... C1 AIR WAY raced four times as a two-year-old, winning the Coventry Stakes (Ascot), the July Stakes (New market) and the Champagne Stakes (Doncaster). As a three-year-old he won the Newmarket Stakes, the Eclipse Stakes, the St. Leger and the Champion Stakes. As a four-year-old he won the Burwell Stakes (Newmarket), the Rous Memorial Stakes (Ascot), the Champion Stakes and the Jockey Club Cup. ...

... COR the first time, we believe, Rugby football was played on Sandown Park racecourse this was last Saturday, when London University Vandals beat a Royal Artillery side by 2 tries (6 points) to nothing. The R.A. XV had been collected by Dr. Rees Davies, the medical officer, and he ably captained the side from stand-off half. Jenkins, full back, Rees Davies and Marshall were the pick of the R.A. ...

... AN Army XV and Rosslyn Park had a rattling good game at Richmond last Saturday, the Army winning by 29 points to 19. The hard ground was in favour of open play and many of the attacks developed at a remarkable pace. A. F. Dawkins for the Army made one of his three tries at track runner's speed, and a passing movement with R. G. Oxborrow from his own 25 yards line with Dawkins going on to score ...

... Rapier on Racing A Flood of Entries for Newmarket Ante-Post Betting of the Cambridgeshire My Selections for Next Week Duke of Westminster's Lead Messrs. Tattersall's Sales IT seems that you can't keep a good sport down. Messrs. Weatherby's, working under war-time conditions, have been flooded with entries for the first of the war-period race meetings-- to be held at Newmarket on Wednesday and ...

... HARLEQUINS v. London Scottish showed that somehow or another the public will make it their business to get to a ground where good Rugby is provided, and so on Saturday the crowd at Richmond reached peace-time proportions. They were not disappointed. It was a good game and an ex citing one, which very pleasantly passed a sunny afternoon jgjP* TO THE FIELD OF BATTLE R. E. Prescott (left) leads ...

... Steeplechasing in the U.S.A. The Foxcatcher Meeting at Fair Hill, Maryland f-pHE steeplechase course on Mr. William du J- Pont's estate at Fair Hill is modelled on our own Grand National course at Aintree, and the Foxcatchers' Cup attracts the pick of the American 'chasers. It is a three-mile course with nineteen jumps. Of the fourteen horses named for the Cup, seven went to the post, and the ...

... WHEN writing golf articles, it is easy to fall into the habit of preaching; advising players not to lose their tempers, telling them to play with their heads, to think out every shot very care fully, and so on. What I am commenting on in this article comes near to being a sermon, but I hope just' misses. It is about using your pet shot to death. We all have been guilty of this, though our ...

... BEAGLING is being continued at Eton for the time being, although the College pack has been reduced in numbers. These pictures were taken of the meet at the Shooting Butts at the end of last week. A hare was soon found and killed within ten minutes. The pack according to present arrangements of the Master, W. S. Brownlow, are meeting twice a week, on 1 uesaays and Saturdays, meets being ...

... By Highwayman AT the beginning of this month I-- and possibly other men even greater and better-- got two surprises. First, there was the petrol rationing, and then, just as we were beginning to wonder whether after all we couldn't manage with the rations, came Sir John Simon like a wolf on the fold. Who, in the face of two such blows (not to mention the prospect of 25s. per h.p. next ...

... THE FIELD NEARING THE FINISH Here Flying Cloud III. (No. 27), in the centre of the picture, leads the 27 runners. No. g on the right is Azam Pasha, No. 33 is King Henry. Behind Flying Cloud III. is T. Lowrey, in Mr. J. S. Norton's cerise ant white diamond colours, riding Never Surprised which finished third. Nearest the camera on the left is Eran Bird; Dark Tolly, Roderick Dhu and Quartier ...

... rhe Cambridgeshire Class I There was a good field for the Class I. race, Meadow being the favourite at 10 to Coming to the dip Olein, drawn on the far side from the stands (nearest the camera) was well placed with Gyroscope in the middle of the course. Meadow was most prominent on the stands side and going easily. Suddenly Olein was heaten and Meadow failed to go on, leaving Gyroscope, No. 34, ...

... THE CROWD ALONG THE RAILS: Though favourites fared badly, the crowd were delighted to be racing again. A few soldiers and sailors were to be seen and a few gentlemen in statu pupillari, over from Cambridge in search of knowledge. AS USUAL STEEL HELMET: Prince Ras Monolulu is mighty glad to be racing again. Winners proved hard to find despite the tipsters. NO TOTE COMPETITION Bookmakers turned ...