... weigh nine tons. It is believed that no skeleton of a whale in any part of the world equals in length this one, which is named after a place called Okarito, on the West Coast of the Middle Island of New Zealand, where it was stranded. The cost of the skeleton ...

... for every nomination had been allotted, but once more it was found impossible to quite fill the principal all-aged stake named after Mrs. Montagu Tharp's famous estate at Chippenham, a mile or two to the east of the turf metropolis. 1 here was no ciimculty ...

... which is being taken it is no easy matter to whip them off in case of danger. A typical Cumberland hunt is the Blencathra, named after the Saddleback Mountain, a lofty and rocky eminence having the appearance of a huge saddleback when viewed from the nei ...

... every side by gorse fences, an out-of-bounds field to the right, and a tan heap to the left of the green. The ninth hole is named after that good golfer, Mr. F. Si. G. Abell, who, I understand, suggested it. Two really fine shots are -required to reach the ...

... prizes of the English Turf. The first French-bred colt to run in the Derby was a son of Fitz Gladiator, called Dangu, a colt named after the place in France where Count Lagrange's chief breeding stud was situated. Not much respect was, however, paid to his ...

... husband is busy with that hook. Please put my dolly in the box; it is melting in the sun. The voicB is that of Mirette, named after the opera, and familiarly called Midge. Mirette is Mr. and Mrs. Pass- more's second daughter. Doris, the eldest, is at ...

... For £8 2s., as many as 200 children are carried en masse to the country, and the day's outing thus provided is gratefully named after the donor, and those who have generously expended that sum would be more than repaid could they see the bright faces and ...

... bitterly, and drew back. But he caught her hand. No! Violet must have been sorry for the evil she did, for the child was named after you. Forgive I do forgive, and I also .forget, said Peggy, a new tenderness coming into her face. We parted in anger on ...

... puppies, had good reason to remember their outing for some time. Among the first named was Mr. J. J. Dawson's Parson Parkes named after the well-known and very highly esteemed Epsom trainer for after being run almost to a standstill in his third spin against ...

... pockets and the rest of the world were all forgotten, while the thud i of approaching hoofs struck music to my ears. One name after another was shouted. The favourite wins I yelled, delighted beyond I measure as I saw our gallant horse well to the fore ...

... who originally drew up the sweepstakes. The Marquis of Rockingham was in the chair, and it ivas ho who gave the race its name after its actual founder, the Colonel. Again a filly was suc cessful, in Hollandaise, by Match 'em, the first season the sweep ...