... Hockey Trials Starting THE selection of the English hockey team is an exceedingly protracted business. It begins usually on the first Saturday of the year and continues week by week without a break till the end of February, or later, there being nine trial matches. This season the first of these trials, South-East v. South-West, took place on the last Saturday of the old year, and the final ...

... Now tor International Rugby Probables-- Possibles and Others By Our Rugby Correspondent IN a fortnight's time we will all be flocking down to Twickenham to watch the first of the season's International matches-- England v. Wales-- and we are also pleasantly aware that the Services are busy team-building in preparation for their annual tournament and that the County championship has reached an ...

... MODES OF THE Moment By LORNA CAMERON CHRISTMAS and New Year are over, but the gaiety goes on in the South of France and on sunshine cruises. This delightful frock is more practical than it may appear, for the spotted net an Edwardian revival packs easily and takes up very little room. Swirled frilling gives a slim line to the skirt, emphasised by the very full-blown rose at the waist. The ...

... JONES: Sorry, old chap, but I'm looking for a little financial succour again. Smith I'm afraid you'll have to look elsewhere. I'm not the little financial sucker I used to be. The Editor had died and gone below. Scarcely had he arrived when he received the most colossal slap on the back. Turning, he saw a contributor who had pestered him on earth. Well, sir, said the free-lance, I'm here ...

... THE annual match between English schoolboys, selected by the Richmond club, and Scottish schoolboys, selected by London Scottish, was played at Richmond last Friday and won by the English side by 2 goals and a penalty goat (13 points) to 2 tries (6 points.) Several reputations were enhanced during the game, especially that of the English captain, P. R. H. Hastings, who showed promise of ...

... The Camera Right Inside ie Golf Swing rPHESE remarkable golf photographs were taken at a demonstration by A. G. Spalding and Brothers, the American branch of the famous sports firm, at the opening of a new research department in the testing laboratory at Chicopee, Mass. The pictures were taken in the dark with the camera lens open, through high-speed flashes from a stroboscopic light. Through ...

... Farr's Next Fight with Red Burman Harvey in Search of an Opponent By B. Bennison NO fighter within my recollection, what ever his standing, weight or nationality, has been more richly endowed with the quality of perseverance than Tommy Farr; nor can I recall one less sensitive to failure. For, you see, he confided in our last talk, I have never lived in 'Easy Street.' It's been rough ...

... TEN years after the rubber-cored ball made its entry into golf, Harry Vardon said that the big difference between the new ball and the gutty was in the run and not in the carry. He said that the carry was the same, but whereas in the old days, as only the carry counted, the ball had to be struck correctly to go a certain distance, with the rubber-cored ball a mishit shot with a low flight ...

... C Shorting [Accessories I By DIANA ,5Ae iAaK have music wherever she goes with this fob and brace let of hand-carved musical charms from Mayfair Gifts, 20a, Berke ley Street. Each instrument is made in a different kind of wood. The card bracelet, for I 8s. 6d., will bring you luck at bridge. Perfect for yachts but good at any crowded party is Mappin and Webb's non-spill cocktail holder. The ...

... Thoughts on the Cars ot 1938 Impressions gained during a Year's Tests By Highwayman IT would be a poor sort of year of which one could not honestly say that its cars showed an advance over those of its predecessor. During the past twelve months I have had for trial 35 different cars from 22 different makers. They have ranged in size from 10 to 42 h.p. and in price from £182 to £1,660. Most, ...

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... By A. Croxton Smith MRS. SOUTHWICK'S Hunston Kennels of smooth fox-terriers are situated in that bracing little town, Hunstanton, on the Wash, which seems an ideal place for dogs. The stimulating dry air and miles of firm sand and dunes are all conducive to their well-being. One would not expect any strange misadventure to occur there, yet recently an incident happened as unusual as it was ...