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THE SUNNINGDALE GOLF COAT

... . There can be no possible doubt that one's golf is, to some extent, affected by the garments which one wears. One cannot help being muscle-bound, but it is possible to avoid coats which impede freedom of swing. A few days ago I happened to be in Ulster House, Conduit-street, and there saw a coat which, to my mind, answers the requirements of the most exacting golfers in regard to freedom on ...

THE GOODWOOD MEETING.--WEDNESDAY'S RACING AND SCENES

... THE GOODWOOD MEETING. WEDNESDAY'S RACING AND SCENES. SOCIETY AT GOODWOOD. X.Mr.J. B. Joel s b r Sunflower 71., 8st. Sib., ridden by Walter Griggs, wins the Lavant Sta7ees somewhat cleverly by three-quarters at a length, from Bonny Bay anil nine Goodwood Plate7' silent fW vT/7 l> Ast}cot by Krakatoa--Astree, 5 years, J. Plant up, returning to weigh in after winning the Goodwood Plate. 3. Finish ...

SOME LADIES IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE

... SOME LADIES IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE. 1. Miss Doxy Barton, as Titania, Queen of the F airies. 2. Miss Frances Dillon, as Hermia, dauahter to Eaeus, in love with Lvsander. 3. Miss Beatrice Ferrar, as Puck, the character taken by this actress at the commencement of the run. 4 Miss Elizabeth Parkina, the celebrated grand opera soprano, who, as a fairy, sings severed ...

TRANSVAAL WAR: ON ACTIVE SERVICE.--PART XVII

... ON ACTIVE SERVICE -PART XVII. It will be 3een from our illustration that the new mounting of the naval Vickers-Maxim gun differs from the old pattern in that it has no seat for the firer. The mounting has been designed in such a way as to allow of easy transport on land by two men without removing the gun. By an ingenious arrangement of hinges and locking-pins, the mounting, which is of the ...

CIRCULAR NOTES

... . GOODWOOD marks a stage in the fashionable and racing season; much of the best of it is gone. After Goodwood the patrician army is scattered, and seeks new worlds of pleasure to conquer; jockeys begin to feel that they have been working hard, and they look rather light; trainers sug gest by their aspect that if they could afford to take a holi day they would not be long in packing up their ...

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... Miss Marie George, xclio, as a little Dutrli girl, won lending honours in last year's Drury Lane pantomime. Miss Irene Fitzgerald as the assistant to Madame Marigny /*-S in Chance, the Idol, when played at Wyndham's Theatre. Miss Emmie Ames, who was the principal girl in one of last season's pantomimes which toured the Midlands etc. Miss May Chenery as Lady Rcllerton in Monsieur Beaucaire, ...

WITH ROD AND GUN IN JAMAICA

... W I T H ROD AND GUN IN J A MAIC A. CAPTAIN J. W. P. BENSON writes:-- Since my return from Jamaica my lectures on the subject of that island have resulted in my being inundated with questions, amongst which is always, What sport is there to be had in Jamaica with the rod and gun? In view of the number of these questions, and of the interest in Jamaica which my lectures have aroused, I venture ...

THE SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY: THE CRICKET OF ABEL, HIRST, and SHREWSBURY

... THE SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY. THE CRICKET OF ABEL, HIRST, and SHREWSBURY. THIS is an elaborate treatise on the game, illustrated by a number of photographs of the three professionals who give the title to the book in various positions, showing the correct way of performing many of the intricacies of play, on which proficiency in a cricketer depends. It is pleasantly written, and will interest the ...

A VISIT TO MR B. J. WARWICK'S KENNEL OF SETTERS AND POINTERS AT COMPTON

... . MR. WARWICK has a nice partridge shooting in the neighbourhood of Havant, near Portsmouth, and, besides, he has a deer forest in Scotland where mostly he employs his pointers and setters upon grouse. His kennel is large enough to accom modate two or three grouse-shoot ing parties at one time, and to say of his dogs that they are highly educated is bare justice. In the past he has had much ...