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... Tbe Sportsworrj&p* THE Sunningdale Ladies' Golf Club is fortunate in having a number of very good players among its members, and also in being under the immediate patron age and captainship of H.H. Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and to have several playing members of the aristocracy to support it. A mixed foursome tournament which commenced about two months ago has just been ...

SOME FAMOUS CLUB CRICKETERS: MR. T. POTTER

... SOME FAMOUS CLUB CRICKETERS. Rv TC A f! Twrv\rsnv. Continued from last issue.) MR. T. POTTER. IF the records were only scanned, it would be found that Mitcham, one of the greatest nurseries in the country, has produced dozens of remarkably gifted exponents of cricket. Could the dear old green speak, what magnificent traditions could be revealed as to the big club giants of the past? A young ...

THE LAST TEST MATCH.--A DRAWN GAME AT THE OVAL

... THE LAST TEST MATCH.-- A DRAWN GAME AT THE OVAL. Thi ms a heavy scoring match on a perfect wicket, and Australia, with their two wins to England's one, are still in possession of the coveted ashes, 1 A view of the ground during the. second day's play. 2. IF. Bardsley, who, by scoring two centuries for Australia, set up a Test-Match record. 3. D. IF. Carr, the Kent qooqlie bowler, who took 7 ...

MOTORING: LAND, AIR, AND WATER

... MOTORING. LAND, AIR, AND WATER. By H. MASSAC BU1ST. THE motoring world is beginning seriously to consider what is to be the constitution of the promised Central Road Authority, and who is to be the permanent man in its service, so that it shall have a proper mainspring, as any body must possess if it is to produce practical results. We are agreed that the Authority must be as representative as ...

MR. HALL CAINE, ACTOR--FOR THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY: THE FAMOUS NOVELIST AS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN THE PRODIGAL SON

... MR. HALL CAINE, ACTOR FOR THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY. THE FAMOUS NOVELIST AS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN THE PRODIGAL SON. 1. MR. HALL CAINE AS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, AND MR. DERWENT HALL CAINE AS OSCAR STEPHENSSON. 2. MR. HALL CAINE AS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL AND MR. DERWENT HALL CAINE AS OSCAR STEPHENSSON. 3. MR. HALL CAINE AS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, MR. DERWENT HALL CAINE AS OSCAR STEPHENSSON, AND MRS. ...

Published: Wednesday 18 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 165 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BRUMMELL IDIOT & PHILOSOPHER

... MMELXT1 J3y Co&WQ. JfS7MlZ,TQ]Y Paris Again. Still Paris, d'y'see. Lots more things to say about Paris, much of it an entirely new Paris to me-- the Paris on the wrong side of the water-- and much of it a Paris I know backwards, and always think about as amusin' until I do it. I mean the Paris of the Champs Elysees, when the lights are lit and the moths-- all glitterin' in really wonderful ...

SCARS THAT ARE AS PRECIOUS AS BLUES:: DUELLING AMONGST GERMAN STUDENTS--THE SCAR--SEEKERS

... SCARS THAT ARE AS PRECIOUS AS BLUES DUELLING AMONGST GERMAN STUDENTS-THE SCAR SEEKERS. 1. A DUEL WITH SABRES. 2. A DUEL WITH RAPIERS. Photographs by Philifp Rectum JMft.] From time to time outcries are raised against the practice of duelling among German students! but it is one of those old customs which die hard, e.-pecially in the conservative atmosphere of universities. In spite of all ...

Published: Wednesday 18 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 209 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE WORLD OF SPORT

... Nurseries. In a few days the Nursery Handicap season will open, and that that particular section of racing is extremely popular with owners is demonstrated by the fact that the number of entries for various events is this year higher all round than it was last. I suppose the difficulties of the handicapper are greatest in this kind of event; and if I were an adjuster I would willingly give up ...

A FEATHERED GRAND DUKE: A DEAD OWL AS ASSISTANT: TO SPORTSMEN

... A FEATHERED GRAND DUKE: A DEAD OWL AS ASSISTANT TO SPORTSMEN. I. THE STUFFED AND JOINTED OWL, KNOWN AS GRAND DUKE, IS PLACED IN POSITION ON A BRANCH, FACING THE WIND, AND NEAR THE SPORTSMAN'S HUT, A CORD RUNNING FROM THE BRANCH TO THE HUT. 2. THE SPORTSMAN IS SCARCELY IN POSITION BEFORE CROWS, SEEING AN OWL ABROAD IN THE DAYTIME, ATTACK IT, ATTRACTED FURTHER BY THE LIFELIKE MOVEMENTS OF THE ...

Published: Wednesday 25 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 148 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CROWNS·CORONETS·COURTIERS

... COWES is no water-logged abode for the King: he has made a special point of being sufficiently furnished there with horses and cars. The Prince and Princess of Wales have like wise refused to be subject to the caprice of the waves, and the garage of Barton Manor is full. But all the King's horses and all the King's cars will not draw Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha to accept her ...

Published: Wednesday 04 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 962 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Photographs 

OF THE MUSIC-HALL STAGE OF 2000 YEARS AGO: GREEK ARTISTES?

... We may as well say at once that these photographs were taken in the Greek section of the B.itish Museum. Whether they represent the famous artistes of 2000 years ago, or merely efforts of the imagination on the part of their designers, we cannot say. Certainly, in broad outline they su gest music-hall artistes and music-hall methods of to-day. Ill '-I I. THE BROAD COMEDIAN. 2. THE SINGER OF ...

Published: Wednesday 04 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 118 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs