The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 67

APRIL 12, 1980 OTTAWA JOURNAL PAGE 67 Collect thoughts before you buy trouble STAMPS 12 iff VA j. I lRP1MH 4V HfrsiftR RftllVOT lM This set of stamps, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the world's first train to carry both mail and passengers, has been issued by the Journal chess writer 2nd in Toronto Open By Jonathan Berry The Toronto Open was a moderate success last weekend with 232 players in four sections. This year's open boasted a much stronger field. Among the five masters were three international masters Kevin Spraggett, Lawrence Day, and George Kuprejanov. Ku-prejanov's return after a two-year retirement was closely watched.

Beaten by Day Day took the lead in the tour-. nament with a victory in round four over Jonathan Berry. Spraggett, who had '-po'nt less than Day, needed to win the game between them in the fifth round in order to have a good shot at first place. Day's solid treatment of the opening a Ruy Lopez left no doubt that he would be content with a draw. Spraggett obtained the advantage.

but slipped later, falling into a rook ending a pawn down. Day penelrut-ed with his king to force the promo-' tion of a pawn and climax the seven-hour struggle with victory. The last round was anti-climactic, as Day and David Filipovich agreed to a draw in eight moves, guaran-j teeing Day first place. Jonathan Berry took second place with five points. Aside from my loss Short-eared owls long rwtoglotsihT Short-eared owl off.

Leitrim Road. $20,000 charity hand By Norm Hall At the huge Toronto regional tournament, the Canadian Bridge Federal Charitable Fund presented a cheque for $20,000 to charity. Many special bridge events help to raise this sum yearly. Such a charity tournament will be held on Tuesday, April 15, at the Carling-wood Club, 411 Dovercourt Ave. The recipient of the receipts of this game will be the Canadian Diabetes Asso-.

ciation. Bridge Calendar: West End, April 12, Split Local Open Pairs; West End, April 16, Charity Open Pairs. Club Results: R. A. SENIORS April 1 Section NS I.

IrmaondBudCrumbock; 7. Anne Nepnln. Edith Bruck. EW I. c.

Cariv, Ed Swanson; 2. Celina Goonon, jean Acton. Section NS I. Andv and Georalna Holvorson; 2. Madeline Good.

Jean Adomson. I CARLINGWOOO April I Section NS 1. Des Undertilll. Mike Instance; 2. Dave Stothort, Stan Tench.

EW I. Gerrv Fortler. Shltlsh Nanavotl; 2. Ruth Instance, Antta Hargrove. Section NS 1.

Ella Ball. John McAdam; 23. Morta Hemes varv, Pauline Hughes; 23. R. Srlnlrasan, R.

Behkl. EW I. J. P. Trudel.

E. Outrata; 2. Des Show, Dave Burgess. Section NS 1 Bill and Wayne Perrln; 2. Ev Fowler, Anne Butler.

EW I. Primrose MocLean, Dorothy Snell; 2. Ron Marks. Adolf Feinoald. Section Novice: I.

Nairn Ferguson, Tony Mason; 2. Frank king, Susanno Trebuss. EW 12 M. and L. Casey; 12.

B. Lapolnte, Compbell. RIOEAU April 1 NS I. Ron Mortbv, Bill Cunningham; 2. Lucille Rouleau.

Harriet Nuvens. EW i. Art and Lynn Looker; 2. Paul and Onny Jelink. WEST END April 2 NS I.

Ella Ball, Marcel la Hooon; 2. Margaret Holland, Sally Power. EW I. Dove stothort, Anita Stone; 2. Ted Clarke.

Frank IV 1.7 a "SJi LIVER P1MK. IO HAW Hf.nTw.rn BAIL AT lW CHESS mm. a ss White to play. to Day, I was fortunate in that my opponents gave generously and allowed me to win the other five games fairly easily. Chess is a game of mistakes, not brilliances! Spraggett and Filipovich tied for third place with 4'2 points each.

Filipovich, only 16 years old, had an excellent tournament with three victories and draws against Day, Spraggett and Peter Nurmi. Kuprejanov managed to score only three points, losing to Rob Morenz, Jacques van Leusden and BRIDGE MACDONALD CLUB April 2 NS I. Al Llm, John Matynia; 2. Guy. Couslneau.

Tony Morehen. EW I. Manny Romalho. Peter Benedek; 2. Eleanor Sutherland.

Ed Moguire. CONVENT GLEN April 2 NS Phil Adams, Robert Rosenfren; 2. Phil Inshaw, Bill Shoro. EW I. Marg and Jim Davles; 2.

Louise and Yves Daoenais. R. A. April 3 Section NS 1. Don Turgeon.

Jean Richer; 2. John Mollon, Lois Shoup. EW I. Katl and Ben 2. Margaret Clyde.

Peggy Jardlne. Section NS I. R. Srlnlva-san, Shltlsh Nanovatl; 2. Dave Burgess.

Bob Looowski. EW I. John Measures. Anne Thain; 2. Barbara and Mark Siearlst.

Section NS S. McLeod, H. Miles; EW S. Dowler. S.

Trebuss. CAPITAL April 4 NS 1. Kim Brule, Bruce Warnock; 2. Sid McGowan, Nell Washington. EW 1.

Mike and Ruth Instance; 2. Barbara and Bill von Hausen. WEST ENO April 5 NS 1. Mel Jackson. Lucille Perrlgo; 2.

Frances Lyons, Anita Hargrove. EW I. Stu Saint. Bill Blggart; 2. Alice Sorbv.

Jean Flint. CAPITAL April 6 NS I. Kim Brule, Bruce Warnock; 2. Barbara and Bill von Hausen. EW I.

Mike and Ruth Instance; 2. John Measures, Anne Thain. GLOUCESTER April 7 NS I. Ted Clarke, Oave Storhort; 3. Anne Lee, Shltlsh Nanovatl.

EW I. Katl and Ben Gottlieb; 2. Isabel MacKetule. cto Dyer. K.

A. SENIORS April Section NS I. Blanche Sarozin, Jacques Carbeil; 2. Mary Hoople, Al Russell. EW I.

Doris Allen, Bernlce Baldwlnf 2. Margoret Rondeou, Edith Simpson. Section NS I. Len McCloskey, Anne Nephln; 2. Andv and Georalna Holvorson.

ES I. Frank Mills, Claire Deschomos; 23. Gertrude Carry, Ed Swemen; 23. Jean McFarlone, B. Weeks.

British stamps have ti; U'WHWl rair. Post office. The five 41 mm. by 30 mm. all carry the same face value of 12p.

They been reproduced joined together, a format Alan Brown. Kuprejanov's main problem was time. He thought for so long about his opening moves that he regularly had 20 moves to make in his last five minutes of play. ic-tr-t: The Hull Open will be held April 19-20 at the CEGEP de I'Outaouais, 333 Boulevard Cite des Jeunes in Hull. If you haven't entered already, be there at 8 p.m.

April 19. Everybody gets to play five games over' the two days, win or lose. This no-smoking tournament gives you the choice of sections rated by the Chess Federation of Canada or the Federation Quebecoise des Echecs. World scores The scores in the Candidates Matches leading to the World Championship are: Korchnoi Petrosian 3(4 (final); Hubner 4y2 Adorjan 3'2; Tal 1 Polugaevsky Spassky 0 Portisch I. DIAGRAM: Day-Berry.

1980 Toronto Open. 1 was surprised by Day's 1. Nb5! Now if 1. Qb7 2. Nxd6 3.

Qxd6 is pretty grim for Black, so I sacrificed the Exchange with 1. xcbS 2. Bxb6! Qxbt S. Bxa8 Nc7 4. Bg2 b4? (4.

e4 is better but Black is still down material) 5. Qe3 and White eventually consolidated his material advantage and won. BIRDS By Monty Brigham I want to express my appreciation to Brian Morin for a job well done handling the birding news during a period of little excitement. Now, following the warm weather throughout the Easter weekend, many bird species have arrived from the south. All the expected waterfowl have been observed now.

Bruce Dilabio spotted a canvasback and a coot at Shlrleys Bay. John Kelly noted an American wigeon at the same place Monday. John Dubois and Lucille LeBoeuf covered most of the Ottawa River near Thurso. Their best find was a single snow goose at Pare Plaisance on Easter Monday. At Shlrleys Bay Dilabio pointed out a female Barrow's golden-eye for John and Lucille to study.

Sat on a dike There are still owls around. An immaculate snowy owl sat on the dike at Shlrleys Bay. Kelly watched this impressive bird as it was being dive-bombed by gulls. On the Leitrim Road the over-wintering short-eared owls are particularly vocal and active. Even though this species is found in many parts of the world, its distribution in the Ottawa Valley is localized.

Kelly saw and heard these birds late last week. The first tree swallows are back. Many people saw flocks numbering over a dozen at various locations along the Ottawa River. Most swallow species winter outside North America and won't be here until the week of April. Other arrivals Several other spring arrivals include a vesper sparrow, seen by Roger Taylor; turkey vultures swarming over the highway near Dunrobln, by Kelly; eastern bluebirds at Dunrobln, by many observers; lesser yellowlegs by G.M.

Brigham on the shoreline at Wych-wood; and great blue herons and snipes, by John Dubois. The francophone birdwatchers of Hull have an active group of 100 members. Call to join; Daniel St.Hl-laire at 776-3822. For bird news please phone me at 692-2451 in the evenings. 1 1 wn us IT LnJ allowing the designer, David Gentleman, to create a train that illustrates the different items of rolling stock and facilities available in 1830.

Cat show By Joan Colbourn This fine spring weekend you might like to spend some time taking a look at cats. There will be the Annual Fund-raising Cat Show at the Merivale Mall tomorrow. For information, call 729-7091. Next Sunday, April 20. you will find a sanction match at Cornwall's Water Street arena.

It is for all breeds of dops. It begins 1 p.m.; entries accepted 9 a.m. to noon. The Ottawa Valley All-Setter Association plans to round out that weekend with a "fun match" at the Russell fair grounds, Sunday, May II. There will be classes for obedience-trained dogs, complete novices and those working toward higher degrees of obedience.

Conformation classes (that's the show part) also will be held. Breed classes will be provided for the sporting group dogs while a miscellaneous class will allow other breeds of dog to compete too. While most of you were enjoying a CROSSWORD ACROSS Compass 139 Sweel pota- 27 Merit potnl toes 29 Reliance literate 79 Feel indig- 141 Pronoun 31 Tellurium 7 Turkic nant at 142 Dine symbol tribesman 81 Measure ot 143 German dis- 34 Surgical 12 Run awav to weight tricl saw hB marnpit B2 Great Lake 145 Pigeons 36 Post 17 Pain 83 RocMish 147 Rodents 38 Tavern 2 1 God ot man- 84 Small 149 Cheer 40 Swine tat ly youth amount 152 Man's nick- 42 Arabian 22 Tranquillity 85 Native metal name commander 23 Engine 87 Fnqhtened 153 Astonish- 44 Merriment 24 Aim 89 Goods cast ment 46 Musical Scale note overboard 155 Present Instrument 26 Hawk 90 Plagued occasion 48 Female 28 Chastise Paddles 157 Narrated horse 30 Procurator 94 Trans- 159 Scale note 49 Extracts ot Judea gresses 160 Reject from 32 Sun god 95 Scold 162 Foreign 50 Weird 33 Perform 96 Similar 164 Periods of 51 Tin symbol 35 Athletic 97 Come into time 53 Graded: group view 166 Disorderly Heraldry 37 Attempts 99 Dawn god- demonstra- 55 Earth god- 39 Quote dess tor dess 40 Land parcel 100 Smooth 168 Paradise 56 Gong 41 Scale note 10 1 Mel jl las- 169 Slow: Music 58 Expunged 43 Haul teners 170 Sipper 60 Seasoning 45 Country ot 10? War god 171 Merited 62 Pit Asia 103 Label 65 Be obiigal- 47 Preposition 105 Leased ed 48 Masculine 107 Tantalum DOWN 68 Servant 49 Judges symbol 69 Pertaining 52 River in Atn- 109 Summer: Fr. 1 Incarnation to punish- ca 1 10 Skidded ot Vishnu ment 54 Flood 1 1 1 Report 2 Heroic saga 70 Pointless 56 Poets 113 Scorch 3 River in Italy 72 Medlter- 57 Grumble 1 14 Man nick- 4 Antlered ranean 59 Camera part name animal vessel 61 Memoran- 115 Prefix: 5 Landed 73 looked dum Down 6 Carried pryngly 62 Flock 1 16 Walk wearily 7 Township: 75 Spanish 63 Sandarac 1 17 Pronoun Abbr. article: PI.

tree 1 18 Permit 8 Roman 76 Irons 64 Artificial 120 Scale note bronze 77 Start language 121Surteit 9 Diplomacy 79 Perils 66 Greek letter 122 Wild plum 10 Oak truit 80 Snares 67 Female deer 123 Greek letter 11 Depended 82 Mistake 68 Burrowing 124 Arrow on 83 Ranted animal 126 Small 12 Printer's 84 A state 69 Greek letler 128 Sailing ves- measure 86 Before: 71 Emerge vie- sel 13 Cut off Poet, lorious 130 Chastise 14 Auricular 88 Exist 72 Carpenter 132 Unusual 15 Courteous 89 Prying tools 134 Measuring 16 Muse of device 74 Girl's name device poetry 90 Bound 76 Become 135 Booty 17 Mature 91 Choice part insipid 136 Cerium 18 With: Prefix 93 Thorough 77 Man's nick- symbol 19 Man name soaking name 137 Carry 20 Gladdena 5 Sell to con 1 2 1 4 5 8 I 10 11 11 14 1 14 17 111 it 21 a I I3 ii- 1 4j yd itpyi 40 SO 51 52 5 54" 54 SI 57 154 to a "1 a to pa 7j TP it fx HBM S4 IT LfcJ ii tot Mb 1 to iT no tor no MO" lit 19 114 its its ii7 iT iio 31 at ta ar tai ST to tm ia tti "aT- at no uo Or Lt iff iT vo tSV' I ST mo mo "MTuoioi mnm iT no 8T uo nT toT ri no tor -1 I I uHHH I I rtl I I II Solution in tomorrow PETS glorious sunny Easter weekend here in the capital, I found myself in Edmonton as a dog show judge. Nelson Eveline, who has now started packing for a new overseas posting, asked to be remembered to Ottawa. So did Beth Mead, who also how lives in Edmonton. Miss Piggy, a two-week-old blue merle collie, keeps Beth busy these days as do Miss Piggy's five brothers and sisters and a few adult collies. Cathy Debruyne from Cumberland way was judging during Easter weekend at the Club Canine de Montreal show, and Quenlin LaHam from University of Ottawa, was at the Northern Alberta Canine Association Show.

An eye clinic for dogs will be held at Algonquin College May 10. Call 828-3952 or 836-3161. sumer 97 Dry 96 Male sheep 102 Century plant 104 Precious metal -lufi-Ctoenwork fabric 107 Name 106 Afghan prince 1 10 Sort mud 1 1 1 Hold back 1 12 Hind part 1 14 Shred 1 16 Conspiracy 1 17 Medicinal plant 1 19 Server 12 1 Cook slowly 122 Chimney carbon 123 Exist 125 British streetcar 127 Negative pretix 128 Jacket pan 129 Placed on 130 Mace-bearer 131 Diplomatic agents 133 Send forth 136 Waterway 138 Civetlike mammal 140 Tally 143 Conlunction 144 Check 146 Cicatrix 148 Lamb's pen name 150 Toward shelter 15 1 Difficult 153 Emerged victorious 154 Soak 156 Time period 158 Click beetle 161 Tellurium symbol 163 Negative 165 Compass point 167 Thoron symbol Monday paper By Bryan Elliott Auction fever. That describes one of the greatest dangers a stamp collector faces. In a two-month period ending in May, 57 public or mail sales were planned, including Robert A.

Sie-gel's "Rarities of the World" offering. This hectic pace about a sale a day means that it is virtually impossible for collectors to keep up with current trends in prices. Adding to the problem is the insistence of stamp periodical editors and contributors in reporting, almost exclusively, the sensational realization from major events. What to do? What is the average collector to do? Ignore this activity? In my opinion this easy solution is a dangerous one if you are serious about building a worthwhile collection. But at the same time, you have to be constantly aware of your intentions to build a valuable "investment" or to pass the time enjoyably? Recent economic trends have certainly raised public awareness of the wide range of possible investments, but as 1 have tried to point out, using your hobby as such a tool can be very disappointing.

This is much more likely to be the case if you rely on modern printing errors for your hopes of future profit, since reliable estimates of known quantities are a long time in developing. A typical example is the 35-cent Christmas stamp recently discovered without gold lettering. The auction catalog offering mint blocks of this stamp says that the 20 copies are the entire mint stock, barring a block of four that remains in the hands of the discoverer. Yet I have been told, reliably I believe, that at least one other person has a small number of mint copies, and there may well be others, since the stamps were distributed from a local post office. How this will affect the ultimate price? No one can say for sure.

But ask yourself (assuming you wanted one) how much your buying price would change if there were known to be a number of additional copies as yet undisclosed. Many auctions, and dealers, feature modern Canadian errors of varying degrees. These range from quite rare (as with missing colors or printing, or significant design changes) to more common perforation faults and numerous tagging errors. Recent definitives are quite easily found printed on the gummed side of the paper. Whatever the case, you must be sure you don't get carried away by auction fever when considering buying this type of -stamp Stories about fantastic sales real izations after only a few years are the rare exception, and are themselves dependent on the interest in a particular stamp, nation, or issue at the time it is offered.

Bonus, not right All the same, you should be safe as long as you keep a clear head and accept that whatever you buy in the name of your hobby you cannot realistically count on making a profit on it. Should you be so fortunate or skilled as to break even, accept that as a bonus to the fun spent stamp collecting, not as a right. So when you bid today at Ottawa Stamp Auctions' 10th and 11th sales, at the Skyline Hotel, do so with confidence in your own judgment of what you want or need for your hobby. Leave counting of the cost until later because you should have set your goals and limits before you even sat down to bid. Another type of fever seems to be affecting stamp issuing authorities this season definitive fever.

Many Commonwealth states are just introducing the first issues of new definitive stamp series, among them Norfolk Island, the Falkland Island Dependencies, and Australia (which is rapidly adding to an attractive set featuring native birds). And of course we must not neglect the Caribbean area. First there was Anguilla, a breakaway from St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguil-la. Then we were treated to the spectacle of an uninhabited islet named Redunda as a separate issuing entity (not to mention Barbuda and the Grenadines of St.

Vincent, which were publicized just in time for the Silver Jubilee issues). And now, there is a heavy advertising campaign under way to announce, if you please, the May, 1981, separation of St. Kitts from Nevis, with both to issue separate stamp series! You are invited to subscribe now for these great This is as close as our hobby can come, surely, to limited editions of stamp issues since the print runs for the first stamps from these separate postal services will certainly be geared to the demand that builds over the next year. In the meantime, both Anguilla and St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla continue to produce copious quantities of attractive wallpaper the latter has a sailing ship issue slated for August The moral: Pause before buying.

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