Evening star., 1914-07-26
Lure of the Sporting Chance
X/HEN you read what Claude Grahame-white
w says in next SUNDAY MAGAZINE about
FLYING THE ATLANTIC it is likely that

you will have idea of the motives of the aviator who
dares what no man has before attempted Yet that
which drives him old human courage-the lure
OF the sporting chance.
1t is big factor the game of living and of progress this
quality of courage that supplements the most careful
araton which leaves nothing chance that may be safe
guarded against and yet depends for upon the
capacity the unexpected whether it threaten dis
aster or bring good fortune.
When the odds against the winning but when the
possibilities of winning certain though they be the
traditional zone in thousand" then those who have
courage and capacity in whom is born the pioneer spirit
feel the lure of the sporting chance.
One of the most distinguished of the who took up
aviation sport and made profession Of it, Mr..
Grahame-White speak with authority about the
flight the Atlantic. may be that before this is
printed his countryman, Lieutenant Porte will already
have proved the the failure of the first attempt
to fly the Atlantic; for this writing the machine
built make the fight is completed and is being tested
and tuned up
The result in way make Mr.. Grahame-Whites
article less interesting He makes clear only expert
enced birdman can just what the chances He shows
the obstacles that known; he gives idea of the prob
leatc dangers that his experience suggests:aay be
countered 1t is all and convincing, well alb
sorbngy interesting
In conclusion he says that those who fly the Atlantic this
year, next, will be lucky very lucky, and yet
feels that he would be glad make the attempt himself
But he would have machine very different from that built
at the expense OF ana1laKer, WHICH
attempt will be made.
BREAKING 1T TO THE BOSS is a Torchy story, in
which the wonderful and 1ovabe youth illustrates,
he does many experiences, the value of taking the
sporting chance everyday life. There is in Torchy
actly the spirit that makes attempt to fly the
Atlantic and has made their foebears discover cont
nerns and the poles Being what he is youth with the
daring of youth and the judgment and resouceulness of
whose capacity has been fully tested Torchy
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lows the lure of it to escape him.
For awhile orchy rather fused in the story
weeks issue. Old Hickory Ens the Cor
rgated Offices unexpectedly and he hasn't heard of the
promotion of the redheaded The big boss him
as ce boy STILL and Torchy accepts it But
whereby the young makes Old Hickory oren
his eyes, Torchy takes sporting chance that other
than he would ever have thought Of and he with
DAVID AND JONATHAN is a story of English middle
class country fe with which few of familiar,
and this includes those who make regular pigrimages
abroad But Eden Phillpotts shows how the skilled
writer of tales bring the universal, and the strange
environment adds interest to tale that fine itself
The people it strange though they do talk
different diom and live differently.
SUFFRAGE IN THE YUKON is another of the
joyous burlesques with which that Nunchausen of the
Arctic Sinful Punket regales the hospital order
to enjoy the pleasure of her society He rather outdoe
himself in this tale because keeps almost within
limits of plausibty. You will remember that of the
former Sinful Plunkett yarns by Hugh Pendexter have
been trie overdrawn But the racy humo of them makes
the exaggeraton delight.
THE SCREEN reaches its conclusion our next ISSUE
1t will be followed with serial by Louis Joseph
H.