... OLD BONES OF THE RIVER, Will Hay's latest, is the highly efficacious mixture as before in a different coloured bottle. Here England's favourite school master visits Darkest Africa, and indulges in the wildest foolery in a pseudo-Sanders setting. With him are Graham Moffiatt and Moore Marriott (of course) Jack London, the famous runner of some years back, as a bad, educated negro, and a number ...

... By Ashley Courtenay NO one knows London thorough ly, particularly her hotels, and whilst all know by name the Dorchester, Claridges, the Savoy and the Carlton, these attract only the comparative few whose pockets are capacious. But beside these Society hotels is one in the heart of London and Piccadilly, overlooking Green Park, where the charges are roughly two- thirds less and yet there is no ...

... Bumping Races The Lents on the Cam BUMPING races started on the Cam just 102 years ago. Before then there was some college rowing, for a Trinity crew used to pull down the river, their coxswain sounding a bugle to intimate that they were ready for a race. In 1827, after the C.U.B.C. had been formed, bumping races were started. These took place three times a week and in the Lent Term there were ...

... IF Cambridge University win the Boat Race this year they will have to thank a woman for helping them Miss Laven, a Swedish physical -training expert. By regular weekly exercises, Miss Laven is building up the muscles of the crew to stand the strain of a gruelling race over the 4} miles from Putney to Mortlake. She finds that rowing develops some muscles abnormally while having little effect on ...

... Falls Trivial and Serious THIS DID THE DAMAGE this looks a case of facilis discensus, yet it proved the most serious fall of the day at Hurst Park, for E. Conlan, who was making his first appearance in public on Mr. J. V. Rank's G.B. in the Imber Novices Optional Selling 'Chase, broke his leg in two places. Probably the twisting movement as his feet touched the ground caused the double ...

... First Blood to the Navy Royal Air Force beaten at Twickenham THE Royal Navy took their first hurdle in the Inter-Services championship when they beat the Royal Air Force at Twickenham last Satur day by a goal and a try (8 pts.) to a penalty goal (3 pts.). They play the Army next week in what should prove to be the decisive match in the tournament. Last Saturday's match was of unusual interest ...

... THIS brown horse, which proved the best English-bred stayer of the year, stands 16-¼ hands and was foaled in 1933. By that great sire of stayers, Son-in-Law, he is out of Flying Sally, the dam of the Granville Stakes winner Wings of Love, by Gay Crusader, and the lesser winners, Woodcock and Yankee Clipper. Flying Sally was by Flying Orb, mares by whom have proved specially suited to Stratford ...

... I On Seeing j the Hit I SUPPOSE all golfers will have heard the expression See the club-head hit the ball, and will have read that crack golfers often say they can see this happen. I am not going to argue one way or the other, but I know that it is very difficult to focus your eyes on the back of the ball and then, having hit it, keep the gaze focussed on nothing, as it were. 1 nere seems ...

... Army and Territorial Boxing Titles Next Week's Treat at the Royal Albert Hall By B. Bennison TO-DAY week, March 3, at Albert Hall, the Army hold their championships and the Territorials decide their finals. It is an event outstanding in amateur sport. More than 200 entries have been received from widely different parts of this country and Northern Ireland, and although a deal of the wheat has ...

... j BYSTANDER MONTE CARLO FOURSOMES Winner, with F. Vagliano, of this year's Mixed Foursomes competition against bogey for the cups presented by The Bystander, was Miss Ruth Woodward, from U.S.A. She and her partner, a well- known Riviera player, won with one up. The competition is held annually on the course at Mont-Agel, s,yoo feet above Monte Carlo. THEIR BETTER HALVES From right to left Mrs ...

... THE U.S. women's squash team, who have come over to defend the Wolfe- Noel Cup, have wasted no time in starting their preparation. They played the first match of their tour early this week against the Transatlantic Club and have also met a London team and the Jesters' Club. To-day they are playing a Country team at Kensington Country Club. All the American players have entered for the women's ...

... |oqr GEORGE ALEXANDER JOHN G1ELGUD ,qv as JOHN WORTHING, J. P. 1 j oqr ROSE LECLERd EDITH EVANS q^q 1070 as LADT BRACKNELL 1 The 1895 pictures are taken from the Sporting and Dramatic of March 9 that year, when Oscar Wilde's play was first produced at the St. James's Theatre. Those of 1939 are of John Gielgud's revival which is being put on at a series of matinees at the Globe Theatre. ...