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THE MATHIS NEWS
Grantland
Rice
“I like,” said the Duffer serenely,
“To read of the faults in this
game, .
Of faults that are almost obscenely
Blockading the highway of fame,
Of those who are stymied or bunk-
ered,
Who don’t pivot right on the tee,
So please print a lot of the incorrect
clutch
Of those who are swaying or duck-
ing too much
(Just any old fault is a personal
touch)
For that’s what’s the matter with
me.
CARATOGA, N. Y.—The top horse-
^ man of the world today is in the
general direction of his eightieth
year—high up in the seventies. He
schooled his first ■
steeplechaser 61
years ago—and aft-
er 61 years he is
still many lengths
in front und er
wraps. He is also
one of the top
sportsmen of all
time, one of the
most remarkable
men I’ve ever
known in sport.
His name is
Thomas Hitchcock,
father of Tommy
Hitchcock Jr., who will stand as the
all-time polo player until some su-
perman comes along. And there
are no supermen.
Everyone has admired the ef-
ficiency of Connie Mack, 77, and
Lonnie Stagg, 77, at baseball and
football. But the name of Thomas
Hitchcock belongs in this slender
group of amazing veterans who have
thrown clocks and Calendars away
and ignored time. They have made
the years their vassals, ignoring
such puny details as half-centuries.
Training Winners
I met Mr. Hitchcock just after one
of his horses had won another
steeplechase.
I wanted to know how he did it.
I asked him/first why it was that he
never had the front feet of his jump-
ers shod.
“This,” he said, “is quite a sim-
ple matter. A horse gets his driv
and balance from his hind feet,
forefeet have a li mil minin*1 f*" ■
to expand.
y always spread.
Now if you encase these hoofs in
an iron band there can be no ex-
pansion. There can be no give. I
have known this after some 60 years
of study and observation. That is
the reason my jumpers are never
shod to the front.
“The trouble most horses have is
with their hoofs or legs. I have
never had any such trouble.”
Other Angles to Consider
I asked Mr. Hitchcock just what
system he followed to bring about
such an amazing success.
“First of all,” he answered, “I
would say the word is ‘patience.*
You can’t drive a horse at a bar-
rier and force him over. Not con-
sistently. I want natural jumpers.
Not synthetic jumpers. So I start
them in this direction when they are
less than a year old. I give them
minor jumps to make on their way
to eat—jumps of less than a foot.
I gradually increase this height. I
get them to feel that a jump is a
part of their lives—something they
have to make before they can eat.
“These jumps are made higher
and higher. But there is no force
about it. There is nothing new
about it. • It is something that be-
longs to their earlier memories—
something: they handle instinctively.”
I asked Mr. Hitchcock about other
details.
“For one thing,” he said, “you
must know and love horses. Few
are alike. They have their own
whims and personalities. But to get
them accustomed to people I have
young riders, 10 or 12 years old, who
ride or play with them as yearlings.
I get them accustomed to the prob-
lems they must face later on. I get
them used to other horses which
may be crowding in.
“All this,” he said, “takes a world
of patience. The horse must be
schooled over and over and over.
What you want him to do must be
made a habit that he understands.
“The same thing goes for polo
ponies. I have known experts who
went out for speed. But a polo
pony must be trained and taught to
turn in a split second. Speed, of
course, is a factor. But so is turn-
ing agility. These are things that
take time.
“To my mind a horse doesn’t
reach or approach his prime until
he is six years old. This applies
especially to jumping and to polo.
You haven’t time to teach young
horses what they need to know at
these two sports.”
Back Over the Years
“Just when did you begin this
schooling work?” I asked.
“When I was at Oxford, in 1881,”
he said. “No, it was before that.
Probably around 1879. I was a little
younger then,” he added, “than I
am now.”
That was 61 years ago. But I
doubt he was younger then.
“There is so much to do,” he said
rather plaintively, “and so little
time in which to do it. When you
must be patient you must have time
in which to work.”
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IN BUGLAND
“I understand Mr.
Beetle fought a duel,
blades did they use?”
“Blades of grass!”
Bug and Mr.
What kind of
Professional Pride
Hungry and tired after his long
walk, Weary Willie at last came to
a wayside cottage.
“Please, ma’am,” he said to the
kindly woman who came in answer
to his knock, “could you spare me an
old coat?”
The cottager looked down at the
tramp’s garments.
“But, my good man,” she said, in
tones of deep surprise, “the one
you are wearing is nearly new.”
“I know, ma’am,” said Willie, de-
spairingly. “It’s this coat that’s
ruining my profession.”
POLITICAL CHATTER
* Farm
Topics
PASTURES AIDED
BY PROPER CARE
Turf Should Be Worked
Before Re-Seeding.
By C. H. FARNHAM
(University oi Illinois College oi Agriculture.)
Thinning hair is pretty hard to
stop, but thinning pastures can be
rejuvenated.
Since the seedbed largely deter-
mines the success of a pasture, the
turf of old pastures should be sum-
mer-plowed and worked down sev-
eral times before reseeding in late
August or early September. In
some cases thorough disking will
help if existing grasses and weeds
won't compete too much with the
new seedings.
Because continued pasturing or
cropping reduces the content of
calcium, phosphorus and other plant
food materials, most old pastures
need limotone and fertilizer. Need
of limestone, which can be deter-
mined by an acidity test, usually
shows up first. Limestone should
be applied several months ahead of
legume seedings so it will have time
to sweeten the soil before seeding
time.
If the land is to be plowed, it is
best to apply the limestone after
plowing so it will sweeten the upper
portion of the root system as well
as the deeper soil areas. Lime-
stone does not move up in the soil
but the solution goes downward.
Lightly working manure into the soil
before seeding pasture mixtures
also gives them a boost in establish-
ing root and top growth.
On steep slopes, it is bj^slvto-' do
all the plowing and,-disking on the
level contour. H6 recommends that
apy' sod draws that have developed
should be left undisturbed to form
grass waterways.
Pasture improvement, contour
farming, seeding of legumes and
applications of limestone constitute
four of the five practices being
stressed in 1940 to achieve more con-
servation of soil, water and human
resources. The other practice is
tree planting.
Good Pasture for Hogs
Will Reduce Pork Costs
Good pasture for hogs is one way
of really cutting pork production
costs, suggests A. L. Anderson, ani-
mal husbandry specialist at Iowa
State college.
Anderson points to the results of
18 swine feeding demonstrations
conducted on Iowa farms by Iowa
State college in which pasture was
used. Eight of these pastures were
poor to fair in quality, largely of
bluegrass. Ten of the pastures were
good, consisting of alfalfa, red clo-
ver, and rape.
The same rations were used on all
pastures. The pigs on poor pas-
tures fed corn and minerals made
an average gain of .76 pound, while
on good pastures the daily gain was
1.36 pounds, or two-thirds more.
Good pasture is one of the best
sources of easily digested protein.
Rich in lime and phosphorus, the
legumes provide minerals which are
easily assimilated by young pigs.
Current Fencing Methods
Follow Farming Changes
Contour farming, high-speed high-
ways and rotation grazing bring new
problems in fence-building which are
discussed and solved in a recent
publication written by engineers of
the U. S. department of agriculture.
A “bending fence” that won’t
“bend” over, when wires are
stretched tightly, is needed where
hills are farmed on the contour.
Straight fences waste land under
such conditions.
Safe entrances on high-speed high-
ways require proper choice of loca-
tion and special construction, the
bulletin points out. Gates set back
from the fence line avoid sharp
turns with farm machinery, and en-
trances on level ground give a clear
view up and down the road.
Agricultural News
Friend—So there really are no
crooks in your party?
Politician—There certainly are
not!
Friend—Then you expect the other
party to win, of course?
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Cows will drink as many as 25
times a day.
* * •
Horses will stand the heat better
if they have free access to com-
mon salt.
• * *
Soybean oil meal made by the
expeller process contains 4 to 5.5
per cent of oil, meal made by the
solvent process had about 1 per cent
of oil, and meal made by the hy-
draulic process retains from 5.5 to
6 per cent of oil.
* * *
Steers fed on ground ear corn
tend to bloat less on legume pasture
than animals getting shelled com.
* * *
When making large piles of hay
bales, scatter some loose hay or
straw over each layer or row, to
bind them together to prevent slip-
page or overturning.
* * *
Green ash seeds may be prepared
for germination in the spring by
storing them over winter in a box
of moist sand which is kept in a
root cellar or other cool place.
Efficient Linen Closet
That’s a Step-Saver
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS
EWERY Homemaker knows how
many steps could be saved if
table linens could have a special
closet in the kitchen or pantry. In
one home that we know of space
for such a closet was going to
waste all because cupboard doors
®r drawers would conflict with the
door shown here in the small
sketch. At the right you see how
that space became an efficient lin-
en closet after all—complete even
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RED AND
WHITE
Ticking on
A SHADE
ROLLER
ZIPPER LAUNDRV BAG
HANGS UNDER SHELF
to a smart laundry bag for soiled
napkins and table covers.
The high compartment has a
door of plywood. Below this are
shelves with a curtain on a shade
roller. The curtain runs up and
down between the shelves and the
scalloped board that frames the
closet, as shown at the left. This
board is Vz inch thick and four
inches wide. The scallops were
marked by drawing around a tea-
cup and were cut out with a jig
saw. I want to tell you how .the
laundry bag is made too. , Watch
for it, next week.
* * *
NOTE: As a service to our read-
ers Mrs. Spears has prepared a
series of homemaking booklets.
No. 5, just published, contains 32
pages of clever ideas fully illus-
trated and a description of the
other numbers. To get your copy
send order to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Drawer 10
Bedford Hills New York
Enclose 10 cents for Book 9.
Name ...............................
Address .............................
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Gentle Joy
Joy descends gently on us like
the falling dew, and does not pat-
ter down like a hail-storm.—Rich-
ter.
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Advice Giver
Let no man presume to give ad-
vice to others that has not first
given count to himself.—Seneca.
IUSCULAR ACHES?]
PENETROJ
A Tragedy
A good man dies when a boy
goes wrong.
TO CHECK
TEACHING A CHILD
VALUE OF PENNIES
A child of a wise mother will be
taught from early childhood to be-
come a regular reader of the adver-
tisements. In that way better perhaps
than in any other can the child be
taught the great value of pennies and
the permanent benefit which comet
from making every penny count.
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Coltrin, George W. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1940, newspaper, August 23, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1038553/m1/6/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.