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August 1909
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THE BEST PEOPLE, BY FREDERICK LONSDALE, AT WYNDHAM'S THEATRE

... L. The Hon. Gerald Bayle (Mr. Kenneth Douglas) makes lore to Lady Emsworth (Miss Lettice Fairfax) during his wife's absence and suggests supper for two at midnight in his rooms. 2. Lord Emsworth (Mr. Frederick Kerr) makes love to the Hon. Mrs. Bayle (Miss Era Moore), and is told to come just after midnight to her rooms. The lion. Mrs. Bayle has discovered her husband's appointment with Lady ...

THE CRAWL SWIMMING STROKE AS AMERICANS SEE IT

... . SHOULD one ask to-day: What is the significance of the word 'crawl' in swimming lore? it would be correct to answer: It is a generic name embracing half a dozen varieties of strokes. Of course, no two men swim exactly alike, so that no two strokes can be identical, but there are being used at present in the United States five distinct varieties of crawl, each boasting a good following. ...

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... A ROWING MARATHON ON THE THAMES. PASSING THE HAMMERSMITH TOWING PATH. This long-distance race of Saturday last was from Isleworth to Putney Bridge and back, a distance of over sixteen miles. The winners in the tradesmen' s section occupied 2 hr. 27 win., while the success f ul crew of the amateur section took an extra five minutes both sections having to contend with an adverse tide. THE ...

WINTER RACING IN NATAL: THE ANTI-GAMBLING BILL

... WINTER RACING IN NATAL. THE ANTI-GAMBLING BILL. THE first winter fixture of the Durban Turf Club con cluded with all records broken in the matter of attend ance, totalisator receipts, the excellence of the racing, and the class and quality of the cattle engaged. The meeting occupies three days in July, and the total stakes offered aggregated about £7,500. During the three days the totes took ...

THE HURST PARK MEETING.--THE CHAMPION SPRINT HANDICAP, &c

... THE HURST PARK MEETING.-- THE CHAMPION SPRINT HANDICAP, &c. 1. .1. J. Joyner, Mediant's trainer. 2. About to unsaddle Mr. J. Buchanan's Diamond Stud after his victory in the Hurst Park Lennox Plate. 3. Mediant O'Neill uu) return in (j to scale. 4. the Champion Sprint Handicap finish. Mediant wins from Galleot, Prospector, Me. 5. The finish of the Yurie r Handicav.--Mr. Buchanan's 1 emeraire ...

WILL SHE CLEAR ?--AN ANXIOUS MOMENT IN A RACE

... WILL SHE CLEAR AN ANXIOUS MOMENT IN A RACE. --Drawn by C. Fleming Williams. A big yacht, race is always a tremendous tax on the nerves, but at no moment is it greater than when, in tacking, it is necessary to cross and recross the hows of Other yachts. The slightest error of judgment may result in a big accident, and there is often just one anxious minute when it is almost impossible to tell ...

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THE GRASMERE SPORTS

... T HE G R ASMERE SPORTS. 1. The start of the Hound Trail Bace of ten miles. 2. Mr. F. Murgatroyd' s Fuller ton, the winning hound in Hound Trail Bace, jumping up to trainer, J. Collin- son, jun., at the finish of race. 3. J. A. Speddie (Falkirk), winner of Banning High Leap, and second in hong Leap. 4. B. W. Scott (Kilmarnock), winner of Long Leap with 22ft., and third in High Jump. 5. Temple ...

A QUICK TRIP

... . By J. Stanley Hughes. IT was a station on the plains of Queensland. Well- sinking was being carried on some twenty miles from the homestead. Jack the Rat was one of the three hands employed by the contractor. Spoken to as Jack, spoken of as the Rat, written down in the station books as both, he never laid claim to, or seemed to care for any other style or title. When he drew his wages he ...

The Sportswoman

... The Sportsworp&p- WE have a good deal of very high wind up in the north, and cold evenings and early mornings. The guns and the rods are far from pleased; the birds are wild, and fishing on the Loch is possible only on the sheltered parts. Such days as are quiet enough to fish it in the likeliest places provide excellent sport, and we have had many a delicious dish of fresh trout for breakfast ...

LAND, AIR, AND WATER

... . By H. MASSAC BUST. AERIAL and marine motoring have been well to the fore during the past week. The Rheims meeting, however, has not been concluded yet. Of course, there have been occasions when the competitors have not been able to come up to the line on the mere ringing of the starting bell, as it were. This is but to be expected, for as yet we are admittedly merely in the initial stages of ...