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... [A Page From Mexico] TT is pleasant, these wintry days, to turn to a new world of warmth and sunshine. Here are golfers about their business at the glorious Cueruavaca Country Club, in Mexico. But those not accus tomed to heights have to go gently till they have become used to the rarefied air, for at 6,000 feet strenuous exercise makes you puff. The second green of the Cueruavaca Country Club ...

... By A. Croxton Smith OF the eleven breeds classified by the Kennel Club as toys, the Pekingese continues to maintain the popularity that was asserted in the opening years of this century. Up to that time Pomer anians had held sway, and, before they came in the 1870's, favour was divided between King Charles spaniels and pugs, although we had Italian greyhounds, graceful and dainty as well. The ...

... AW AT FROM JORDANS The field galloping down the road after a good fox had gone away from Jordans, the first draw. This stronghold of foxes has been well cubbed, with the result that it is possible to get foxes away with some despatch. NOT THAT WAT: Hounds on the main-road side of Hullers. They cast themselves but could not hit off a line, the fox having refused to face the main road. GONE TO ...

... Another Drawn Match With South Africa The Second Test at Newlands,' Cape Town AFTER a delayed start on the first day owing to rain, at Newlands, Cape Town, England knocked up 131 for 2 and went on to score a record total of 553 for 8 on the second day. W. R. Hammond, instead of declaring at this over-night total, waited until Wright's wicket fell, then declared at 559 for 9, and few realised ...

... MISS VERONICA WILLIAMS, one of the few breeders of Basenjis in this country, has four grown dogs and two litters of five puppies each at her kennels at West Meon, Hants. These barkless dogs, first imported from the Belgian Congo by Mrs. Burns a few years ago, are the hunting dogs of some of the native tribes of Central Africa. Miss Williams started in 1937 with one dog. Of the present ...

... THE unbeaten Taunton School were up from the West Country last week with high hopes of defeating Rutlish, for only two schools R.N.C. (Dartmouth) and Blundells had succeeded in crossing the Taunton line last term. Rutlish, with no mean record themselves, they had scored 438 points to 44 and only lost once, were the better side last Friday and won by 14 points to 11. Neither team was at full ...

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... AFTER the war, when Squash Rackets became a popular game for men, a few sisters and cousins started playing as well. It was a small band, but these ladies were so enthusiastic that they held their first championship the same year as the men. This was in 1922. Ten years later the Ladies' Committee of the Squash Rackets Association was formed, with Lady Aberdare as the first Chairman. Now the ...

... A Mixed Bag of Sport Not too Old at Forty THE long run of foreign victories in the Diamond Sculls by German, Austrian, Swiss and American scullers is becoming a sad and monotonous story. Not for years has there been an Englishmen who has had the faintest chance of competing successfully against them. Now comes a ray of hope. Jack Beresford, the famous Olympic sculler and oarsman, is seriously ...

... Competitive Play Not So Popular Fewer Entries for Championships and Tournaments THE cause of the decline in the number and quality of entries for many of the cham pionships and tournaments this season is the subject of considerable speculation. Various reasons have been advanced to account for it. Some people, pointing to the steady increase in the number of competitive events in recent years, ...

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