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Anglo-French Athletic Match

... I ONDON UNIVERSITY lost to Paris L University at Motspur Park last Saturday, but the London Schoolboys beat the Paris Schoolboys. The juniors' performances were often as good as and sometimes better than the seniors', but our schoolboys have had much more training and competition recently. In the Universities match, London only won one track event, the quarter-mile, but they won both jumps and ...

The Scamperdale Horse Show

... II I I T w m s.- 1ST. _* _ T COMPETITORS The entrants for the Foxcatchers' class, in which the hunter tr were required to jump two fences three feet high before being eligible to be judged. Mr. E. G. MacAndrew won this event on Garrick, and Mrs. Blois's Cornell was second THE ORGANISER: Mr. Sam Marsh, who organises this popular annual show, near Edenbridge in Kent, directs operations from the ...

First Offshore Race of the Season

... ORGANISED by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, the Thames Estuary Race, over a course of about 95 miles, was held for many years in October, but the short days and rough weather deterred many from racing, so, in 1936, it was decided to hold it in May, since when there have been many more entries, and this year a record of 23. The chief prize is a Laurel Wreath Trophy with a Silver Replica for ...

Champion & Wilton

... Champion Wilton Champion Wilton BY APPOINTMENT TO THE LATE KING GEORGE V. Saddlers and Harness Makers, m SAFETY SIDE SADDLES Unrivalled for Comfort and Safety for the rider, and ease for she Horse. 22 GUINEAS I Full Particulars on Application POLO SADDLES Clothing and every requisite for Polo stables. Telegraph Numnahs, London T elephotte Mayfair 0736 mg&r Complete with Girths, Stirrups and ...

MOSS BROS & CO LTD

... MOSS BROS CO LTD. MOSS BROS CO LTD. The great A- advantage of READY-TO-WEAR is that you can see the Suit on yourself before you buy. Over 2,000 suits in a fine range of patterns, of which there are more than 200 in your size alone. Z O gns. Also from 5J to S gns. COVENT GARDEN Corner of KING ST., BEDFORD ST., W.C.2 TEMple Bar 4477 (12 lines CATALOGUE ON REQUEST ...

Candidates for This Year's Derby: How they are bred and how they have run

... Candidates for This Year's Derby How they are bred and how they have run C A S A j\r 0 V A A chestnut colt by Hyperion-Double Life the dam of Pre cipitation. Was second to Galatea II., who received ry lb., in the Lingfield Park Spring Stakes. Ran moderately in the Guineas. Is small and belongs to Lady fia Wernher. ADMIRAL'S WALK: Chestnut colt by Hyperion-Tabaris by Roi Herode. Ran fourth in ...

The Action of the Racehorse: Blue Peter in Slow Work

... The Action of the Racehorse Blue Peter in Slow Work rT,HlS series of pictures, enlarged from a miniature cinema-film, show the sequence of move- J- ments better than any photographs we have seen for a long time. They were taken during morning exercise at Newmarket. Points to notice about the Derby favourite are how beautifully he puts his feet out in front of him and his power of straightening ...

Foreign Challenge at Henley

... Rowing THOUGH the overseas entries for Henley do not close for another week or two, there are likely to be Grand Eights from Canada as well as Australia; Germany probably will have crews in every event; the Americans are almost certain to be represented in the Grand and Thames Cups, and entries are ex pected from Norway and Hungary. This is very gratifying on Royal Henley's centenary, but it ...

SUMMER COMES TO TOWN

... Summer Comes to Town By LORNA CAMERON MODES OF THE MOMENT- THERE will soon have to be an English word for ensemble, now that two and three-piece outfits are so firmly established for wearing in town. They have an all through the day usefulness which appeals to women who go straight from the shopping in to lunch, on to a committee, and then to an informal sherry-party. Yet they are softer, ...

DUNLOP

... blossom time, the pleasure of your motoring is greatly enhanced by the smooth comfort of your FORT Tyres, with their safety-ensuring teeth. TYRES WITH TEETH TO BITE THE ROAD ...

A New Era in Hotel-Keeping

... By Ashley Courtenay LAST week I read a fascinating book, the life history of Cesar Ritz, written by the one who knew him best his wife. I question whether many of the present genera tion realise that there was even such a man as Ritz, for to-day the name has become a generic one for luxury. Yet it was Cesar Ritz, born ot humble Swiss parents, who did more than anyone to establish the luxury ...

Where Sea and Forest Meet

... By Ashley Courtenay WITH all the talk which one hears-- and how true it is-- of the glory of the Lakes, the Yorkshire Moors, the Scottish High lands, and the other districts which are renowned as beauty spots and playgrounds, one hears surprisingly little of the New Forest. Yet Southerners, if they did but appre ciate it, have here a beauty spot and a playground which is unequalled and ...