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ISSUED BY JOHN HAIG & CO., LTD

... usually made of satimvood, was often beautifully painted round the top legs and sides with scrolls of flowers. This table, named after the lady who ordered the first, had a great vogue from 1760 until 1830, during which time it was used by ladies as a ivork ...

FRIDAY TO MONDAY--AND PARIS

... as yet no spot in this city bears his name as it bears that of many lesser men than he. There is some talk, however, of naming .after him the little open space where the â– Quai Malaquais widens in front of the In- stitut. If this is true, nowhere could a ...

Women in Sport: OUT-OF-DOOR GOSSIP BY SIMETRA.; A Severe Blow

... Mrs. Fowke's Great Dane Tallu- lah. Miss Bankhead should feel flattered at the number of horses and dogs which have been named after her. The Duke of Beaufort's elder sister, now Lady Blanche Douglas, got a first prize at the Bath Show last year for her ...

RAPIER ON RACING

... properly. He wants five minutes with George Duller again. Light weight jockeys he merely laughs at. There's nothing in a name after all, else Mendoza would at least have a slight suspicion of grit and courage. TT OW different J 1 racing would be if all ...

RAPIER ON RACING

... Champagne Stakes. They were Sir William Cooke's Phalaris- Potehtilla filly and Lord Astor's Never Cross, who must have been named after some unique person. Sir William Cooke tells me that he is reducing his racing stable in fact, he has already had a sale ...

RAPIER ON RACING

... for horses running on the new Chepstow course. This is plainly seen in the above picture. The Queenborough Handicap is named after one of the stewards of the meeting. A SILHOUETTE EFFECT AT THE LEWES MEETING: RUNNERS IN THE LEWES HANDICAP. WON BY MR. ...

A CHAT ABOUT CRICKET

... ) in Time and Space, according to the workings of this periodic law (which, since it is mine own discovery, ought to be named after me like Harvey's Law of the Circulation of the Blood). Woe betide the XI at the Oval that does not hit all the balls safely ...

RAPIER' ON RACING

... couple more winners. Dehus won the Kghnton Plate and Inchrory carried the sea-green colours to victory in a race which is named after the late popular Clerk of the Course at Ayr, Mr. Shaw. Mr. Reid Walker must have regretted that there were not four days ...