breedof the animal husbandry division of the department of agriculture told me, "have given more attention to the traits desirable in a riding horse." (Forty descendants of Justin became famous as trotters. Some of you remember such names as Ethan Allen, Black Hawk and Dan Patch.) At the Morgan farm today horses usually about forty-fiv- e are under test. According to the official description, the breeding program there calls for "the measurement of each youngstoir at one year of age, at two years, and at three years. All are trained under saddle and in harness and are put through controlled performance and endurance trials when about three years old. The data thus obtained form the permanent records of the individuals. They are used also in studies of sire and dam inheritance and as criteria for formulation the station's breeding program. For the IRON HAND: tests of three-yea- r olds the department's horse specialists have devised specific trials to measure the Britannia Ruled It well may be true that "Britons walking and trotting gaits and the horses' endurance in harness and never, never shall be never, under the saddle." slaves," as the anthem has it, but in view of Prime Minister Clement Always versatile, the Morgan was as chipper when he went Attlee's new emergency action givto the meeting house on Sunday ing the government stern powers over British industry and labor, pulling the surrey with the fringe on the top as it was many in the islands are now harweekdays when it could drag a boring serious doubts about that. log to the sawmill which often The emergency bill, which Wintook a team of its big brothers ston Churchill charged invoked to budge. And where buggies such restraints as the government are still used, you'll often find a has never before imposed except in Morgan between the shafts. He time of war, has been passed by is 'used on the trail, too, for bis both houses of parliament and now forte these days seems to be for better or worse is law of the under the saddle. land. The Morgan horses have found Designed to bring Britain out of homes far from the shadow of their native Green Mountains and today her deadly economic slump, the bill the stock probably is increasing empowers the government to commore rapidly in California than mand labor and industry to do anything and everyanywhere in the East. I regret to practically is in the national insay that on my last trip to Ver- thing, if it mont, this summer, though mighty terest. Mount Mansfield looked up at the Rallying cry of the British conheavens with the same stern profile servatives, led by Churchill, is that it did when I first panted, "dictatorship." pack-ladeto its top, the maple-suga- r 1 Anthony Eden, for- t mer foreien secretary. tasted as good (though it cost too much), the mist still held the 80t int0 the fight by V asking that parliament peak of Killingon as gently as ever in its graceful fingers. But I missed cut short a planned vacation so the members the quick tattoo of those small can be on hand to examstrong hooves on the hard highine the measures which ways, and the silhouette of an the government will arched neck against the sky above a mountain pasture. Eden "The house cannot be I'm glad that Uncle Sam is doing his part, in the shadow of Justin's an absent spectator while the governstatue, to perpetuate the breed that ment does a split over the is "just like us," as Joel said: abyss," said Eden, also a member of the Conservative party. American. Now, ers" Dr. McFee n fC ri'tTr g NO THUMB ON SCALES P Although the public is not too well informed about it, one of the most important and fiercely waged domestic post war battles is that being fought between private business and cooperative enterprises. Crux of the feud is the fact that while cooperatives are private business is not. From this evolve two basic questions: 1. What effect does have upon growth of the cooperatives? 2. Is a factor of discrimination against private business? A house small business subcommittee has begun an attempt to find the answers with an investigation of the cooperative community enterprise at Greenbelt, Md. In the Greenbelt case, business groups have charged that the government has aided the cooperative in keeping private business out of the development area. This hearing, as well as others on the west coast, is being conducted by Rep. B. Walter Riehlman (Rep., N. Y.) as acting chairman of the subcommittee. In view of the theory that taxes will remain high, compared with the past, for at least 50 years, according to economists, the existfeature of ence will grow increasingly important. t, co-op- s' RED SAUCERS: Soviets Curious self-servic- e g p RE large matrnni,, u.- ep 'It Why up with them any can uierauy me t by flesh through 1 ieEH,er.?r'8lgnhl 1. Pull knees longer? ttoM Gene Tunney ion that most brava men are afraid, facinf death or defeat, but they rise abova this fear." This happens U be, by ail adds, the mast interesting aagle to apart Certainly, the brava can be afraid and the tlamb, minus any lmafiBa-Uo- n, can remain unafraid. A complete absence ef fear la ane of the rarest el all aualltiea. We have known only three men blessed meoaore tioosevcu jr., Capt. Eddie Rlckenbacker and Col. Wild Bill Donovan. There must have been many oth- -' ers. We are speaking only of the three that we have seen tested, where death was a completely unimportant matter where life was even more unimportant compared to the job they had to do. They also had imagination. But in the matter of fear and courage, there is no possible way to compare sport with war. In this re-- ! spect, they belong in two different worlds. A brave soldier might curl up in some competition in sport. A strong sporting competitor might not be so hot in war action. Two Different Games Sometime back I was talking with He was an army "I can't figure it all instructor. out," he told me. "When I tap a few of these soldiers in the nose they want to quit. But next day they'll go over the top or lead a charge. I don't mind being hit in the nose or knocked down. At least I don't fear it. But I don't believe I'd lead any charge against machine guns, without ducking into the first foxhole I saw. I guess it's two different games two different angles." Here he called the turn two different games and two different angles that are far apart. Back around 1911 I saw Christy Mathewson cut the corner of the plate against Home Run Baker for the third strike and the game. Only the umpire called it a hall which later led to Baker's home run. "I cut two inches over the plate," Matty told me later. He had the courage to do this In a world series. A few days later in a golf match Mathewson and I played with Mike Donlin and Fred Merkle. Matty missed a putt by three inches. His hands were shaking. Here is the answer. Baseball was Matty's game. He had the skill and confidence to meet any situation In baseball. Golf wasn't his game. On a general average, I would say that the basic quality of fear and courage in sport must include three factors skill, experience and conditionwhich lead to confidence. The confident competitor, who is in shape, who is experienced, who has his share of skill, usually comes a famous boxer. rld.. then 18 " awav ud to chest few lnehes from floor from side to Those flying disks were fun while they lasted, but by this time everyhas practically body forgotten them. Well, almost everybody. Latest report having to do with the aerial chinaware is that Soviet agents in the United States have been ordered to solve the mystery of the disks. Presupposing the report to be true, it moans, at least, that the saucers were not of Russian origin. through. Soviet espionage agents here are said to have been advised that the Frit' Are Quitters Kremlin believes the flying saucers There are not many quitters in might have some connection with army experiments on methods of sport. Quitters don't like hard competition and the grind needed to get knocking out enemy radar. them up around the top This applies especially to football and boxing, the body contact games. Tourist Trade Among the must fearless the greatest competitors I have seen Operating on the highly plausible in sport are: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth r land mines are Hans Wagner, Old Pete Alexander' theory that not only unhealthy for wandering Walter Johnson, tourists but are also bad for busi- ter Hagen. GeneBobby Jones, Walness, the French ministry of re- Greb, Jack Dempsey.Sarazen, Harry Gene Tunney construction is working hard to Tommy clear all possible danger spots in and too Hitchcock, Dev Milburn many football players to former fighting areas around even start a count. France. While the French admit Tunney's Idea or angle wail that erstwhile ba'tle zones might t attract heavy tourist trade, they ready with the best you have to give. Condition is terribly m. are not taking any chances. portant, although there are nota-bl- e You can throw exceptions. these out against the thousands who aeed condition. There are alwava exceptions that prove no rule "But once the game Is on. what. 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One box supplies much food by dry weight as five also cows cans of dog food I Gro-Pu- p For v&rlej. In Meal and In Pel-Etfeed all three I fTTfl Vo$sQo$t left-ove- this-''Ge- Extend Prepackages to Meat That old caricature of the butcher and not be compelled to wait her resting his thumb on the scales as turn in line. From the retail standhe weighs out the meat soon will point, prepackaging cuts down store vanish completely from the Amer- overhead and increases turnover. ican scene if the trend toward preAlthough so far, prepackaging packaging of fresh cut meats con- largely has been confined to retail tinues at its present pace. shops, large chains are becoming Approximately 100 stores across more interested in streamlined merchandising plans. One has a meat the nation currently are operatm their meat departments on that baexperiment in operation sis, and their cash registers are re- In about 10 Detroit stores, with the cording ample proof that attractive- prepackaging done at a centra) disly cut meat wrapped in cellophane tribution point. At least one local of the Amaland placed in display cases sells itself as efficiently as a butcher's gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's union has vetoed the sales talk could. fresh meats, but With the popular cuts of meat in Idea of weights most in demand placed In general opinion among other union pen-torefrigerated cases, the locals is that the practice would be housewife can shop at her leisure a favorable one insofar as it would Exercise Can Cure Those Ugly Bulg'ej But please explain this I always have understood that most soldiers going into battle were packed fear with fear which they overcame. I thought the test of true courage WASHINGTON, D. C Some time ago the world was startled to learn from Pravda, the official communist party newspaper in Moscow, that it was a Russian who discovered "wireless" (as radio was called in its youth), and as if that weren't Vt. ENE TUNNEV'S Interview on fear in competition is one ol most the interesting articles I have read," writes H. F. L. "He told what fear does to any competitor in Lj 'er f df,feat nd "rry 1", the ' result must be eliminated allow butchers to concentrate on their skilled trade instead of spending time serving customers. Customer demand, which admit-tedltakes peculiar turns at times, can, nevertheless, be anticipated by analyzing customer buying habits For instance, steaks and chops would be cut in several thicknesses so that virtually every customer could pick up exactly the kind and cut of meat he had in mind. Experiments have almost wholly disproved the theory that loss of personal service in butcher shops would result in a decline of sales because principally attractively packaged meat displays become an effective selling medium in y For fear of what might happen psct your brain. you" erve. turn, wreck any chance for coordination between mind and muscle." Desperation often get, credit for courage. So does raw lUCk All you can figure on Is the average. In 80 per cent of th?s division fr,. you will find those who worked to develop their skill, In pt condition, who had the con" Wence needed to face the or ackle the handicap. This delude everyone It merely tak"s the rnnjority. IIlcIud nentioned r.tn ve No race or r,;i;ri right on hse pipped with v,, it ,ake , isually get fa Yodora checks perspiration odor TUB cream baM-i-a actually tooOung to norm Made with a "f"' No harib ckemicals or IwUMf salts. 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