... NAMED AFTER A MILE-A-MINUTE TRACK: AN OAKS FLIER. CRESTA RUN: THE STAR CANDIDATE FOR THE LADIES' RACE AT EPSOM. Photograph by W .A. Rouch.) Although the race for the Oaks is always dwarfed by that of the Derby, it is a contest of great money value to ...

... his manual. His name is familiar in many countries, even where his achievements are unknown, by reason of the ski-binding named after him. Kitzbiihel lies at an altitude of between two and three thousand feet in the Austrian Tyrol. ...

... Owens River Valley. In the background is Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the United States (excluding Alaska), which was named after Professor J. B. Whitney, the most eminent American geologist of the last century. ...

... Scarborough fishing festival opened with a fresh-water fishing competition on the Mere, which lies below Oliver's mount, named after Oliver Cromwell. The festival week includes deep-sea fishing. ...

... A. DALGET T, THE MASTER, WITH THE TINE PACK, AFTER MEETING AT KINGSCLERE. The poet Cowper lived at Olney near the oak named after him and where the Grafton met last week. The tree shown on this page bears an appeal signed by the Marquis of Northampton ...

... of the Jockey Club and the] principal event on the first of the two days of the meeting was the Queenborough Handicap, named after one of the Stewards. Jockeys expressed the opinion after the meeting that the new course was a difficult one, and certainly ...

... NEWBURY FINISHES H. WRAGG RIDES HIS HUNDREDTH WINNER. A RACE NAMED AFTER THE MIGHTY ORMONDE: MR. E. M. SMITH'S RAVENSCAR (ON RIGHT) WHEN WINNING THE ORMONDE PLATE FROM LUFFNESS. A FRENCH SUCCESS IN THE BECKHAMPTON HANDICAP: M. JACQUES WITTOUCK'S IMPROVING ...

... SHOWING A PART OF THE GARDENS AND A WING: ANOTHER VIEW OF GOODWOOD HOUSE, WHICH CONTAINS MANY BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART. NAMED AFTER AN OLD FAMILY SERVANT, WHOSE HOUSE OCCUPIED THIS SPOT CARNE'S SEAT, A FAVOURITE CENTRE FOR PICNIC PARTIES. USED BY THE ROYAL ...

... FRANK CURZON'S HOPE: THE TIP AND THE HORSE WILL IT COME OFF? CALL BOY TIPPED ON THE AMATO WELL. The Amalo Inn at Epsom is named after the Derby winner of 1 838. It is passed by thousands on the way from the town to the Downs. Outside it stands a Well on ...

... A Robin Hood W,hen >'°u. fre, invit* t,° drink a r airbank cocktail, Cocktail. (j0 not jjjjuk that it is an appetiser named after the film actor, Mr. Douglas Fairbanks. The concoction was invented in celebra tion of a certain American Senator, who was ...

... usually made of satimvood, was often beautifully painted round the top legs and sides with scrolls of flowers. This table, named after the lady who ordered the first, had a great vogue from 1760 until 1830, during which time it was used by ladies as a ivork ...

... name but a few names. JACK HOBBS, WITH MRS. HOBBS, ADMIRES THE SWEET PEA BLOOM THAT HAS BEEN NAMED AFTER HIM. What's in a name A Sweet Pea bloom has been named after Jack Hobbs and the great man recently paid a visit, with Mrs. Hobbs, to the Horticultural ...