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Hunting in the Welsh Mountains: A Day with the Ynysfor-- by Frank Ziegler

... Hunting in the Welsh Mountains A Day with the Ynysfor by Frank Ziegler THE mountains of Caernarvonshire and Merioneth are no country for those who hunt with the horse, yet they have echoed to the horn of the Ynysfor for nigh on to two hundred years. Amid the crags of Snowdon and Cnicht, right unto Dolgelley and the Rivals and the peaks of Lleyn, this pack of stout-hearted hounds has hunted the ...

Portrait of a Tough Guy: Tony Galento to Meet Joe Louis

... Portrait of a Tough Guy Tony Galento to Meet Joe Louis THE PUGILIS TIC BARREL above brings up a fellow from his cellar. Tony is said to train on beer-- just lifting it up and put ting it down you know. FREAK OR CLOWN? Tony Galento, the amazing Italian- American saloon keeper who hopes one day to be world heavy-weight champion, in training at Newark, N.J. His moiderous left hook has failed to ...

WOMEN AND SPORT: First Outdoor Lawn Tennis of the Season

... WOMEN AND SPORT I First Outdoor Lawn Tennis of the Season A COMING STAR Youthful Miss Jean Nicoll showed in the tournament that one day she may win the Women's Singles at Wimbledon. She is seen here playing in the final against Miss A. M. Yorke, whom she beat g 7, 3 6, 6 2. MRS. LITTLE'S COME-BACK Better known as Dorothy Round, Mrs. Little made her first appearance in competitive tennis at the ...

A Gateway to Surrey

... By Ashley Courtenay AVERY popular place for those who wish to live outside London is Esher, and to de scribe Moore Place Hotel as a gate way to beautiful Surrey is as apt a definition as one could give. Esher, of recent years, has grown from a small village into a budding town, and it is not until one passes through the main street that con stitutes a part of the Portsmouth road and reaches ...

London's Professional Lawn Tennis Carnival: Burlesque, Table Tennis and Badminton

... London's Professional Lawn Tennis Carnival Burlesque, Table Tennis and Badminton EIGHT of the world's finest professional lawn tennis players finished their fortnight's tournament at Olympia last Tuesday. The tournament was magnificently staged, yet this feast of professional talent did not draw the expected crowds. The tournament for £1500 in prizes was an American one, with each game ...

Sir Alexander Maguire's Workman

... A NINE- YEAR- OLD brown gelding by Cottage-- Cariella, by Craiganour's Argen tine son, Caricato, Workman was bred by Mr. P. J. O'Leary. He was not thought a lot of as a foal, and changed hands for a trifling sum. Later Mr. R. de L. Stedman and Mr. T. Gorman acquired him, and with him won the four-and-a-quarter-mile La Touch Memorial Steeplechase at Punchestown in 1936. In the spring of 1937 ...

The Worcestershire: With Lady Dudley's Cup

... The Worcestershire With Lady Dudley's Cup THERE was the usual huge crowd at the Worcestershire Point to-Point atCrowle,thehill looking like a giant colony of ants when viewed from a distance and, although the class of entry in Lady Dudley's Cup must be considered the worst for some years, the racing was good throughout, the Adjacent Hunts' Race being particularly excit ing. Captain Currie fell ...

How James Adams Plays a No. 6 Iron Shot

... JAMES ADAMS twice has been runner-up for the Open Championship, in 1936 and last year, and is bound to be among the Professional prize-winners this season. His approach play, as expected of one whose favourite shots are an iron and a mashie-niblick, is magnificent in its accuracy. Adams was born at Troon in 1910, and from 1932 has represented Scotland every year in the professional ...

Branksome Foursomes: Successful Week-End Meeting at Parkstone

... Branksome Foursomes Successful Week-End Meeting at Parkstone BRANKSOME HANDICAP: W. R. Skinner (left) and H. F. Benka (Brookmans Park) won the Branksome Foursomes Handicap. PARKSTONE PANORAMA Sand, pines and gorse lie on every hand to snare the unwary. A view from above the yth green. SCRATCH AND HANDICAP WINNERS The 36 holes Branksome Scratch Cup was won by J. H. Thompson (left) and Lord ...

First Big Golf Prize of the Season for Cotton

... THE SCOREBOARD after Jour rounds had been played in the Daily Mail £2,000 Golf Tournament at Queen's Park, Bournemouth. Cotton headed the list with 2Q2 only to be caught by Compston, who also returned a last round of 71 to lie with Cotton for first place. Third was D. Curtis Queen's Park, Bournemouth) with a total of 296, four strokes behind Compston and Cotton. GALLANT LOSER A Compston ...

Training Fitness Leaders

... THE Central Council of Recreative Physical Training, which is working closely with the National Fitness Council, has arranged a series of courses for the training of men and women leaders and organisers of outdoor and indoor recreation. A three months' residential course for men will be held at Loughborough College, Leicestershire, from April to July. there will be Summer Schools for women at ...

From Cocktails to Port

... THE young wife was telling her friend about the quarrel she had with her husband. And now he's left the house, she added tearfully. Oh, I wouldn't let that worry you, said her friend. After all, he's done that before. Yes, but he's taken his dart board with him this time, said the unhappy one. My good man, asked the lady of the house, how did you come so low as to go round the country ...