... In View off the Gffand National SOME PROMINENT RUNNERS IN, AND THE SCENE OF, THE WORLD'S GREATEST STEEPLECHASE P Two Greatly Fancied Candidates /vVi/V 11 V/, VP. 0n the ,eft. Mattie Macgregor Carbine's selection), who ran second to Rubio last year, and Tom West A r 11 M'-'-'-tV, -aiJl M P A View of the Course at Aintree Rubio, Last Year's Winner He was looked upon as quite an outsider the odds ...

... While We Discuss the Oiae-Power Stamdardl A RUSSIAN SQUADRON VISITS ENGLAND The Russian Flagship, Tsarevitch, entering Portsmouth Harbour J Besides the Tsarevitch, the squadron consists of the battleship Slava and the cruisers Oleg, Admiral 'uV-ivrt V\- M aka; off, and Bogat\ i ■tv-V' lA- r Russian Bluejackets on the Main Deck of the Tsarevitch1 The sailors were keenly interested in ...

... i \J3/aj/f}ouses. BY ERIC CLEMENT SCOTT DUKE OF YORK'S THEATRE Strife Lack of space last week pre vented me from incorporating in these columns a notice of yet another play dealing with the strife between Capital and Labour. Mr. John Galsworthy's play, Strife, produced for a limited number of matinees at the Duke of York's Theatre, is a clearer and more forcible exposition of the subject than ...

... Ours at Last Perhaps LOURENCO MARQUES, THE PORTUGUESE SEAPORT WHICH BRITAIN IS SAID TO HAVE LEAiED FOR THE TRANSVAAL il) A Panoramic View of Lourenco Marques (2) Rua Araujo A Typical Street in the Town (3) Main Street in Lourenco Marques. The tramcars to be seen in the distance are for private and not for public use l'he Natal Mercury announces that an ar rangement has just been signed at ...

... A Foreign Office Einig&gsmeimt COUNTESS CAMILLA HOYOS Who is engaged to Mr. Samuel Pepys Cockerell, of the Foreign Office r [Martin JccolctU Photo] ...

... Sfar-fflo weirs Asleep b Silver-furrowed Seas A CINGALESE CANOE GLIDING THROUGH THE SURF AT WELLAWATTA, CEYLON Where the lips of the sands and the sea. lowly whispering:, meet, and in a long kiss thrill al# H. E. White and Co. ...

... HUNTING. =^3 4^==^ By A. W. C. J) The Season Ending Tamely It is to be feared that the hunting season is finishing very tamely. This is not the fault of hounds or of foxes, but of the Englishman's old and sworn enemy-- the weather. March has been about as bad as it can be for followers of hounds, and many of the keenest of the keen in the Shires and elsewhere have departed from the sphere of ...

... Harrods (Ltd.) Harrods (Ltd.) Telegrams Everything, London ESTATE AGENTS Telephone Kensington 3300 (60 lines). AUCTIONEERS BROMPTON ROAD, S.W. THE SUMMER SEASON. MESSRS. HAVE NOW REVISED THEIR Lists of Country Houses FOR THE Summer Months, and invite applicants to send their requirements. AT A GREATLY REDUCED PRICE HERTS (in favourite part, 40 minutes of London). To be SOLD, this lovely old ...

... Socie tyat Airdree (1) Tho Earl ot Softon (right) (2) Sir E. C. Cochrane and Lady Cochrane (3) The Scene In the Paddock (4) Viscount Cole (centre) and Lady Cole (5) The Earl of Lonsdale (right) In the Countv Stand at Aintree last week were to be seen Mrs. Hall Walker, looking very well in a black bat with white feathers and a lovely sealskin coat Mrs. Greer, in a purple coat and skirt; Mrs. ...

... The Hoe. HernMome Fellowes, o p The third daughter of Lord de Ramsev, who is shortly to marry Captain Lord Esme Gordon-Lennox, M.V.O., Scots Guards, second son of the Duke of Richmond. He is a keen sportsman, and has seen war service in the Transvaal and Southern Nigeria Photo Rita. Martin ...

... THKWoRi,neB/%^^ai His Majesty's Health It has been announced with quite unnecessary emphasis that the King's visits abroad at this time of year are entirely the suggestion of his doctors and are in no sense a holiday. It seems a little absurd that such an authorised note should have to be published. Surely it stands to reason that all person ages whose health is of great importance to the ...

... QofilCK. By COMYNS BEAUMONT Automobilisation A Suggestion Deservedly the Automobile Association has of late come in for some very high encomiums from all quarters, and I for one am always pleased to add my quota in recognition of good work intelli gently conceived and skilfully and thoroughly carried out. I referred in THE BYSTANDER last week to the remarkable feat accomplished by the A.A. in ...