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ENGLISH STUD USES RAY Writer in London Sporting Life Comments on New Device Road DAILY RACING FORM Article on onSubject Subject Just After Visit to Farm FarmWhere Where Ray Is Employed Adair Dighton special commissioner of ilLondon Sporting Life comments as fol ¬ lows on the use of ultraviolet radiation as a means of sterilizing water supply and promoting growth of horses which was discussed recently in DAIIA RACING FORM in an article by Thomas G Donovan What a mass of extraordinary happenings the one Avord coincidence covers Only a week or so back I was at a stud at which for the purpose of sterilizing the drinking water and promoting the growth of backward foals and yearlings and before I had re turned home I received a letter from New Vork accompanied by a copy of DAILY RACING FORM containing an article from the pen of Mr Donovan upon the selfsame subject subjectThe The whole thing is of interest but it becomes increasingly so if first of all a look is taken at the basis upon which the idea of ultraviolet therapy is based For genera ¬ tions now the beneficial effects of the sun or rather the solar rays has become a com ¬ monplace The invalid goes to the south of France to reach it the vegetable kingdom takes on new life in its presence and dwindles to nothing during its absence in the winter nnd one writes that suchandsuch a horse wants the sun upon his or her back as a matter of course without explaining it itCURE CURE FOR RICKETS RICKETSOf Of recent years scientists have gone further into the problem and have proved that it not material as the production of the one rickets either by its absence directly or through lack of it causing a diminished production of food producls ontainingone or other of the essential vitamines Whether the sunshine or the vitamine is the vital factor is still a controversial point but is not material as the production of the one depends to a large extent upon the presence of the other and vice versa versaRealizing Realizing this the problem which faced the investigators was to either find a means of harnessing or as Mr Donovan writes bottling the solar rays which are not often plentiful in this country or else syn ¬ thetically producing them in the chemical labratory The latter proved the easier way and the ultraviolet ray is the outcome of the experiments and has been proved to be simi ¬ lar both in bactericidal and healing power to the electromagnetic emanations which are produced by the sun sunHospitals Hospitals throughout the country are now employing it extensively for weak and rachitic children and it was only a question of time and money before it was bound to form an appurtenance of the more advanced studs Look a moment at what its use in ¬ sures First the drinking water can be easily sterilized sterilizedOTHER OTHER 3IETHODS FAULTY FAULTYThis This as one knows can be done by boiling filtering etc but such treatment besides the time and work that it would necessarily en ¬ tail inevitably destroys some of its proper ¬ ties which radiation does not do but which on the contrary it increases so much that the water so treated possesses the power of promoting growth and bone formation formationThen Then again there is the effect of the sun always and easilj at hand Throughout the dull and dreary days of winter the backward yearling the overgrown twoyearold and the horses in training can get as much in their own boxes as they require and the eariy foal will become a thing not so much to be dreaded as one to be sought after afterSomehow Somehow this makes me think of Naldera and her Egyptian visit What a change sun ¬ shine wrought on Mr Shaws filly lastsea ¬ son and what a great mare she has grown into By Stefan the Great a son of The Tetrarch that ought never to have been al ¬ lowed to leave the country she is from Miss Sainfoin dam of Sativa and other winner producing mares and is one that is as likely as not to put the Beenham Court stud right at the head of affairs when her time comes
