... MRS. GROUSE A T HOME-AUGUST 1 1TH, 1 9 0 9. OLD Mr. and Mrs. Red Grouse were at home. The place had been crowded all the afternoon with birds young and old, most of them gay and charming, in spite of the fact that many of the visitors' calling cards were inscribed with the fatal letters, P.P.C. 1 1 was the 11th Mrs. Grouse, a down-trodden-looking bird with shabby feathers, listened ...

... . I NEVER see coot or moorhen without a touch of regret. For here, if we believe that birds were made for man, and not man for the birds, are a couple of specimens which at first appearance flatter the eye as good birds for the gun. In size and shape they appear likely to fly strongly and well; in substance they would seem to be worthy of the dinner table. And yet sports men, as a rule, ...

... . jiii show spa tutors watt king the racing from the deck of the Enchantress, Mr. T. Thornycroft's Miranda III. winning a good race from the same owner's Gyrinus II. at the -finish of the 6£ to 8 metre class race (upper picture), and Miranda 111 winning the handicap sweepstakes lower picture). ...

... T II E T W E L F T II I N T HE NO E T II -WES T- BY C. Y. A. Peel. ALTHOUGH the moors along the north-west coasts of Scotland afford no phenomenal bags of grouse, yet for variety of game they perhaps surpass any other country in the British Isles. The following is an account of a typical day of Saint Grouse. We made an early start one glorious twelfth. The sky was clear, but a keen sea ...

... THE GRAND NORTHERN ARCHERY MEETING AT LIVERPOOL. (See also -page 1044.) Ladies on the terrace. The gentlemen' s firing line. ...

... The King of Portugal. The young King of Portugal, whose accession to the throne was brought about by the terrible assassinations last year at Lisbon, is very fond of sport without being a slave to the competitive passion, and among his recreations tennis and fencing hold prominent places. ...

... Miss Julia Janies. Miss Olive May. IN OUR MISS GIBBS, AT THE GAIETY THEATRE- ...

... . FEW trainers have had a more varied and interesting career than the subject of my sketch, and I only regret that exigencies of space will not allow me to do more than take the merest glance at it. Gwyn Saunders-Davies, who is descended from an old Welsh family, was born in 1865. At the age of nine he was sent to a school at Slough, kept by Dr. Hawtrey, father of E. M. Hawtrey, the famous ...

... . 1. Between races. 2. The start of Heat 2 of Men's Senior Double Sculls. 3. The winners of Mixed Double Sculls and Men's Double (Senior) Sculls (reading from left to right) --Mr. A. D. Newman, Mrs. Kent, Miss Wcthcred, Mrs. Sherriff (who has steered in 100 successful races), and Mr. G. a. Andrews. i Double Sculls racing. 4. A view of course during Mens junior ...

... THE KEMPTON PA11K RACES. 1. I he finish of the Felt h tun Selling Plate won by Avenger. !_ k. .1 2. The finish of the International Two-uear-old Plate. Major J'j. hotter s the Cox, by aliunde hi ay Race, favourite for and winner of the International Two-year-old Plate. 4. The Greenwood Handicap finish. Hay den wins by half a length from Hymettus. asset s llayden, by Avidity Lanqour, favourite ...

... . Mr. C. Tj. Callaghan, winner Champion Cup. A general view of the play. Mr. H. Maxwell Browne, equal 2nd with Mr. R. C. J. Beaton. ...

... . BY Pebp-ODT. OF all branches of the chase otter-hunting is the most peculiar one and has little in common with the rest, so that it is almost impossible to judge it by comparison. Indeed, like the proverbial tub, it must stand or fall on its own merits. As no two otter- hunts are alike, and as the conditions vary with every river, it is impossible to lay down any hard and fast rules of pro ...