... ARDENT devotees of racing under National Hunt Rules, as well as hunting men and those who pursue coursing as their winter pastime, have been fa voured with delightful weather during the last few days in- deed the temperature this week has been more in accord with the early days of May rather than February. Operations at all 01 t ne great training centres liavo been pursued with an activity j ...

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... Lady Balfour of Burleigh pre sented tho prizes of the London Scottish Rifles at the regi mental headquar ters in Westminster 011 Tuesday, in the presence of a large assembly. Colonel Eustace Balfour, the commanding officer, stated that of 830 enrolled members 791 had last year been returned effi- ClcMl, tilMl I llilL iLU the present timo there are 837 011 the roll. Lord Ba'four, in replying to ...

... . This contrivance, which some of our readers may remember to have seen exhibited at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, during the holding of the Cattle Show, is the latest^ attempt to improve the system of harnessing horses to carriages. The ordinary tugs and long shafts are dispensed ivith, and so, too, are the traces. On reference to the illustration it will be seen that the shaft stops shut ...

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... AFTER GOLD IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. ...

... NEVER since the second reading of the Home Rule Bill have so many peeresses been seen in the House of Lords as was the case when the Queen's speech was read last Tuesday. The galleries set apart for the wives and daughters of peers were crowded long before the ceremony of introducing the new members of the Upper House had begun, and many ladies had to stand in the doorways or find a seat in ...

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... How rapidly we are approach ing the forthcoming flat-racing season, is powerfully exempli fied by the appearance of the weights for most of tho spring handicaps, and taken in the aggregate they may be said to be extremely satisfactory. Tho various han'dicappers, in fact, have acquitted themselves admirably, this especially applying to the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Liverpool Grand National ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. MICHAEL AND HIS ANGEL BOTH LOST. Michael and his Lost Angel has departed after a short life and not a happy one. In writing so dismal a piece I suppose Mr. Jones had some purpose in view beyond providing Mr. Forbes Robertson with yet another melancholy part But what that purpose exactly was, I fail to see, for though the play, and the performance of it, made me miserable ...

... MaWVn,MeEE> MaJbfri/ii&YCTfo HIGH-CLASS SHEFFIELD CUTLEHV. 51-inch Finest African Ivory handle Sporting Knife, with Lock-back Blade, made of the finest Steel throughout, as above, £2 10 0. With Solid Silver Scales, £4 15 0. MAPPIN WEBB have a variety of new designs in Sporting Knives, containing implements for Shooting and Fishing, combined. Particulars on application. Special Price List post ...

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