Evening star., 1932-09-24
ER WELT SPIEGEL, Berlin.-A
police horse must always have
its nerves under control; it
must always be on guard
acairSt the cla ar,nnrS shocLc


against the clamors, shocks
and dangers of the street. 1t must
never lose its poise and equanimity, de-
part from a dignified and measured
progress, no matter how much shouting,
shooting. trumpeting and whooping goes
on about it. A police horse must not
shy or lunge when stones and other
missiles are flying through the air;
much less must it be startled by a
vagrant newspaper. 1t must calmly and
dutifully trot through dense and surg
ing masses of striving men, and never
for moment display any sign of fear
or excitement. Horses for the police de-
partment must therefore be selected
with every care. They are subjected to
searching tests. after veterinarians have
found no flaws in their physical perfec-
ton, to determine the qualities of their
equine character and intelligence. For
police horse is guardian Of public
order, and order must always be main
tanned. Many horse that has passed
satisfactorily all the preliminaries of its
examination fails at the final proofs.
Callous to really terrifying racketS and
indifferent to most surprises, an
equine candidate for the police de-
partment will sometimes rear or
back away when a harmless umbrella
is Unexpectedly snapped open before it.
Such an animal, of course, is at once
removed from further consideration.
Numerous nags that have shown no
trepidation or nervousness in all sorts
Of other excitations and emergencies
simply cannot brook the regenschirm
(umbrella).
Not long ago, one Of the older police
horses, which had joined the force be-
a
examination, found itself in the center
of political riot where the atmosphere
was thick with sticks and stones and
crammed with abusive vociferationS.
These orgies disturbed not the horse
bit, not even when a brick grazed his
very nose. But suddenly byStander
opened his umbrella to protect himself
against the threatened bombardment
with what feeble means he had at
hand. That was enough. In fact, it
was too much. The horse SHE'D and
threw its doughty rider into the very
midst of the struggling. yelling parti-
sans, and then returned at top speed
and by the shortest route to its stall.
The policeman, so unlucklly displaced,
picked himself ANONYMOUSLY out of the
dust of the street and went home on
foot, his uniform marred and rumpled.
must submit to the new test, the acid
test of equine equanimity. An extra
course was assigned in the training
schools. Horses for the police depart
ment must know how to face the sud-
denly opened umbrella.
y 4
Girl Students
Protest in CeylOn.
Iln An
unprecedented scene was witnessed at
the education Office when about 40
girl students from the Balapitiya Sidd-
hartha Training School marched in a
body to L. Med. Robinson, deputy d.
rector of education, to whom they had
been referred by the minister of educa-
ton whom they first approached.
MIR. Robinson, it is learned, spent
well-nigh three hours giving a patient
hearing to a long tale of woe from the
students, whose allegations were, in
some cases, supplemented by their par
ents or guardians.
The girls were seen marching to the
railway station at Balapitiya, accom-
panied by their guardians and taking
their luggage in buggy carts.
1t appears that about three weeks
ago the students submitted q petition
to the minister Of education through
an assistant teacher of the institution,
setting out their grievances and max
ing certain allegations against the
management.
Among the allegations made was a
complaint that they were not properly
fed.
After the inquiry Robert de Zoysa,
the manager, is said to have dismissed
the teacher through whom the petition
was submitted within "a hours, holding
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