... __| THE -second Test match against South Africa at Cape Town, like the first at Johannesburg, was drawn, and here are Hutton, back again after his injury in the match against the Transvaal, and P. A. Gibb, who did so well in the first Test, going out to open our first innings at Newlands. England started badly, for Hutton was bowled by Gordon at 17 'and Paynter, who made two centuries at ...

... Owners and Club Admission Leicester Details Perfect Part's Double Success An in teresting Sandown Macaulay's Great Win Bahuddin keeps his Reputation Dark Way Impresses Newbury Hints RACING last week, particularly that at Sandown Park, was most interesting. As so often happens, the age-old dispute between certain racecourse executives and owners who are refused admission to the Club enclosure ...

... UNTIL Foxborough II's brilliant display in the Middle Park Stakes, many people regarded Panorama as the best two-year-old of last season, although he never met Portobello, who is put above him in the Free Handicap, although also of sprinting blood. By Sir Cosmo out of Happy Climax (a winner of three races and some £1300 herself, and dam of three other winners of small races in England and one ...

... AN infra-red photograph of the first flight of ducks over the line of butts at Lord Rothschild's -famous duck shoot on the Tring Reservoirs, in Hertfordshire. A day with the guns there is illustrated on the following pages. ...

... To Henry Cotton, cjo Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Sir, I have been reading your article in the Sporting and Dramatic News for 6th inst. and thought it might possibly interest you that many years ago the carry of the tee shots in a match between Douglas Rolland and Hugh Kirkcaldy was measured at every hole. This match was played over the course of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club (now ...

... A BELL-BOY passed through the lobby of the exclusive hotel. Young man, remonstrated the manager sternly, you should know that it is against the rules of this hotel for an employee to whistle while on duty. I am not whistling, sir, replied the employee, I'm paging some body's dog. It's certainly a cold winter, isn't it This is nothing. When I was born it was so cold the stork couldn't make ...

... (2)fiorting {/Accessories By DIANA Keeping fit is made easy by this efficient sculling machine from George Grose, New Bridge Street, Ludgate Circus. Both its length and strength are adjustable. There is a sliding seat and the oars can be rotated for feathering, so that it provides useful row ing practice as well as healthy exercise. This smaller picture shows how easily Grose's rowing ...

... , , tEbts Knglanb From Birdlip, Gloucester THE masters of old who cast the greatest spell in words shewed the most indifference to the spelling of words. To say that this and this only is correct, by law and lexicon would have been dismissed by Shakespeare (Shakespear, Shakespere?) as a fussy hindrance to the freedom of his art. What boots it how a word be spelt, if thought be clear and its ...

... By A. Croxton Smith OPENING my morning's letters the other day I came on one containing several photographs and as my eye lighted on the upper most I exclaimed involuntarily, What a cocker? You, my readers, will probably think something similar when you see this picture of Falconers Confidence, winner of eight challenge certificates for Mrs. Jamieson Higgens. Breeders, whenever they come ...

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... Rapier on Racing Rain and more rain-- Favourites fail at Derby Terrible going at Li ngfield Newbury details Tallin's smart win-- Treble for Miss Paget Week-end hints I HAVE come to the conclusion that the man who wrote the song It ain't going to rain no more, must be a liar. It rained good and plenty last week, as the author would probably have said; and I like to think that some of my ...

... A SOMEWHAT experimental English team did all that was asked of it at Twickenham, and beat Wales by a try to nothing. The eight new internationals each proved their worth and the seven older hands brought just that touch of experience and solid value which was needed to weld the whole fifteen into a team. True, it was a day made for England, and their victory was not altogether unexpected in ...