SUNSHINE TO ORDER
Dr. , George Sykes, a venerable scientist, was engaged by the West-' cheater -Racing Association of New; York to prevent rain from falling dux? ing the Belmont Park races in September. For each, week-day that the sun shone Dr. Sykeswas1 to be paid £200, and for each, of two Saturdays £500. If it rained Dr. Sykes was to forfeit double thoso amounts. Dr. Syk'cs claims that for the last two years he has been broadcasting rain or sunshine/ as ordered, with a mysterious apparatus which controls the weather by use of magnetic electric thermal, electro magnetic, and other forces coordinated to affect the magnetic field, of the earth (says the New York correspondent of the "Sunday Times"). The scientist recently offered to break up a drought, but the. U.S. Weather Bureau curtly replied that it was not convinced that anyone was able to control the weather. The secretary of the racing association admitted that he was sceptical, but declared that he could not afford to reject any form of insurance for fine weather.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1931, Page 18
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175SUNSHINE TO ORDER Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1931, Page 18
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