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Rapier on Racing

... To Newbury Again More French Victories Ascot Hopes and Fears-- -Au Revoir to Newmarket At Newbury on Wednesday and Thursday THE Racing Calendar dated November 2 consisted of eleven pages-- a noble and heartening document. It is true that the largest part of it seemed to consist of advertise ments and of indices of Horses and Persons Mentioned in the Forfeit Lists. On the other hand, it ...

Wrist Snap: R. A. Whitcombe's Drive

... Wrist Snap R. A. Whitcombe's Drive DO you hit past your body as well as our 1938 Champion does in the pictures Nos. 4 to 7 Notice how the club-head overtakes the body and how solid and sure is this drive. Did you know that the snap of the wrist as we hit the ball means stopping the hands and allowing the club-head to go through To accelerate the speed of the club, the hands work this way the ...

More News of Lawn Tennis Stars

... ELIZABETH GLASCOCK winner of the Challengers Squash Cup and always an umpire at Wimbledon is a Company Assistant in the A.T.S. Her unit is one of the Shire regiments attached to an A. A. Regiment. EVA POROKOVA (R.), champion of Bohemia- Moravia, and Patina Nechvilova one of the premier players there were unable to get home before war broke out. They are teaching German in a school at Putney. ...

Round the New Shows: French For Love; Juarez; Runaway Love

... Round the New Shows His Majesty's Guest (Shaftesbury, 8.30) THE Shaftesbury has reopened with a play about crooks which is, however, not a crook-play in the accepted sense. This theatre had been closed for a considerable time, and now displays a hero (of sorts) who has done it. A middle-aged baronet had forged his way into Maidstone prison, or some similar institution, and on his release was ...

Wellington Entertain and Beat Marlborough

... ON a perfect autumn afternoon and on ground that was in splendid condition despite early morning rain, Wellington played very well to beat Marlborough, their visitors, by 23 points (2 goals, 3 tries and a drop goal) to nothing. This big score rather flatters the winners, for they were Inter-Schools Rugby A CHEERFUL GROUP OF WELLING TON! ANS ALONG THE TOUCH LINE. WELLINGTON TEAM: Back row (I. ...

HENRY COTTON ON GOLF: And How Do You Putt?

... HENRY COTTON ON GOLF And How Do You Putt CHARLES YATES (U.S.A.) Stiff-wristed action palms opposing reverse overlapping grip wide stance uses elbows in the stroke. E. D. HAMILTON (Ralston) Holds club right at the top of the shaft right thumb does the guiding shut to open system. A. S. G. THOMPSON (Aldeburgh) An aluminium putter right index finger extended down shaft stroking action. ELEVEN ...

HARRY HALL LTD

... Harry Hai 1. Harry Hai 1. Higheic awardi. 12 Gold Medali Etc. over 45 years. Governing Director .Harry Hall) THE Recognised House for OFFICERS' Service Dress NAVAL, R.A.F. MILITARY MADE-TO-MEASURE From Actual Photo. ONLY MAKERS of the HALLZONE IDEAL GOLD MEDAL RIDING BREECHES from 42/- at shortest notice I Correct in every detail. Officially appointed TAILORS TO THE R.A.F. MILITARY I Finest r ...

Player's

... a&r*9 av4 ■mm t-.-WMm i-- i 4>OOI) TASTE marks her choice in most things. With cigarettes her pre ference is 'cork-tipped', but for good taste she knows they must always be PLAYER'S CORK-TIPPED MEDIUM OR MILD 10 for 7d 20 for 1/1JD 1_ J N.C.C. 4S61> ...

Opening Meets of Four Packs: A Sporting Gesture by Bicester Farmers

... Opening Meets of Four Packs A Sporting Gesture by Bicester Farmers THE BICESTER The opening meet for the northern area was at Edgcote Park, where the Mixed Pack is now kennelled through the kindness of Mr. Raymond Courage, the bitches remaining at Stratton Audley. Colonel Buxton and Mrs. Field-Marsham are carrying on as Joint- Masters of the two reduced packs, with Clarence Johnson, who has ...

Oxford Freshmen's Cross country

... LAST season's Master of the Eton College Beagles, M. de Chair, won the Oxford University Freshmen's cross country race last week under bad conditions and from a small entry. The race was over the usual 7 J miles course, and de Chair finished a long way ahead of the second man, D. H. Cox. THE START of the Oxford Freshmen's 7$ miles cross-country race held last week under bad conditions. The ...

The Chiddingfold

... THE attendance was small, but representative of the wartime meets, when the Chiddingfold met at Scotsland Farm, near Godalming, Surrey. But for poor visibility, the weather was good as hounds moved off to Cowgate Oaks, where foxes were numerous, almost too plentiful for good sport. Hounds soon found here, but the fox went to earth immediately in the extreme edge of the covert this caused ...