... WHAT IT COSTS TO OWN A RACEHORSE Lord Derby's Estimate £250 a Year Where the Money Goes £48,000,000 in Circulation By SCAMPERDALE RACING is a rich man's sport. That statement admits of no dispute, for, in the light of the facts recorded hereafter, it will be abundantly proved that no man of moderate means can take an active part in ownership or training, or even racing itself, unless he ...

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... BRITAIN'S MOST AMAZING BIRD COLONY E g sis' and cove'r Acres of Island Cliffs and Fields IN the Inquisition of that wealthy knight, Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, who died in 1324, there is given among his possessions the pasture of the islands of Skalmeye and Stok- holm. These are about the earli est coherent records we possess of those interesting Pembrokeshire islands of Skokholm or ...

... FOR OPEN-AIR OCCASIONS What the WelUdressed Man=About=Country is Wearing this Season By FONTH1LL BECKFORD ASCOT is behind us, and many a man will wish to forget what must have proved a disastrous meeting from the financial point of view: what with outsiders winning the big races it was not a pleasant job making up one's books at the end of the week, for Ascot is, in my opinion, the most ...

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... GORDON Rl( RDS' LOYALTY And Other Racing N Rapier I AM unable to write on the St. Leger this week. A talk about the race and its outcome must, therefore, be reserved until next week. Something about jockeys may have a specially topical note in anything written. For instance, it is known that the long association between Lord Derby and his jockey, Tommy Weston, is ending with the close of ...

... THE general opinion on last Monday's fight at the White City appears to be that Petersen did everything that was expected of him. He had lost none of his fire and enjoyment of fighting, but he had learnt to keep his energy under control, to watch and wait when neces sary, and to take one or two really staggering blows without remaining shaken for more than an instant. The fact that by the end ...

... THE £1,040 GOLF TOURNAMENT AT WALTON HEATH Why Cotton Is Not Playing The Discovery of Sam King Will He Become A Champion? By A ROVING PLAYER SOME of the glamour of the £1,040 tournament, unofficially known as the British Match-Play championship, which takes place next week at Walton Heath, is lost by the absence of Henry Cotton. This is the first time he has missed com peting in an event in ...

... A ROBIN HOOD Mrs. K. Everett bends a pretty bow. She is to-day's inheritor of the Sherwood tradition, and bearer of the proud title of Champion Archer of the West of England CONCENTRATION Mrs. R. Moxon and Miss W. Inderwick regard the flight of the Gray Goose feather as a matter of the most supreme moment and why not There is nothing new-fangled about bowmanship AT THE BUTT Who's Who Among ...

... THE WILD RED DEER OF MARTINDALE Stalking on the Lakeland Fells By RICHARD CLAPHAM DEER forests are usually associated with Scotland, but in the county of Westmor land there lies a range of hills on which, from time immemorial, the wild red deer have made their home. These hills comprise the deer forest of Martindale, situated in the heart of the Lake District. Ullswater Lake is the dividing ...

... , , 1935 ROVER TESTED Built to the same high ideals of Quality and Performance as their predecessors, the Rover 1935 models are away to a literally flying start. Read the result of the first independent Road Test carried out by The Motor and reported in the issue of 14.8.34 ACCELERATION ROVER 10 ROVER 14 from standstill to 50 m.p.h. 19-2/5 sees. 17-1/2 sees. SPEED 66.7 m.p.h. 69 m.p.h. ...

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