... . (see also p. 498.) The Women Workers' Egg and Spoon Bace, won by Miss F. 11. White (second from right), who also won the 60 Yards Iluce. Miss F. M. White lighting her partner's cigarette in the Cigarette Race. A spill in the Cycle Obstacle Race, caused by front wheel slipping off one of the planks. ...

... HOBSON'S CHOICE, THE PLAY OF MANCHESTER LIFE AT THE APOLLO THEATRE. Doctor and patient. A lively combat between the quarrelsome old Salford tradesman and his quarrelsome Scotch doctor. (Mr. Norman .McKinnel and Mr. Fisher White.) Maggie, having married timid Will Mossop by virtue of her superior will-power, new makes him learn to read and write. (Miss Edyth Goodall and Mr. .Toe Nightingale.) ...

... . ON the 16th of last month Mr. C. Dawson, of Man chester, broke the twenty-four hours' fell record which was previously held by Dr. A. W. Wakefield, who had claimed the title since the August of 1905. Mr. C. Dawson left Keswick at 1 o'clock on the Friday morning and reached Robinson at 2.57. He continued over the mountains as follows:-- Hindscarth (3.20), Dalehead (3.35), Honister (3.53). ...

... . LT. C. G. A. BURNETT, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed on June 30th. rowed for Hertford College. Oxford, and, although he did not find a place in the University crew, he was in the Trial Eights race in December, 1902. In the following year he rowed regu larly in the London R.C. first eight, which was successful at the series of regattas after Henley, with the exception of the ...

... . 1 The Soham Piute finish. Capt. Cheape's Mazboot (100 to 8) dead heats with Capt. J. G. B. Homf ray's Bayaril (100 to 8). (The lntt.pr in tlip h.rrrsp. nearer to camera I 2. The Duke of Cambridge Handicap. The field passing the 5- furlong yat-e. (Left to right behind) The Conqueror and St. Eloi finished third (left to right, leading) Peter the Hermit finished second Golden Bide. Chapel ...

... PUBLIC SCHOOL CRICKET. Part II T. ETON v. HARROW. IN a normal year the Eton and Harrow elevens would be, just about now, the cynosure of every cricket eye. The fact that the authorities are not at all keen upon publicity for the match between the two does not prohibit a few remarks or criticisms on the rival players to accompany photographs, some of which show those players in action. The two ...

... . 1. Going to the post for the Warren Hill Handicap. On the left is King's Common (Gardner tip), who broke his near hind pastern in the race, and on the right Trois Temps (l'\ Templeman up). Lord Sadie's All Serene, by Llangwm Allegro, winner of the Stewards' Handicap. 3. Joe Hulse, who rode All Serene, cycling home from the course. 4. Sir A. Baden's Son-in-Law Bullock up). 5. The field in the ...

... THE S P O 11 TSMA N'S ROLL O F HONOUR. I REGRET to hear that a well-known United Services Rugby player was on board H.M.S. Hampshire. Lt. H. Matthews, R.N., had frequently played for the U.S. He was also the full-back of the R.N.C. XV., Greenwich, and a fine swimmer as well. He had received the Royal Humane Society's testimonial for saving life. Captain A. N. C. Hunt, Oxon and Bucks L.I., who ...

... THE NEWBURY SUMMER M E E T I N G. 1. THE ROYAL STAKES.- LORD CARNARVON'S JULIAN WINNING FROM THE SECOND STRING, LORD CARNARVON'S ARIUS. 2. lord Carnarvon's juliax (s. donoghue ur) after win ning THE ROYAL STAKES. 3. THE NEWBURY HUNT COT FINISH. MOUNT WILLIAM (20 TO 1) BEATS THE FAVOURITES, SIR EAGER AND VOLTA. 4. GOING OUT FOR THE JUVENILE PLATE. 5. MR. MORTIMER SINGER'S BETSY JANE COLT ...

... R O U N D T H E T H E A T R E S. BLUFF!-- This, at the Garriek, by Mr. Lucas Landor, is a thrill for simple souls; and being a simple soul, I managed to take quite an interest in it. It would not be fair to dismiss it as foolish merely on account of its improbabilities. It may be that Mr. H. A. Saintsbury's Xavier de Cigognac is only a creature of the English playwright's imagination, and it ...

... THE ROYAL CRUISING CLUB JOURNAL. The Royal Cruising Club Journal has long been regarded by yachtsmen as one of the most interesting publications of the year, and the issue for 1915 just to hand is a particularly useful volume. In normal times the Journal is composed for the most part of logs of cruises made by the members during the previous summer, but since the outbreak of war cruising has ...

... . THE mule has been aptly described as an animal with- out pride of ancestry or hope of posterity, and the epigram is characteristic of the rather facetious attitude adopted towards this useful and much-maligned creature. The mule has long been the butt of the comic artist, and perhaps not without reason; his appearance is eccentric, and his voice even more so. Indeed, there are many ...