ison of Pieasures and Dangers of Riding and Flying [SPECIAL TO THE N.C.N, ang ous of the most popular and ccconptshed fedias Vdng on Shura Willian Ha, a member of a sell-known family of Chinese sportenen, tuburben race courses, wil be Tens! by a heat of tool Taciny people.
Sea Ken on a houday in Ger ty, he cook up ty that ha mi tended fo fly a machine to speeally Yor the "NuriheCnina Duly Comparison between ewe! the following, Makiy article, tin which he" makes Of" the latter. riding and ying, end declares himself all sin favour How many jockeys are also aviaters is unknown' to me, but 1 have Joften bean questioned as to what is the difference between fising and acting. In his first lessons in ridig, the pupil is mounted probably Jon a gentle pony, if not a lazy one, fand reined alongside by a teacher for. mafoo on an amah pony, and they go round and round the race course for days. One gets tired of and would prefer to ride alone, while he is unable to hold the reins own on the saddle. properly ard is bumping up and
'This corresponds' to first lessons in flying. The pupils sits in a low-powered. aeroplane with. dual ce! trols, and'starts and lands, doing feireuit of the aerodrome exch time, find doing no more than 10. trials per day. Ie may go on dual con-For weeks aid twonths. There one in Staaken (Berlin) who has boon fying over. year on dual feontrol and ig stil! going strong. I twas told that the school made a contract with him that he should pay by hours and it is Ggured that Hicence may cost him in the neighbourhood of half a lakh lof dollars, but, of course, this One ec on and rides alone Jagainst the wish of his teacher. Ie may be coming to the Lest quarter fon the home straight, the pony gets excited and gallops off, he cannot hold him and cannot hang on, 80 he falls, and tre worst he may get is 'a broken collar-bone. But in flying, it one goes solo before he is able do. so, the machine may take a nose-dive and then we shall have a funeral text day; or he makes a pancake landing, and the under learriage is gone; or he makes, an overlap, and the propeller is-broken. Ho himself in such cases may escaped unhurt, or be bandaged up for weeks. The risk and damage Jare greater with imperfect flying, however, and one is not a master on the aerodrome, while he is one in his own stable.
"Hands" for Both What the instructors try to teach is that one should develop a pair fof good "hands", to hold the reins Jor the control, then the feeling how to sit on the saddle, and what speed you have in your pony, er to know your position in the alr, or the moment that your machine is touching. the ground. Therefore, "hands" Jand feeling are essential both in riding and flying, Our veteran Jockey, Mr, Uva, does, not, ride good style, but his "hands" may hot be surpassed and certainly his eeling and judgment are superior fas compared with many tellowackeys who ride with strength only.
Judgment means everything in rece and judgment means more in fying, "It is entirely due to judg ment that one can estimate' the eight in relation to the ground m the air -and to have a three points landing. In other words, I Should say that each landing ' is othicg but winning a race—Just the right moment to pass the ning-post, otherwise you will receive eriticiam for fusing & race ov make ing a bad landing.
Tin the advanced stage, when one rides and wins race aiter race, oF ies here and there, is the time of real pleasure in. racing or flying. Kacing is certainly a fine sport, but, if ore rides every Saturday, Sunday, fand holiday, the spirit of" sport 1s gone. An amateur jockey is morally Sri employee of owners, if I may say fo. Flying on a beautifully clear day and climbing up to a height of 2,000 metres or 80 gives a beautiful view boyerd all imagination. bird's eye view is always the best Jand there ie that only afew of the luckiest men in the world can enjoy it. To cut off the engine and glide downwards from a height of 2000-4000." met covering a distance of 10 or miles, 1s a.sensation far greater than to win a race by many lengths.
Tu conclusion, 1 must answer the comparison of real risk of life. Riding in a field of 80, with'so many Jockeys, all wanting to win, regard less of whether they ride a donkey or a horse, bumping left and right, hoping the word "sorry" will cleat leven an intentional offence, an un-Tucky fall' may send one" to. the graveyard and he is soon forgotten by his former owners, who seem the beat friends in the world when one ig asked to ride for them. So the risk to one's life in flying cannot
aerial accidents all over the world be arcater, than tu racing, © "The must not tion here, more aviators than jockeys, My fellow jockeys and my fellow young countrymen, let, me give you some advice—learn fying and you are not only high off but better off, and you will enjoy it more than winning the Champions! of the importance, of names. "What's in a name" "has been Proved, since the inauguration of a moderately efficient telephone system, to be one of the stupidest ations ever asked by a Playwright with preten fame. Everything is in it, as the son who Tang up his own wife and called her "Rosie, darling" when th can tell. He to his readers, answer most effectively. The name from both their points of view, was the most important thing in the whole message. It is ro manner of Use for even a genius to get round that fact. Again, there was the strangely free critic of a concert who, endeavouring with some success to get away from the hackneyed, described the voice of a well-known peyna' donna as being like a dragon ffy's. Tt is easy see what was meant. The critic Was expressing admiration of the [lightness and ease singer leapt from note to note: but an th which the the effect did not please the prima donna, who would not have minded wit pacha has studiously ignored the species. Tt may be that as a result of My, Sherborn's researches rear Tight will be thrown upon this, pressing problem.—KUNIKos.
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