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The Car Mart Ltd

... B E N T L E Y The Silent Sports Car A 1 LITRE BENTLEY 4 DOOR SPORTS SALOON BY APPOINTMENT 146-50 Park Lan London, W.1. Grosvenor 343 Stanhope House, 3-4 Euston Rd„ N.W.1 Euston 1212 OFFICIALLY APPOINTED RETAILERS OF ROLLS ROYCE BENTLEY CARS ...

CINE-'KODAK'

... r/ciN^T Zli 'KODAK H ClN? 7 'KODAK /I Take J*1* sixpenn'orth of wet dog m Throw a movie shot of an animal or a child on the screen and your audience is with you from the start 1 It s so easy nowadays to make and show your own movies and very inexpensive too. With a Cine-' Kodak Eight, about sixpenny worth of film (developing included) would cover that complete little episode of Dingo ...

WM. GRANT & SONS LTD

... few An nil nrtthut nAA riCLL W l/V ALC JLJ.- Subtle Eouquet Wh Y)'iAtinctive BY HOST BY GUEST Km BY ALL PREFERRED! Br London Agents for Grant's Lijueur Scotch Messrs Hedges Butler Ltc., Wine Merchants 153, Regent Street, W'.i. ...

A MIXED BAG

... MESSRS. CARRERAS, LTD., the well-known manufacturers of cigarettes, had their annual outing recently at Southsea. Here are some of their girl employees enjoying the thrills of a ride in a speed boat. The factory girls, who numbered three thousand, were accorded a civic reception on their arrival. EPSOM COLLEGE v. OLD BOTS The College played off their annual fixture with their Old Boys which ...

ENDEAVOUR II

... 5 :SflSiSl MR. T. O. M. SOPWITH has decided to race his Endeavour II. in the forthcoming contest for the America's Cup, the first race of which is due to be sailed on July 31. In the preliminary tuning-up between the two Endeavours in American waters this summer, the newer vessel has demonstrated her all-round superiority on all points of sailing. Mr. Sopwith's method of selection has been to ...

HISTORY MADE AT SOUTHPORT: America's Ryder Cup Victory

... HISTORY MADE AT SOUTHPORT America's Ryder Cup Victory FOR the first time since its inception the Ryder Cup has been won by the visiting side, and America won at Southport this year entirely on their merits. In defence of our own team, however, it is only fair to state that the visitors were fresh from their own cham pionship, all keyed up for the occasion whereas our men had still the big ...

Start 1939 with a Healthy Holiday

... By Ashley Courtenay MOST of you who read this article will be probably reading it over the Christmas holiday, and some of you may be reading it on Christmas Day. So let me begin by offering very sincere good wishes to all my readers and saying again how pleased I shall be to help personally in cases where I can be of any assistance. Let us all hope that 1939 is going to be a year of happiness, ...

A Handy Dog for the Guns

... A Handy Do? for the Guns By A. Croxton Smith WHEN shooting men are gathered together it is not unusual for them to discuss which is the handiest all-round dog for those who have rough shooting or do not go in for driving. It is certain that the spaniels cannot be left out of count, for they can be trained to retrieve as well as beat covert. Which of these should be chosen will depend upon the ...

The Oldest Fencing Club in London

... THE London Fencing Club, now at 7, Cleveland Row, was the first fencing club in London. Founded by Charles Maynard, of the Life Guards, on July 13, 1848, at 213, Piccadilly (now a Lyons' tea-shop), the .Club had already by 1862 over 200 members. In 1862 the L.F.C. moved from Piccadilly to 51, Pall Mall, and thence in 1864 to Cleveland Row. The building in those days was one-storied, with a ...

Where Hockey Survived The Deluge

... HOCKEY in London and the Home Counties was severely restricted last week-end, many grounds being swamped, but Hampstead who play on the Richmond Athletic Ground, don't know what it is to have to scratch on account of rain. So their match with Bromley duly took place and despite a high and bitter wind and a sticky pitch, the hockey was fast and open. Had Hampstead taken their chances the result ...

Stowe v. A Veterans' XV

... 1 TO' finish the Rugby programme Stowe always entertain a team of Veterans, and this year the First Fifteen met a truly formidable side. Among the visitors were three old English caps, J. A. Tallent, P. C. Hordern and W. H. Weston one Scottish cap, A. L. Gracie and a Welsh trial player, A. D. Matthews. T. C. P. Crick (The Navy), some Blues and well-known club players made up the rest of the ...

The Decoy Owl

... THIS Tyrolese hunter claims to be the only man in his part of the world who shoots birds with an owl as decoy. He is frequently to be seen striding through the meadows in the valleys, his gun slung over his shoulder, on his back a big box, through the wire netting of which can be seen the beady eyes of a large owl. Generally in attendance are some of the boys from the village, who follow him ...