New Britain herald., 1927-06-11
THE OBSERVER. Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

Much of the bitterness which ha
 been engendered over the question
 of insurance carried on publi
 buildings would have been avoide,
 months ago but for the arbitrary ac
 tion of the board of education
 and its finance committee in lettin,
 one company gobble up practicall.
 all the policies r''thout consideration
 for other insurance agents. The, sowed the wind and are now reap
 ing whirlwind although it is doubt.
 full whether the result will be any.
 thing except oratory in the common council.
 When the question of revising in.
 surance on school buildings wal
 preached. the majority of agentl
 were of the belief that they would be given part of the business. They
 were. But the part was 50 small, pared with the virtual monopoly
 by one company. that it was hardly
 worth their efforts. Their anger was caused not so much by the petty amount of insurance business hand cd out to them but by the secret
 manner in which the proceedings were conducted.
 AS soon as 1t became known that the board of education intended to throw nearly all the insurance busi- ness to single concern there was a protest from government officials and insurance men in general. Then it was annaunced that the matter would be reviewed. A short time later the city was surprised to learn that the finance committee of the board of education had already clos cd the books on the insurance ques- tion and that many agents would get only small crumbs from the table while one company was given nearly the whole cake.
 Now that a common council com- mittee which has investigated the insurance of public buildings recom- mends an equitable distribution of insurance 'mong all qualified agents, the answer Is made that a drive is being engineered against the one company. There would have been no reason for an investigation if the agents had been fairly dealt with at the beginning.
 The investigating committee is powerless. It can simply file re- port with the common council which will then have the pleasure of sitting back in its mahogany chairs and hearing the department of ed- ucation to run and jump into a pond.
 There are many phases to horse back riding as. indeed. there are to most all outdoor sports including roasting and croquet. There is polo and steeple chasing and fox hunting and winning the English Derby, a charming array for the amateur horseman. The last named sport is just loads of fun. few occupations can so thrill q horseman as to take the nag down front" on the day of the English classic. The cheering Englishmen, the flash of grey hats in the fog and the shrill voice of the peanut machines present a vista to the Derby winner that is hard to dupli- cate.
 Let us say that the first essay into the realms of horsemanship will be hurdling. Preparations for this sport are simple Take the receiver off the hook and put in a call to | the nearest hospital. reserve a nice comfy room and then go out and | jump hurdle.
 There are skeptics that say hurdle jumping is to be placed on par with fly swatting as far as the thrill that is in it but for the beginner a nine foot fence presents q pleasant little vocation to start off with. Mount the horse. not forgetting the in lesson one last week | to the effect that feet should be placed on EACH SIDE of the horse. Say "giddy-ap" or whatever word you use to start your mount into ,ction. Some use the word 'getouta | here" and in India we have often heard the Hindu 'punkas" urge | heir ponies on with the mystic words Fer luvvamike snaptoo." an ,xpression which is taken from the Arabic and means "let us away" The horse vii, thunder up the green 0 the fence and stop. the rider will continue over the fence alone except n the rare instances when he will ake the top bar across with him by lealing it a hard blow with his fore lead.
 Landing correctly after the jump S essential. Almost everybody begins with the easier method of falling