... By A. Croxton Smith OF the exhibitors at Cruft's great show the other week, one of the most delighted was Miss Constance Carpenter, the actress. Her Maltese, Invicta Jack Frost, became a champion, an honour to which all aspire and so few, com paratively, attain. She was not alone in her pleasure, for others that came under my notice as reaching the House of Lords were Mr. W. F. Holmes's ...

... COR once in a way attack was at least the equal, if not the superior, ol defence in the University hockey match, and few minutes passed without an incident to encourage the hopes of one side or the other Cambridge won by 3 goals to 2 mainly because they were unexpectedly the bettei balanced side. Their defence, which was regarded with some suspicion even in the neighbourhood of Barton Road, ...

... THIS season the Rugby Football Club are celebrating their jubilee and they can look back with some pride on their fifty years of service to the game. One uses the word service, for have contributed much, both in players and tradition, to the enjoyment of those who follow Rugby football to-day. In 1888, the Carlton and Redland Park Rugby Clubs were merged into the Rugby Football Club, and ...

... From the Water-Colour Drawing by J. C. Harrison Reproduced by Courtesy of Messrs. Vicars Bros., 12, Old Bond Street, W.x. ...

... Oxford Well Tested Strong Professional Team Wins at Southfield LAST Thursday, A. J. Lacev took a formidable team of professionals, including a number of Walker Cup players, to Southfield, and giving the Oxford University players a start of three holes, the visitors won by '6 matches to 3, with six games halved. It was a grand day for golf, and the play generally was equal to the day. THE ...

... THE Territorial matches ended with Midlands as the winners, followed closely by West. East achieved only a wooden spoon. Midlands had a great game with West on a lovely ground at Cheltenham and lost by 5 goals to 3. This was their only loss. Later they played and beat South at Stafford by 2 goals to o. The final game, in which North beat East, was at Old Trafford. The English team to meet ...

... cccss&vies r By DIANA Ready for a round this player carries her tees on a neat leather wrist strap, which costs js. 6d. On her left wrist is a golf scorer, for 6s. 6d., an in genious device with a knob at the side for altering the figures. Both from Rivoli, in Gooch's, Knightsbri dge. It may rain, but it will not affect the golfer protected by this umbrella from Spald ing's, 318 High Hol- born ...

... 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 ...