, 1934-12-28
The
Sports
) Spade

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WORKER CHEERFULLY


JACK SNOEBERGER. office dep
uty in the sheriff'S department. is
constitutionally opposed to hard
manual lahor-and who isn't? But
he recalls one occasion when lie
willingly and cheerfully strained all
the muscles In his body. and finally
had to be ordered away from his
task.
During the World War. Jack was
a COB on a sixth rate cruiser which
acted as a convoy In the North
Atlantic. The old cruiser. which
served many a year In Philippine
waters. had a top speed OF about
ten knots. According to Jack. the
cruiser was a relic from Admiral
Perry,s days.
One day a submarine was sight
Cd nearby. and an lash can IVES
dumped overheard BY a Y-gun
The catch. however. was that the
ash can fuse was figured on a IT.
knot getaway when the old cruiser
could do only ten.
They got credit for sinking =
U-boat and Jack says they should
have got additional credit for 4
sixth rate cruiser. All OF The old
tubs seams we're opened and water
streamed m at such a rate that
the mechanical pumps were not
sufficient to stem tho tide. Auxl-
liary hand pumps we're placed I'M
action. and Jack SAYS nc a more
IMAM willing 70 put in long hours
az this task. In fact. he Saws. no
left only when ordered 10 do AZ ~
his superior officer.
The old cruiser llmped into mort
three days later. but Jacks ardoI
n manning the hand pump was UNI
diminished up To the moment she
touched the dock.
THE PROS and cons or horse rae.
ing are being argued heatedly by
texans these days. one camD yipor.
ously attacking "lcRalizcd gambling
and the other doing a. best 10 de-
lend the sport Of kings"
II Is true that hundreds Of thous-
ands Of dollars 20 through the pari-
mutuels, but don't forget that 90 Der
cent OF this money Is supposed "a
return TO the betting public. The
tracks cut Ia ~ per cent and the
state slices 81 per cent in taxes.
But YOU cannot beat that 10 Der
cent - its like the 80 10 80 deal on
the roulette II will act o II
you stay there long enough.
PRACTICALLY every thorough
pred race horse In the English
speaking world traces its ancestry
TO one Of three great slres. Eng
land did not begin to specialize I'm
breeding thoroughbreds until the
18th century. It's horsemen then
settled upon a few stations and a
number Of royalty bred brood mares
TO start the family. Byerly's Turk
stallion used for breeding in Ireland,
Darley'S Arabian and Earl Godf-
phin'S Arabian were among the
greatest Of the early sires and most
OF the thoroughbreds OF the world
trace ancestry TO one Of this trio.
GODOLPHIN'S Arabian was an
accidental choice. He was sent ~
the Emperor OF Morocco as A gift
TO King Louis XIV Of France.
Louis discarded him for no known
reason and the horse was found BY
q Mr.. Coke. Of England. drawing
q cart in the streets OF Paris. The
lines OF the animal made a great
impression on Coke. who was an en-
thuSiaStiC horSeman. He bought
for a triffling sum AM shipped
him 10 Mr.. williams. who owned
The ST. James Coffee House in Lon
don.
Williams gave the stallion 10 the
Earl OF Godolphin, who bred horses
on a rather elaborate scale for that
era. AT the tine. the Earl was about
breed one Of his " stations 10
4 mare. RoXanna. But the stallion
took sick and the Earl OF Godolphin
reluctantly substituted the horse
now Is famous as "Godol
Arabian" The result Of the
mating was a colt named Lath. which
became sensational for speed and
stamina. He was foaled in 1874 and
died In 1853.
WHEN THE Earl learned that the
former cit horse had been the en-
peror'S prize colt, he Immediately
gave the kineship OF his breeding
farm % his Arabian and through
he years Godolphins Arabian gave
10 the world some or it5 most re-
narkable race horses.