Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 26, 1973, p. 11

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Leis talk about HORSES VW Committee notes defects The Acton Free Press Wed September The annual Caledon Race were at Caledon Hunt Club on September and I there At leait for moat of the afternoon I was there The featured two steeplechases a couple of western Quarter horse dashes pony races a polo tfame and a parade of An auction went on through out the afternoon competing with the refresh mem standi Hunt Club Is In some of the moat country around near Terra Cotta The spectator visibility of Ihe races certainly better thanmostoftheso All you see usually Is a group of hunt caps flash by and that a the race At not only were the capa constantly but also the feet horses and all the tumbles Church to church Unfortunately the quality of tho riding was generally poor with a row noticeable exceptions The winners wore those who rode the race up In their stirrups with their weight over the withers But too often the riders were silting and flapping on the back of the saddles with flailing feet and crops thus hindering their animals Tho pony races and Quarter horse dashes had too many of this type rider The steeplechase course was Interesting A steeple chase Is a race over brush jumps and originated In several hundred years ago when gentlemen By would race cross country from church to steeple It la a much more ex citing form of racing to watch then flat racing It a shame that there Is so little chasing in this country I have Just had tearful call from a lady who keeps three ponies tethered In the yard Ten before she had found one of the ponies deadhanged In a tangled rope a terrible experience for anyone She wishes me to put out a plea to all owners to fence rather than tether their horses It does seem as though a great deal of accidents occur while a Is tethered Unfortunately another pony was kilted on the road a recently having escaped from fenced field Seems you re damned If you do and damned If you don I HARRY R R Caledon East prepares for the parade of hounds at the Caledon Hunt dub annual races held Sept Photo by J Barr A program of visitations to Helton schools more than 33 years of age has led to an updating program that will cost approximately In anticipated renovations over the next two years An ad hoc committee of trustees and County Board of Education suffers toured all schools In the ecu and made recom mendatlona on what needs to be done to Improve where they appeared to be substandard In all 13 schools were examined Committee chair man Fred said Inadequacies were found hut he noted It wain 1 a mat of facilities falling apart or staff being hopelessly demoralized He said many or those things which the committee mentioned were already Included In capital forecasts of board Common defects He noted In some schools one heat register sen four or five rooms and caused some overheating Many of I he defects noted were In the lighting poor acoustics and Ihe lack of electrical outlets Campbcllvllto Robert Lit lie School In Acton and Mar tin St School in Milton were among those schools studied The report suggests no cor rcctlVL action taken at but Indicates that the school should bo closed and students trans fcrrcd to and The school from Ihx lack of storage space In lIosn rooms and tne general pur post room Is and haa low ceilings An annex The school with a capacity of students has an enrol of and is decreasing That school one of three in north area sche duled to be closed Bruce St School was closed earlier this year Nerval School a population of less than still operates but as annex to George Kennedy School In Georgetown Great hues and cries of pro test were voiced from people In the Bruce St School com In Norval and In Campbell the plans to close the schools were released Commenting the stone annex at Robert Little School in Alton committee noted the Industrial arts room is slightly undersized but recommended no corrective action The school has a population of and a city of no The recom ions and findings of this committee will have 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