BULLETIN PRESIDENT TREASURER EDITOR John Bachochin Loren Moore Mike Prero 15731 S. 4210 Rd., POB 1181 12659 Eckard Way Claremore, OK 74017 Roseville, CA 95678 Auburn,CA 95603 918-342-0710 916-783-6822 530-906-4705

No. 396 Dues due April 1st January 2018

by Mike Prero

“Dog racing” basically equates to greyhound racing, so...Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhound dogs are raced around a track. There are two forms of greyhound racing, track racing (normally around an oval track) and coursing. Track racing uses an artificial lure (now based on a windsock) that travels ahead of the dogs on a rail until the greyhounds cross the finish line. As with horse racing, greyhound races often allow the public to bet on the outcome. In coursing, the dogs chase a lure (originally a live hare or rabbit that could be killed by the dog).

In many countries greyhound racing is purely amateur and solely for enjoyment. In other countries, particularly Australia, Ireland, Macau, Mexico, Spain, the UK and the US, greyhound racing is part of the gambling industry and similar to horse racing – although far less profitable. Animal rights and animal welfare groups are critical of the welfare of dogs in the commercial racing industry where, in some countries, dog trainers illegally use live baiting. A greyhound adoption movement has arisen to assist retired racing dogs in finding homes as pets, with an estimated adoption rate of over 90% in the USA.

Modern greyhound racing has its origins in coursing. The first recorded attempt at racing greyhounds on No. 396 SIERRA-DIABLO BULLETIN-January 2018 Page 2 a straight track was made in Hendon, England, in 1876, but this experiment did not develop. The industry emerged in its recognizable modern form, featuring circular or oval tracks, with the invention of the mechanical or artificial hare, in 1912, by American, Owen Patrick Smith, who had aims for the industry to stop the killing of the jack rabbits and see "greyhound racing as we see horse racing". In 1919, Smith opened the first professional dog-racing track with stands in Emeryville, CA. The certificates system led the way to pari-mutuel betting, as quarry and on-course gambling, in the United States during the 1930s.

The industry of greyhound racing was particularly attractive to predominantly male working-class audiences, for whom the urban locations and the evening meetings were accessible, and to patrons and owners from various social backgrounds. Betting has always been a key ingredient of greyhound racing. Like horse racing, it is popular to bet on the greyhound races as a form of pari-mutuel gambling.

Greyhound racing enjoyed its highest UK attendances just after the Second World War— for example, there were 34 million paying spectators in 1946. The industry experienced a decline from the early 1960s- after the 1960 UK Betting and Gaming Act permitted off-course cash betting. Sponsorship, limited television coverage, and the later abolition of on-course betting tax have partially offset this decline.

Today, commercial greyhound racing is characterized by several criteria, including legalized gambling, the existence of a regulatory structure, the physical presence of racetracks, whether the host state or subdivision shares in any gambling proceeds, fees charged by host locations, the use of professional racing kennels, the number of dogs participating in races, the existence of an official racing code, and membership in a greyhound racing federation or trade association.

In addition to the eight countries where commercial greyhound racing exists, in at least twenty-one countries dog racing occurs but has not reached a commercial stage. In 2016, a bill was passed through the government of the state New South Wales, in Australia, to ban greyhound racing. This new law was to come into effect in the middle of 2017 but was reversed in late 2016, albeit with several new restrictions on the industry. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_racing]

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Mike Samuels, DC 208 1-16 Morris Pasternak does listing

No. 396 SIERRA-DIABLO BULLETIN-January 2018 Page 4 Writing about Matchcovers for a General Publication by Phil Gordon

Yes, I am a published author on the topic of matchcover collecting. Now, anyone who has met me at AMCAL knows that I am no expert on matchcover history and collecting. It was not that long ago that I learned the difference between a Filigree and a Foilite so I consider myself an advanced novice.

But I am first and foremost a fan of Route 66 (US Highway 66), the famous highway that ran between Chicago and Los Angeles before being officially de- commissioned over thirty years ago. I grew up near LA in the 1950s and 1960s and my family would travel Route 66 from time to time. Many segments of old Route 66 still exist and I make it point to travel some part of the highway every year and occasionally twice a year. I read books and try to attend events and No. 396 SIERRA-DIABLO BULLETIN-January 2018 Page 5 visit with the people who still work and study this road. Like most Route 66 fans my first collecting interest was postcards. Postcards can be cheap but they can also be very expensive. They are quite popular because they are not only a souvenir from the business but they also include a picture of the business itself. Eventually I broadened out to collect other memorabilia and matchcovers from Route 66 and I have been collecting matchcovers for about twenty years now. But my interests in matchcover collecting is fairly narrow. I collect Route 66 and an eclectic mix of "what I like" so, unlike most of the readers of this Bulletin, I collect relatively few categories in depth. And I certainly don't have an understanding of the history of matchbooks, their manufacture and distribution, and all the type of variations of covers that existed through the years like most of you. I learn something every month from Mike Prero's Bulletin.

Back in August 2013 I attended the Route 66 International Festival in Joplin, Missouri. Among all the programs, rallies, displays, and entertainment, there was a hall of exhibitors, state associations, and product sellers. I visited with Joe Sonderman at the booth for the Missouri Route 66 Association. Joe is a Route 66 expert who has written a number of Route 66 books, many produced by Arcadia Publishing. I had contributed some postcard images to his book Route 66 in Arizona and I had met him in person at the Route 66 International Festival in Victorville, California, the previous year. Joe, who is also the editor of the Missouri Route 66 Association quarterly magazine called Show Me Route 66, asked if I could write an article on matchcover collecting for the magazine.

So was this a good or a foolish move by Joe? Here's the thing: I know few Route 66 matchcover collectors who also participate in Route 66 events, news groups and internet activity on the topic. Scary as it may seem, among all of the attendees at the Festival, it was possible that I myself was the most knowledgeable when it came to the hobby of matchcover collecting! As Erasmus said centuries ago, "In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." So maybe I was that "one-eyed man" at the Festival that week and the best person to write an article.

Joe wanted 1500-2000 words illustrated with matchcover images from businesses in Missouri only. Since I was not being paid I asked if the main No. 396 SIERRA-DIABLO BULLETIN-January 2018 Page 6 content could be plagiarized from my very own website (that's OK, isn't it?) and Joe replied that was fine. So when I got back to my home a couple of weeks later, I extracted some text content from my website, added a couple of paragraphs of introduction, added a closing paragraph and I had an article. I created a colorful collage of matchcover images that was formatted to fit onto a single magazine page and then I scanned two dozen other matchcovers for the magazine's graphic designer to use as necessary within the rest of the text and among the ads to fill out the pages. And so it was. My article was published in the very next issue of the magazine. It ran four pages with some illustrations plus the collage page that you see here.

My point is that any SD club member could write an article like mine. Unlike Bulletin readers, the audience of a publication focused on an oblique subject like Route 66 is not composed of expert and experienced matchcover collectors: rather, readers may only vaguely remember when matchbooks were commercially ubiquitous decades ago, and have little or no knowledge about the hobby itself. Such readers will not need or care what a manumark is, or a footer, or an easel, or a "tall" cover, or whatever. A basic introductory article can lay out some general history and facts, convey some enthusiasm for the hobby, and, who knows, may possibly excite some readers' dormant interest in matchcover collecting.

Phil's Route 66 website is http:// rt66.x10host.com. There are about 200 images of Route 66 matchcovers in the Matchbooks & Matchcovers section. (Note: most matchcover images are fairly low definition and that's because when I began my website ten years ago, the free hosting service that I used had limits on disk storage space. I have moved my website twice since then and disk limits are no longer relevant so I am slowly replacing the original images with higher definition images as I can.) No. 396 SIERRA-DIABLO BULLETIN-January 2018 Page 7

An American Tour: 120

Albuquerque’s

The Sandia Peak Tramway is an aerial tramway located adjacent to Albuquerque, . It stretches from the northeast edge of the city to the crestline of the and has the world's third longest single span. It is the longest aerial tram in the United States. [Shudder! I hate heights!]

Bell Engineering of Lucerne, Switzerland, constructed the tramway. Entering service on May 7, 1966, the tram makes 10,500 trips per year. The tram is a type known as a "double reversible jigback aerial tram- way," where "jigback" implies that when one tram car is ascending, the other is descending. Its two cars are capable of carrying 50 passengers each and have numerous safety and backup systems, such as multi- ple emergency braking systems and a grounding system that ensures the safety of passengers in the event of a lightning strike. New tram cars were installed in 1986, and new track cables in 2009. New tram cars were again installed in May 2016.

The tramway ascends the steep western side of the highest portion of the Sandia Mountains, from a base elevation of 6,559 feet to a top elevation of 10,378 feet. A trip up the mountain takes fifteen minutes to ascend 3,819 ft, and the normal operating speed of the tram is 12 miles per hour. Approximately four "flights" leave every hour from the base and top departure stations. The view from the tram includes all of Albuquerque and roughly 11,000 square miles of the New Mexico countryside.

At the top of Sandia Peak there are many year-round recreational op- tions. The High Finance Restaurant offers scenic views, but is being re- modeled and is closed until the sum- mer of 2018. Many Forest Service trails offer recreational hiking, back- packing and nature hikes. The tram terminal is also located at the top of Sandia Peak Ski Area which is on the opposite side of the mountain from the tramway and the city. Dur- ing the summer, over 26 miles of mountain biking trails are available. Bikes cannot be brought on tram cars. The tram is only accessible by personal vehicle, taxi, Uber, Lyft, or ABQ Trolley X: TRAMsporter. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Sandia_Peak_Tramway] No. 396 SIERRA-DIABLO BULLETIN-January 2018 Page 8

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Born in Texas in 1890, brought up in Abilene, Kansas, Eisenhower was the third of seven sons. He excelled in sports in high school, and received an appointment to West Point. Stationed in Texas as a second lieutenant, he met Mamie Geneva Doud, whom he married in 1916. In his early Army career, he excelled in staff assignments. After Pearl Harbor, General George C. Marshall called him to Washington for a war plans assignment. He commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942; on D -Day, 1944, he was Supreme Allied Commander of the troops invading France. It was his decision to finally invade Normandy.

After the war, he became President of Columbia University, then took leave to assume supreme command over the new NATO forces being assembled in 1951. Republican emissaries to his headquarters near Paris persuaded him to run for President in 1952. "I like Ike" was an irresistible slogan; Eisenhower won a sweeping victory.

He tried to reduce the strains of the Cold War. In 1953, the signing of a truce brought an armed peace along the border of South Korea. Suddenly, in September 1955, Eisenhower suffered a heart attack in Denver, Colorado. In 1956, doctors reported his recovery. In November he was elected for his second term.

In domestic policy the President continued most of the New Deal and Fair Deal programs, emphasizing a balanced budget. He sent troops into Little Rock and assured desegregation of the Armed Forces. "There must be no second class citizens in this country," he wrote. Eisenhower concentrated on maintaining world peace.

Before he left office in January 1961, for his farm in Gettysburg, he urged the necessity of maintaining an adequate military strength, but cautioned that vast, long- continued military expen- ditures could breed potential dangers to our way of life. He concluded with a prayer for peace "in the goodness of time." Both themes remained timely and urgent when he died, after a long illness, on March 28, 1969.

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―Humor‖, at least no one has ever reported that category’s The Sierra-Diablo Bulletin is a publication of the Sierra-Diablo numbers for the Largest Collec- Matchcover Club. Deadline for all tions Survey. submissions is 2 weeks before the issue month. Any information

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