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THE SWIM THROUGH LONDON FROM RICHMOND LOCK TO THE BUZZARD TRAINING SHIP

... THE SWIM THROUGH LONDON FROM RICHMOND LOCK TO THE BUZZAJRD TRAINING SHIP. A feature of this race last Saturday was that of the eight ladies who started with their twenty-four male competitors on this journey of over 14A miles, not one jailed to complete the course. Jams, the previous winner, finished second to Taylor, while T. lleece, of billiard fame, came in ninth. The winner's time was ...

The Sportswoman

... Tbe Sportsworr)&g, AWAY up here in Sutherlandshire the shooting season opened in wild weather. Until Saturday the wind was high, the birds were wild, and there were heavy squalls of rain. Of course, we had grouse for dinner; the birds, split up and grilled, were delicious, and we ate them to an accompaniment of the stories of how they were killed. The guns were not so full of enthusiasm as I ...

SOME FAMOUS CLUB CRICKETERS. Concluded: MR. R. J. SIVERS

... SOME FAMOUS CLUB CRICKETEItS. (Concluded.) MB. E. J. SIVERS. Ever since 1886, R. J. Sivers has appeared in the Hampton Wick eleven, and in that space of time he has managed to register close upon 17,000 runs in 590 innings. He has further placed twenty centuries to his credit on behalf of Hampton Wick, while six more have been compiled in matches outside of his own club. R. J. Sivers has been ...

HAMMOND & CO., LTD

... HAMMOND CO., LTD. HAMMOND CO., ltd. LEATHER BREECHES AND TROUSERS MAKERS, MILITARY AND SPORTING TAILORS, Branches 465, Oxford Street, LONDON. PARIS 8, PlaceVendome; VIENIMA:I.Tegethoffstrasse,1; BRUSSELS:4-1,BoulevarddeWaterloo; MANCHESTER: 13,St.AnnSt. Telegraphic Addresses BREECHES, LONDON, MANCHESTER, PARIS, VIENNA, and BRUSSELS. Sole Agents in South Africa. HEPWORTHS, Ltd., Cape Town. STv ...

REID BROS

... REIP BROS. . i ORIGINATORS SOLE MAKERS I Split-Fall Button or M °r j9 B I mm Laced C Fly Front, I Knees. I SEMI-RIDING KNICKERS Cut on the same lines as Riding; Breeches-- full on the Thigh free from drag very clean at the knee-- they will be found specially suitable for Walking, Golfing, Fishing, Shooting, Riding, &c. MATERIALS. Reai Harris and Lewis Tweeds, -Cottaga Mayo and Irish Homespuns, ...

FLYING IN EARNEST

... . The heavier-than-air machine, commonly styled the aeroplane, is being exploited in the most serious fashion, especially in. Britain and in France. This is highly encouraging, for the impression had got abroad that British sportsmen and British inventors had lagged some what. Of course, we have all noticed the amount of Saxon blood there is in the veins of many of the most notable pioneers on ...

THE BEST PEOPLE, AT WYNDHAM'S THEATRE

... . Miss Lettice Fairfax as the stupid Lady Emsworth. Miss Eva Moore as the Hon. Mrs. Bayle. Our upper picture is of Lady Emsworth, the Hon. Gerald and Mrs. Bayle, and Lord Wynlea (Mr. Charles Sugden), most of whom are feeling uncomfortable after the supper- party discoveries shown on page 1069. ...

RACING AT YORK.--THE GREAT EBOR HANDICAP, &c

... RACING AT YORK.-- THE GREAT EBOR HANDICAP, &c. 1. The finish of the Rous Two-year-old Plate. 2. Great Ebor Handicav. Dibs (TP. Ilia as) returning to scale. Sir Chas. Nugent trainer on right. 3. The -pad dock. 4. The finish of the Great Ebor Handicap. Dibs just beats the favourite, Royal Realm. 5. Mr. J. S. Morrison's Dibs, winner of the Great Ebor Handicap. ...

A MONSTER GAME PRESERVE

... . FINAL arrangements were practically completed on July 28th for the 20,000- acre game preserve in Washington Parish, Louisiana, and the land was formally turned over to the State Game Commission, and will be stocked with deer, wild turkeys, and probably quails, pheasants, and various other game. It is proposed to place at least twenty-five North Carolina mountain deer in the preserve in a ...