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uMNI *Wbat bas hý been decrbetieas'the wolds oghiest hors rc» il en u 'aîn this wCee - ov'er fen-e, ýhetiges, water ditc.hes anid other hi~asn b ýstacles-3 thirty in ail - aaig atcourse, four wmitýs ai856ayards. Thehre, syear olis at odrili carry sagr ing eghs f1740 lc antmre. Th1at's nga'sfamus Grand National, mon ovesy the full a- mnous Aintree couirse, utusieLerol And there alwayvâ-ýsare t- onlimbed,stuhaitdore avai 'lable in sfiin numrlbers to make the Grand Ntoa dryamatie event, despite th-je 1many haa Ls.In199, ther,.e r ais many asC6 eiaries, an aitm ih h wesofGr- alaôch, the 1929-.inner, took homne the(-largest purse in Grand Nattional 1bstory -nearlyxy fivb huaddlas Reosdon?)t showm+htherariy Grand atonl ace eM the past ýersaw every cotesitant f ail, It is quiteposile. t s a matter of record, ho-wever, that 1theoeotre finisheýrs hii one GlkndNatiojnal eventhad -ý ahf len duriJ 'ng the race anid heen rmuneThis is flypermissible unýder the, track rules. A fallen hborse may be rmoned i.V ay ee reaýich the iish June with a rider -ofther thn te onew who it tared ut. Perhaps moe o! the mStdramatie rn aioasi e cent years was that in wih frt4 oherses ~started anti f(orty-one- f ell along the wa-Y. That was Tiplieýraýry I' year. Billy Barton fell at Vie laxt obstacle, iras r~utdani flisheti second, the onfly hiorse other than t waie>t e0omlete the rTace. Ti'1he jumrrping hazards 0f tî his race éare amotunheiïevable,. Fouzrîten o)bstaceles h, ave t6 be çovercd twice. Ten r thor fen-ces up to five feet in height, and 3'S9wie.Twýo fiýve-by- three fïoot ostclshave sxfotditches onmtheir take-offi sides; twû others ?are five-foot fences iwith tural brooks.Oe 0fthe tougheSt jumps is oýver ani open 99"'dtchwitýh a depth o!over five fet.l To -make the event evein more uniiqeamatursparti- pate ini about equal nlumlber's with prof essionial jockeys, Ani such is thse nature ofeihe race that a gooti amateur stands practleaiîy thse saine chance of success as, a profesional joekey, Or 'vice versa, dependlfng on the 1horse.ý Yo: onmntqonts esiosfor Mi colume wiU b. eJçe by EleV Frnt nc/ alet ose..41yo, S.,Toono CrCsfktLtYR LU 1Tt ktNe HORSE SEN-SE. = *8 BOB ELLIS Hlaifax, N,8, On a fogggy af1terôou etlest week Ëorty stutients rpeet ing tigh.t Maritime uniVer.sitiesý assembled i inthe chamberr of the Legisaaturieo! 'Nova Scotia ,te hol ti te firet students' parlia- ment, The assembly wasmoed after the Bouse of Çomens iii, Ottawa andi conduetetisrcl according te the rueof the BHouse Matters tiealt with werre mainly the saie that hzave been anti are being discussed la thie r'edera1 Bouse. Federal MP's HeIp Thiere were 20 rgesv Coservative, 17 Liberals, 2 CCF andi one 'Nationial Repuhlic iume»r seated on the floor c-f the Bouse, To assist the young people who have little or rie ex. perlence in parliainentary ypro- cedure severa)l members of par- liament had come from Qtw te leati their respective parties,ý in the first session. Secretary of State, Mr. Pîck- eýrsgil1 çwho IleditheLiberels trieci to form a coalition with the COFX- andi ôffereti te introduce aNa tional Helthi Insurance Plan However,'.the _.twi-)CCF members refuseti to be taken liia ani M P'ickersgill tieclined te f orm a ininority governmen.i Rather re1uclant1y ,thfePo gressive Conservatives, undier the leaderiship oe, Davidi Fuitù», nemnber for Kaîxloops, B.C., then, 4jrdertoek t to rm a goverinmeit. their 20 mensbers ireopp-osedj by eacl the semne nuinher on3x the other side eofthe Bue P'raictical1y Wery vote laken -re- sýulteti in 5a tic which hadto Ché broken by thQe Speaker in the peisen otf RHi. R.E,. ýRorrcke, formner, Speaker ef the ÏN.S, Leg- Ïiature. Throne Speech Debate The Speechi from the Threneç was read by Hon. Chie! utc -Ilsley acting asGven-G - eral. After the ecustnMary tw sPeechcJfrein the governimere ,ide antfie motion for aecept- ance t tegovern-inent pe grain Mr. ickersgilllasleýade of the Loyal01oppositiori 1ùm,ee gcrmet orn) raig pro visions ini their p -ranfor Na- havinlg cemrpaigneti for itla the) The eedetwsspot cd by Coitamecron, mcm-rber. For Nanaimno, B.C.,as- eaere the CCF, -irbTo scoreti both, Lib- erals ai-d Cnevaiefor talk- inig about sýocial ineasures wlth- euit taking action. HeaIse mev- ecd a subamnendinent regretting tlefailure of ithe govrreret te propose bstcps te wriiden world trede anti toecnact -gia o 1fi the etablihinen et ational -Marketing Agencies for farmers anid fisheixncn.1 ~oth mantilentswere de feated Stud(eiits Xake-Over Thbe ext day the pi-oessionels withdrew initc the backxground anti the yeunigstcrs tlook over. Tomminy Denton o!f'Acaýjia Uni- versity turacti eut te be the eu)t- standçing figure of fthe day.A Prime Mi1nister lie led his party through al the batties ot the two sessioms thetl foilowved with- wid m t, ctairiskill, TFhere is ayou nmn ho ,vili ea esset te the federal Bouse in 0f- twregardlcss on- which side hewill take bhis seat. It was amaZing t0 e sec-10 quickly tbe young folk get accus- tomedt tç tharocedure andi how1 casily thcy adopteti al the habits et practice. poiitician-s :nltldiiig slouAching la their seats, inter- rupting speakers with qiuè-tionsý and reatiing rew%ýspaperzs during TIwice Yaîiu Two r soutions w ir past una.-inmeuzsly 'by lise students,- une calling for implementation et the recommiendation et theý Massey report rcgarding schola- spsanti the other e.ýstablisbing aMaritime P(.wer Cmm tsot providle cheappwefriloa eai resources. The studenjtsdecideti te bold *not ber ilarlianerdt1nxt year atiJthe meetinig endetdinla a sýtandinjg ovation for the Hloner able Speaker Of the Bue I - John This~ cute littie showCcwrd Show which 15 beirig hel for eighjt dctys commnench etniedisplciy of e Ote planning, building, d, "Tepooir silly blîghtiers Pll - their bliniçin' arinsç for ar!C a 'ouruti, be'eprurpie inth ficEý - and.i;wot do) they get for It aï, arsk you? Not a bleredûn tuppence or a p ïint o'bitter!" The ab.ove, sl;.ightly puriýfied, i supposcd to h-avè, been a Cock-1 xiey'sý reqpion to seeing bis first, Oxford -liambridge Boat 1 »cer. rfi Uic undàedl~'h ïý1{ Gf ~c ,s- due to take place onApril 8rdî. Actually the lrtsuch race to pceacentury anid a quartier a'go, bu1itwhat wtha Couple ef 'Wold" Wars andi such, andt he fact thýat, in the beginning, i;t wcasn't an annual ement, it baes taken the lads 125 yearus tO rchtheir Centenniial, A~ fthere D is aytbing ià spo-rt that, is purely amateur , ît is, this p-mous evenkt. The Cock- ney was right .- the oarsmea don' t either cash or even cup or mdl Ther-e is no tro- ph.i-y or ofyn e the sort, nýothin1g but glery andia goud ýswcat --adj,, possibly,,, a duck- idg in the Thames, Nor has there ever been, no far as wecay learn, even theý' breath of scandalIn aconn--ctiori with the event, atbough there, las plenty 01 .bettîng involved, The athietes are always level- linî-g, it seemlrs5 with 1o l-il1tý of anly suir-bting gambler ever tiyinig t tife »oe !th e-ntrants in an effort to ma1ke a, f ast b11C]k Up te new Cambridige bave Coll-e d4wn ila front 54 turnes, Oxford 44. Beck in 1877 theyý rowed o a ýdeati heat, e]theughî ït migbt have beent different if the photo,-finish camera hati been wvorkding, Cerne te tbink of if, we deuobt Uf they hati any photo- finish cameras then, Se, take it ail iii ail, Ihis Ox- fiord-Camrirdge thinig is an event aln-ost unique la . sport, Anti just la case you bavje- felowed us this fer, bless youi, here areý some of the eutstendiag 'happen- ings in previeus races. 1829 -Inaugural race et H-lei loy. 1836 -Camfbriçlge colors wvýere changed, fromn piiih te light blue-. 1841 -- Weigliisv etcrews re- cerdeti for flrstime. 1846 - 1PrescrtPtyMrt - lake (4¾ mies>ý course s electeti. 1849 - Only year in wbich tWo races Were rowed. 184 -Cambridge lbatilgt . 868 C. R. W, Ttehi e-st cre n eQravrgel0 / pe'unds& 1856 - Race beltia; nal frorm hi atlxcp or ol 1858 -Oxford stre)ke "aub a sign for ortng and =ý ---= yards fromn finish, 1860 -Wr by Camb.)ridge laî 26m. 5 7s. is slowest for Puitney.. 1862 - CamriJgce in F". H. A- cher (74 pouis) had lighitesf cox on record. 1864 - Roiiýyt ace fo âmashed by tug aftler finish. coxeti Oxford to fifth sulccessive victory arecord. 1869- Frank Willan,, Oxford, flrst oarsnian to vin four turnes. 1ý873 --Slidinig seate iuseti for first Urne. 1876 - b Wing peots e~k 1877 - First, and .sofa j!y 1882 --A. J. higgJlv, Oxford, lightest stroke on record fÇ132V1k pounds).11 1886 - Agreeti to ï-stairt race on othier side of bridge if the crewvs overlappetin , tcmporary narrow arhwy uring repairs, 1898 -B oth boat,., cahy n- NEW 6ARLEY haDiNG m otaI whee"lcail r t ri rmdie, ov Scti bug ater Cndin e ar,C' as, oth a, wt, ottnig sr iIeir. ortey Fr CrtfedNo aod oveoRs meNt ,aidin tMe bahe ba L.Pic F2.0ASI uae, ,,B Ep i anS chaîlengeti by ievrcn quereor et YelE-.Camnbridgî eore by twireiiegtbs. 1[912 -- 'oth boats sen in snowstorm, Oxford won re-row lagae .192.5 - Oxford wvatelIgged,ý Cambridige finished -alorne, 1932 -- Cambhridge e-qualed 0,x,- ford's old record ot nine conser- utive ý'ins. 1935 -- Oxford's heaviest cýrew lai race. Ayera-ge .181 pouaýdq per oarsrmai 1936 -- Camnbritige woný for thirtcenthsccsiefm a record -wihbeaviest cre-w ever la race. l6rge12.625 pounis per earsmf-an. 19-37 -- Oxford, atiopting_ swiv- CIrwocs wel n forfrst turne, ine1923. 1946 -- Oxford won flrst race- in series re-sumeti atter Wcorll War 11, 1948 --Camnbritge wen in r ec- ord time 647.Ss 1950 - Race televise4< afroke by stroke for fir-st time. 1952 -- Closest - finii sin)c deati heat et 1877. Oxford weaý by "a canvas," Dri vew Gare