New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1928, Page 24

Adventares Come Fast and Mmors_tllolfs New London, Conn., Oct. 12. UP— Hundreds of icebergs floating in & blue bay, thunder-roars as the bergs calved and split, a - hand-to-hand battle on shipbourd between the crew and & husky bear cub, a dan- gerous creep through field ice, & near wreck on mischarted rocks— these were among the experiences of the Marion expedition, recently re- turned from the waters of Green- land, Through it all the expedition pressed its scientific obscrvations with unrelenting regularity, acquir- ing huge stores of data for use in study of the iceberg hazard. The expedition, sent north by the coast guard in the little cutter Marion, in- cidentally aided in the the Rockford-Stockholm fliers, Has- sell and Cramer, At Port de Quervain most of the crew hiked six miles across boulde strewn mountains and glacial till and past ponds and lakes to gaze upon the billowy desert of ice that forms the inland ice-cap of Green- land. Red peaks of ice-worn lava moun- | tains rising 5,000 feet above blue ice-dotted waters, glacial torrents, coal seams and fossils in creamy limestone bespeaking a once-trop- ical climate were among the sights this northern scction of Greenland displ search for | | Hardly had the anchor been let | The Mariop was teased in a furi- ous gale in Davis strait. For three days afterward the ship risked being caught in ice-floes as it wormed its way through a vast pack. Walruses were shot. A polar bear and one cub were slain. A second was cap- tured for the National Zoo in Wash- ington. Next day the big cub got loose. Boatswain Krestensen battled it single-handed at first, receiving & nasty bite. Lieut. Comm. Edward H. Smith came to his ald and had the back clawed out of his coat. Finally the crew, by weight of num- bers, subdued the young husky. Once during the survey Brevoort Island suddenly loomed in the night. It was charted, Commander Smith says, too far to the west, and it was lucky that the Marion did not crash on the rocks. . During its criss-cross survey of the ocean trough between Green- land and Labrador the vessel searched for the flers, Cramer and Hassell. After a wild night in the overfalls of Hudson strait the ves- sel anchored in a supposedly warm and pleasant spot in the shadow of the 7,000 foot Torngats of Labra- dor. These mountains form the highest land anywhere near the cast coast of the Americas. wept down and whitened the water. 'he ship heeled and swerved ‘as | though grasped in giant hands. All |night these intermittent winds, | warmed by compression due to their quick descent, shook the eraft. Back to Greenland, farther south, where rounded mountains are cov- ered with thick sub-arctic flora, | where Danes operate a rich cryolite mine, and then the Marion pushed southward. READ HERAVI FOR W CUASSIFIED ADS RESULTS down than a shrieking williwaw | ANCIENT CAVALRY HORSE STIL GAK Making Valiant Attempt to Stage Gomeback Washington, Oct 12.—UP—Can & horse *“come back"—an 18-year- old cavalry horse with a great rec- ord for jumping, but now with “capped hocks” and th: weight of years upon her? Nigra did. Nigra, who came out of her seclusion at Fort Riley, Kas., and went flying over the bar. riers in the Olympic rames at Am- sterdam ahead of all -he other American horses amidst ths sur- | prised cheers of thousands. Gen. Walter Short, who organ- ized the cavalry riding school at Fort Riley, which ranks s~cond to | none, had charge of the American equestrian team in the Olympic sames this year, as in 1920.. when | Nigra was also entered and hung In 1924, too, | Nigra was & worthy contestant in | the Olympics. | This year, however, it was thought the horse was too old. Re- gretfully the general declded against taki her. But every time he saw the sleek black mare she would look at him wistfully with her ears pricked forward, would rub her head against his shoulder. One morning the general an- nounced that Nigra would be en- tered in the Olympics and that Maj. Harry Chamberlin of Fort Ri- ley would ride her in the obstacle 'jumping event, “Prix des Nations,” |up a good record. in which two other spry youns American cavalry horses were to compete. The big day arrived. Colors fiy- ing, flags of all nations, bands play- ing. A little group of American cavalrymen waited hopefully, The “Prix des Nations" was on. Horses from many countries mounted by riders In gay uniforms whiried by in succession. The cavalrymen peered down the course. A yell went up. Khaki hats flew into the air. A -|sleek black horse with a near-per- fect score, leading all American horses, was sailing over the last bar- rier as gracefully as a blackbird. It was Nigra. Her fame preceding her, Nigra took part 1n the Syracuse horse show, winning added laurels, and was then taken back to Fort Riley for a rest. Now she is to compete in the National Horse 8how in New York in November, and the U. 8 Cavalry is' backing her to repre- sent the United States in the in- ternational jumping eveat in which teams of three officers from each nation will“fake part. Italia Rescue Costs Sweden About $80,000 Stockholm, Oct. 12. P)—The Swe- cost the country about $80,000. More than 1,400 people from Sweden and other nations partici- pated directly in the search for the Italia crew. Eighteen vessels were employed, among them three ice teams. No less than 14 lives were lost. The Swedish army flyer, Capt. Einar Paal Lufdborg, who rescued General Nobile. has completed a lecture tour through Swéden and parts of Norway, and is now at work on a bhook deseribing his Arctic adventures, dish Nobile rescue expedition, has | breakers, 22 airplanes, and two dog ! vara Obregon has um Huatabampo, where in life he his home. in the reflection of his success. Then the hand of the amassin wrote finis across the record of the president-efect. Now Huatabampo is & city, offi. cially declared 8o by the Sonors congress. Even moge, it has had the honor of being capital eof the state for three daya It has seen the governor, the congress and the courts at work within its small contines and official acts have been signed and stamped at “Huatabam- po, capital of the state of Sonora.” All this was in homage to = Obre- gon’s memory, Glasses Are Loaned To Would-Be Voters Springtield, Mass, Oct. 13. 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