... ON Tuesday we shall be at Ascot once again. There is no meeting in the world like it. There may be some, such as Doncaster in September or Epsom in the summer, where individual prizes exceed the maximum for any par- ticular race at Ascot; but there is nowhere either in England or abroad where every race is a sweep- stake to which not less than a thousand pounds is added and which keeps this up ...

... An Ascot Questionnaire Test Your Memory: Then turn to page 564 for the answer A SCOT and racing history go hand in hand for comparatively few of the great horses of their day have not run there, though by no means ail have managed to win there. It may well be described as the King's private meeting, although at the present day the actual land on which the course is laid out is not the freehold ...

... THE ROYAL PROCESSION The carriage conveying T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke and Duchess of Kent before turning into the Royal Enclosure. The Royal Box is in the background. FINISH OF A RACE A view taken from behind the photographers' stand by the number board. The red and white posts mark gaps in the rails, to allow people to cross the course. RETURNING T 0 SCALE The ...

... LORD GRANARD His Majesty's Comptroller at Ascot, married a daughter of the late Mr. Ogden Mills who carries on his racing interests in France. SIR HUGO CUNLIFFE 0 WEN The owner of Rockfel with Mrs. Ossy Bell, the wife of his trainer. Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen is chairman of the British American Tobacco Company and lives at Ascot. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH Photographed on the last day of Epsom with ...

... Time Marches On Changes at Ascot Since Queen Victoria's Day THE cross-word puzzle of various Biennial and Triennial stakes King Edward VII. 's reforms when photographers could work in the paddock THE PADDOCK /JV VICTORIAN DATS: There was no parade ring, and it was up to people to keep clear of the horses' heels. The paddock is filled with barns and stable buildings long since swept away. In ...

... THE twenty-one-year-old South African won the seventy-two-holes challenge match with R. A. Whitcombe at Coombe Hill by 6 and 5 and so won the major share of the ^1000. Locke finished the first thirty -six holes 2 up, and on the second day Whitcombe threw away his chances by some really crooked tee shots, while Locke took the chances offered him and ended the challenge at the thirteenth in the ...

... The American Open Championship is Now On I noughts on bpring riiu and the Players THE Open Championship of America began at the Spring Mill course of the Philadelphia Country Club yes- terday and ends to-morrow. The Phila delphia Country Club was started in 1890, and its first golf course, a short nine-hole affair, was laid out in 1892. The club, in- cidentally, was the second admitted to ...

... Champions After wenty-five Years COR the first time for twenty-five years, London Hospital won the Inter-Hos pitals Championships at Motspur Park. They scored 69 points and got first place in nine of the sixteen events. St. Bartholomew's were second with 36 points, and Guy's, champions for the last four seasons, just beat St. Thomas's for third place by 25 points to 24. R. K. I. Kennedy ...

... j OFF TO U.S.A. THEY HOPE: Some of the 400 model aeroplane enthusiasts who competed for the Wakefield International Trophy at Hayes. Six of them, who got through to the final, will enjoy a trip to America, where the competition will be concluded. Left RECORD BREAKER Miss B. Reid, who won three events at a recent Mitcham A.C. meeting, repre sented the club last Saturday against a team of Dutch ...

... By Highwayman THE task was set me the other day of plan- ning a tour in France for a couple who have never taken a car abroad before. It was a labour of love. Of course, I would rather have been planning a tour for myself in unknown country. Next to that comes the fun of introducing fresh minds and eyes to joys of motor touring, and of recapturing through them the hrst hne careless rapture ot ...

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... Miss Jean Nicoll's Best Y et. AT Beckenham last week sixteen-year-old Jean Nicoll met Miss Alice Marble, champion of the United States, in the third round of the singles. Miss Nicoll lost the first set at 6 3, but all nine games were close, and then won the second at 8 6. In the third, Miss Nicoll only needed two points for a 4 1 lead, but lost them, and Miss Marble eventually went out at 6 3. ...