... By A. Croxton Smith YEARS ago an English gentle man resident in Italy, bearer of a name distinguished in literature, tried to enlist my interest in the sheepdogs of the Maremmas. He doubted if they really belonged to the Maremma, or marshy district of Tuscany, because one that belonged to him disliked the heat intensely, seek ing the coolest corner of the house in the summer, whereas, however ...

... The Ascot Meeting Backers fare badly Flyon Wins the Gold Cup Flying Rose of Eng land colt Panorama and Por- tobello beaten Weekend hints SO yet another Ascot is over. How foolish are those people who suggest that there should be two meetings a year. There could not be two Ascots in a year any more than there could be two Goodwoods or two Derbies. An attempt was once made and it failed. The ...

... French Boxing The 200-Year-Old La Savate Still Survives BOXING, or the noble art of self-defence, was first developed in its present form in England. Yet, strangely enough, a different type of boxing, with rules of its own, originated in France in the seventeenth century and is still practised by French sportsmen under the name of La Savate. Ca-r- pentier as a boy and Francis Descamps were ...

... The Dare -Devil Riders Courage, Skill and Endurance of the T.T. Motor-C/clist THE START OF AN ISLE OF MAN T.T. Every June the most skilled motor-cyclists in the world gather in the Isle of Man for the annual Tourist Trophy races. Here are the competitors lining up for the start of the Junior race, junior only in that their machines are under 350 c.c. the riders are veterans at the game. Sixty ...

... HENRY Cotton and Charles Whitcombe tied at 18 points in the Penfold invitation tournament at Little Aston last week, where the twelve leading professionals in the country met one another in a series of eleven matches. The match between Cotton and R. A. Whitcombe on the last day was the game of the week. Out in 31, Cotton was 2 up and he won at the 17th, though Whitcombe was playing brilliantly ...

... Boxing's Farce of the Century Joe Louis Will Shatter the Galento Myth in Wednesday's World Title Fight By B. Bennison ON Wednesday, at the Yankee Stadium, New York, Joe Louis will defend the heavyweight championship of the world against Tony Galento. My acquaintance with the challenger began and ended on a night in Jack Dempsey's bar over a mug of beer, at which, for the delectation of myself ...

... THE Royal Ocean Racing Club began their 1939 season with races to the Weser and the Solent, instead of the more usual Heligoland and Maas races, and the new events proved equally popular, both to the large and small classes, attracting together forty-three entries. There was the usual German and Dutch entry for the big class, such well-known ocean racers as Zeearend, Helgoland, Roland von ...

... Astai re- Rogers Film with a Sad Ending The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle VERNON CASTLE (Fred Astaire), a slap-stick come dian, and Irene Foote (Ginger Rogers), a dance-mad girl, decide to team up in New York as dance partners. The inev itable happens. Irene Foote becomes Irene Castle, and, after many vicissitudes, in which the scene moves from New York to Paris, the partnership has a ...

... HAMPTON SONS HAMPTON SONS 6, ARLINGTON STREET, ST. JAMES'S, S.W.I. Telephone: Regent 8222 (15 lines). Telegrams: Selanlet, Piccy, London. A DIGNIFIED GEORGIAN HOUSE with panelled rooms and other features. RURAL BERKSHIRE. 7 MILES FROM READING. 45 MINUTES LONDON. Drive approach. Lounge hall, billiard room. 3 reception. 12 bedrooms. 4 bathrooms. Electric light. Central heating. Main gas and ...

... By Ashley Courtenay IF you are the sort of person whose holiday is enriched by unusual surroundings, you ought to know of Taymouth Castle at Aber- feldy in Perthshire. Half the benefit of a holiday lies in the change it brings, and I know of no better anti dote to cares and worries, business and domestic, than to live for a month in this castle on the Tay. Before going to Taymouth Castle, you ...

... By A. Croxton Smith WINDSOR is full of memories, mostly pleasant, for what is known officially as the show of the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Canine Association, and colloquially as just Windsor, is one of the events at which we all like to be present. Held in the Home Park, almost under the shadow of the Castle on the hill, it wants only decent weather to bring it near the ideal, and when judging ...

... With a Fly Rod in Lovely Connemara Where Brown Trout are Large and Plentiful THE angler after his salmon and trout, and the traveller in search of unspoiled country, will delight in Ireland. And of all Ireland, surely Connemara is the best spot. Here on the West Coast of Eire above Galway, is a wild country, with the Twelve Pins rising to heaven in the centre, and the Atlantic Ocean thundering ...