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wht wrthum thursday april 2 178 for metro mounted force police horses trained by local men by annegret lamnre to qualify the new recruit has to be tall have black or brown hair a gentle disposition and most important of all possess a kind eye you can always tell by the eyes explained constable andy currie as be laid an affectionate hand on one of his newer charges and pointed out the kind brown eyes andy a stouffville resident is one of several local people working for i the metro toronto police mounted division at exhibition park his job is to make police mounts out of ordinary horses a long and demanding process which andy described with great enthusiasm what were trying to turn out is a professional product just like a major league hockey player he said while stroking the big black but of course there is no room for in dividualism each horse has to respond in exactly the same way horses chosen for police training are usually hackney and clyde or percheron crossbreeds between two and six years old since many of them are green horses that are only halter broken andy has his job cut out for him a halter broken remount new horse has about as much training as a dog on a leash he commented each new horse is issued a serial number a stall and its own kit one of the first things the horse has to get used to is the bit you have to convince the horse to open his mouth grinned andy like all other aspects of training this is accomplished with much patience and gentleness we baby them at first give them affection try to give them con fidence explained andy theyve got to be trained to be gentle not aggressive a horse that shows signs of being vicious or high strung will be weeded out after the horse gets used to the bit it is in troduced to the breaking harness and at about the same time will get a police haircut all the horses get regulation haircuts just like policemen andy said as he guided the buzzing shaver gently down the legs of a trembling new horse no feathers or manes are left undipped although the forelock will be spared for a while that is so he doesnt feel naked joked constable don vincent don a goodwood resident was holding the horses head and stroking him reassuringly with his finger while andy dipped on both men watched the big fellow carefully for signs of panic and were pleased when their charge accepted the ministrations calmly like everything else about the animal this behavior would be carefully noted in his file after roughly three months of basic training the new mounts are evaluated and if ac cepted into the force will have their forelock the identifying mark of a trainee dipped off schooling at this point is far from finished although the horse is now used to the army or universal two sets of reins the double bit and basic commands he still has to become ac customed to all noisy and alarming things that are a normal part of a police horses life at first like any rookie policeman the horse will be- ac companied by another with more experience it takes about a year for the animal to get reliable in the street said don youd be amazed at whatll scare them a horse will go past 20 manhole covers and then panic at the twenty- first he explained that streetcars are another problem theyre the noisiest dang things and then suddenly the doors fly open however although a horse may be badly frightened visions of panic stricken horses breaking wild in the streets are unfounded- a mounted constable has no trouble controlling and calming his terror stricken charge thanks to judidous use of the curb bit after a horse finishes training it is assigned to a variety of duties such as crowd control park patrol or perhaps a stint at city hall square a police horse can control a crowd simply by edging sideways and gently nudging demon strators back one man on horseback is worth 10 on foot in large crowds andy was quick to get around to what they really want to talk about said constable bert mckewri a mt albert resident who fully uniformed in fur hat and flowing tunic looked most impressive seated on his steed they ask questions they think are too minor to go to the police station about bert especially en joys his stints in the civic square people from all over the world talk to emphasize that the horses you he said they come are never aggressive all from ho kong mexico police mounts are con stantly handled and patted during their training so that they get used to being touched and wont lash out in surprise we keep them dodle we dont try to make a riot out of a peaceful demonstration he said andy feels that the most useful role a police horse piays is probably one of catalyst between police and public a view shared by other members of the force people can start asking you about your horse and then gradually all over and of course you get people bringing their kids to pet the horse to them at first its a big frightening animal but they can see that its not going to hurt them bert recalls a few cases though where the kids were not exactly fearful kids sometimes go right under the horse he explained with an in credulous shake of his sandy head and some even try to swing on the tail when that happens you hold your breath and sort of ask quietly whose child is this he also remembers a little chinese girl who wrapped her arms af fectionately around the horses back legs one wrong move and the kid could have gone flying across the square he said shaking his head in a case like that you just thank god you got a quiet horse dolly a young horse in training to become a police mount is still a little skittish but don vincent a goodwood resident has her well in hand the hard working pair was photographed at the metropolitan toronto police stables in the exhibition grounds last chance for ball in claremont claremonts- softball organizers have taken a cue from stouffville and have put their foot down on late registers mary borland one of the organizers com mented that there has been a good responsefor house league but things are lacking quite a bit in the all stars teams she- says those who want to playallstar have until this saturday april 22 to contact mary and register after that its too late and noone will be allowed in mary stated that very few bantam and midget boys have signed up and that there is also a lack of bantam and juvenile girls shes hoping that players will realize this is they really want to play theyll get out and register to register call mary at 6492047 any time their last chance and if during the day a prospective ball players for this years stouffville juvenile team were out on the field last saturday loosening lip their muscels and getting back into shape the two players above are going through some of the exercises that took place in this first practice this years juvenile team should do very well as it is bascially from the same midget boys team that had such a successful year last season also both coaches gerry ratcliff and peter sanderson are back at helm pete sanderson to coach think insulation it the silent saver it 4 there will be a familiar and welcome face behind the bench of this years new stouffville boys juvenile team that of peter sanderson peter a wdlknown sports figure in town left stouffville last year to take a teaching position at fenelon falls however hell be back this summer helping coach stouffvilles entry baseball routs in the north york juvenile league peter along with co- coach gerry ratcliff will take what is basically the same midget team they coached last year and pit them against north bendale bramalea don mills amesbury bay ridges and willowdale- both peter and gerry are optimistic about the coming year partly due to the enthusiasm shown by the numerous players that showed up for the first practice last saturday and partly because of last years highly suc cessful season with the midgets as the boys now move up to juvenile age the team which will once again feature star pitcher jim chilyers and catcher rob mcbeth will be entering the sarnia tournament later this year that same tourney tliat they won last year as midgets the next practice for the team is this sunday april 23 at 1 pm in the town park- high school champs shef fields win again it seems there is no initrkii iu cniiiuaiiom onuwii stopping the sheffield iryouls by the numerous players family when it comes to judo awards as they any girls aged 16 and uffiificf bowl p at once again over who want to play baseball for the stouff- intermediate ladies team please be at the main park on monday may 1st at 7 pm or contart 6403905 the summer bowling leagues are still looking for bowlers anyone interested can sign up anytime at the stouffville bowling centre last week their latest victories came at the ontario high school championships held last week in peterborough and along with the sheffidds ac- figure skating results test results from the stouffville figure skating dub last week are as follows preliminary figure tanja gunor maureen ferguson debra gold denise lamure 1st figure stacey lintner dutch walt paula harding cindy mcneil aurora teams to go overseas alfons rubbens past- president of the stouff ville soccer league is now preparing to send auroras mosquito and teams to- and england peewee scotland this july the clubs will be holding many dances and raffles to finance the trip and they are also offering the offidal full colour scottish world cup team jinna findlay elizabeth tosney debra gold kerri wynn lisa lamure charmaine lintner linda hackey canasta charmaine lintner jinna findlay kerri wynn jane tosney maureen ferguson ruth thome swing denise lamure ten foxroni marie price willow roni marie price fiesta roni marie price europena waltz barbara van maris jr bronze free complishments a number of judo students from sdss also placed wdl for the sheffields it was cathy taking first place in the black bdt division and karen winning the brown bdt heavyweight class the other sheffield steven was top in his brown bdt under 132 lb class the performance of the sdss students who were coached by karen and steven was highlighted by gyl langley who won in the white yellow division two other students carolyn carr and karen newman were com peting in their first tourney carolyn placed second in the white ydlow lightweight and karen also placed second in her white ydlow heavyweight class the next stop for the sheffields is this weekend as they travel to webster new york for the new york state championship hockey meeting tonight thursday at 730 pm the whit church stouffville minor hockey assodation takes over latcham hall for their annual meeting the meeting will deal with the dection of of ficers and any amend ment proposals to the constitution if you havent got your proposals in by now its too late 4a7k- winter it- wi ryf heat cx r loss pvy draft j- r v 7 it crm win consolation in novice house play mr rubbens tournament director of the excursion has been involved with the aurora soccer league for numerous years before starting stouffvilles own eagoe poster the posters have been donated by wad- dingtons subbuteo of bramalea the cost is 3 including postage and handling and can be obtained from aurora youth soccer club co alfons rubbens rr 3 newmarket l3y 4w1 1 style julie malanchuk mary catherine mc- dermott cheryl simp son the executive of the skating club would like to thank the arena staff for their cooperation and patience during these test days and for the use of their fariliues in final novice house league play crm knocked off kinsmen to win the consolation trophy that win pitted crm against the champion commercial sand and gravel in the final game of the season the exhibition match saw the commercial team down crm 31 commercial goals came from sean wynn two and jerry shields crms lone goal was scored- by jamie leighton with jeff byner and ben holiday getting the assists in atom house league it was cards hardware winning their cham pionship beating the firemen team in two out of three games