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SPORTSWOMAN'S PAGE

... ypORT/WbW}/ PAGD SCOTCH weather barked later, but it did not bite. The wetting recorded last week was our one and only wet ting. There were showers one morning and a Scotch mist-- a very near rela tion to a heavy shower-- another; but it cleared, and then we got out, and it was quite lovely. Certainly bonnie is no misnomer for that portion of Scotland. One day we drove to Dnndrcnnan Abbey, a ...

FENCING AND BARTITSU AT THE BATH CHUB

... FENCING AND BARTITSU AT THE BATH CHUB. ON Thursday, the 9th inst., ladies' night an amusing and instructive even ing was spent by the members and their friends, who gathered in considerable num bers. The first part of the entertainment consisted of an ex hibition, under the management of Capt. A. Hutton, of Eliza bethan methods of sword-play and fenc ing. It is unnecessary to state that ...

NATIONAL HUNT AND HURST PARK MARCH MEETING

... . Cock-a-Hoop taking the preliminary. Last Hurdle. MAIDEN HURDLE RACE PLATE. SURREY SELLING HURDLE RACE. OLD GIRL NATIONAL HUNT STEEPLECHASE. A NARROW SQUEAK. Third time round. The Last Fence Glen Royal, Pawnbroker, and Calomel (Calomel fell). NATIONAL HUNT STEEPLECHASE. Mr. Tabor on Goldwaslier takes the water. Williams on The Slump. MALDEN SELLING STEEPLECHASE. ...

Billiards

... BILLIARDS. RESUMING my account of the contest for the Amateur Championship at the National Sporting Club, I come to the second heat of the second round, that between Messrs. F. Wear and A. Vahid. Although the former never made fifty off the balls, he put together several very useful breaks indeed, and played infinitely better than he had done when meeting Mr. Payn in the preceding week. Mr. ...

SPORTS WOMAN'S PAGE

... PACEiSiftlfe. THE hunting contingent were very delighted with the change in the weather last week. They had been just long enough deprived of their sport to make them extra eager for some more rousing runs before the season ends. Everything points to our having an early spring, therefore the close of hunting is well within hail. Already, fixtures are made for the steeplechases which conclude ...

ATHLETICS AND CYCLING

... . THE spring meeting of the L.A.C. attracted a good attendance to the Stamford Bridge Grounds. The programme was par ticularly interesting, including as it did several of the Public Schools championships. H. C. Woodyatt (from scratch) ran excellently in the 100 Yards Open Handicap, beating in the final C. W. Sheppard, S.L.H. (6 3 4 yards), by a yard in 10 2-5 sec. E. J. Wilkins walked over in ...

MUSIC: PADEREWSKI'S CONCERT

... MUSIC. PADEREWSKI'S CONCERT. To the great gratification of his numerous admirers, Pader ewski listened to the voice of the charmer, and under the direction of Mr. Robert Newman appeared at an orchestral concert at the Queen's Hall on Friday evening, when, it need scarcely be said, a large and enthusiastic audience assembled to greet the famous- Polish pianist. Following the precedent of the ...

GOLF JOTTINGS

... . RANELAGH.--. THE ladies had a big gathering last week here, and, successful as these annual open meetings have been in the past, it is not too much to say that this one distinctly beat the record. No less than 104 ladies had sent in their names, and among them were some of our best known performers. The arrangements were in the hands of Miss Issette Pearson and Mr. J. H. Neat, the Ranelagh ...