... MOUNTAIN sheep on their way to be sheared at Iventmere Valley, Westmorland. In these times sheep are an economic asset to the country, for they can fend for themselves, feed on grass, and thus make no demand upon the precious stocks of concentrated feeding -stuffs. There is also a lot of land that is suitable for no other purpose than carrying sheep, and by using this valuable acres can be ...

... Rapier on Racing Owners still waiting for a lead The case for a Subsidy Aga Khan offers Irish-bred Yearlings for sale SUBSCRIBERS to the Racing Calendar will have derived little comfort, I fear, from their perusal of its issue of July 11. Invited, on the one hand, to enter their foals, yearlings and produce for tempting events in 1941, 1942 and 1943, they are unable to find any encouraging ...

... Round the New Shows At the Theatre THE D'Oyly Carte Company have just con cluded a triumphant fortnight at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith. This brought their tour to a close-- a tour which has been, I understand, abundantly successful, with the exception of a sojourn at Brighton, where business was unsatisfactory. I fear that, what with one thing and another, it will be some time before ...

... THE RED CROSS lawn tennis match on the fine courts of the Recreation Club, Bournville, were well attended. In this doubles between F. J. Piercy and H. F. David and L. C. Choy and D. W. Butler, the former won by 6 6 -3. Earlier in the afternoon there had been an excellent drawn match between Mrs. Menzies and Jean Nicoll. MAGDALEN LISTER ROBINSON, younger daughter of Sir Roy Lister Robinson, ...

... MANY thousands of pounds- worth of splendid pedi gree cattle change hands annually at the Aberdeen-Angus Show and Sale in Perth. Buyers in peacetime come from all over the world to select stock for breeding purposes, and even in wartime travel long distances in order to be present. The Duke of Norfolk, Joint-Parlia mentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, and the Earl of Rosebery, ...

... SUNDRY hints and warnings (alas, only too authoritative!) that invasion is imminent, and reminders that gas-masks should always be carried, can hardly be described as an inducement to people to put time, money and energy into preparation for theatrical shows. None the less, such preparations are going ahead, and I consider that the profession deserves an extra pat on the back because of them. ...

... THE Tonbridge bowlers were in devastating form against T. C. Cobb's XI., and the School rounded off the season with a nine-wicket victory. T. R. R. Wood, the captain, H. R. O. Hubble and R. A. A. Smith shared the bowling honours, putting the visitors out for 104, a total which might have been poorer, for six wickets had been down for 49. Wood and G. R. Leahy, the School's opening pair, scored ...

... THE problem of feeding some seventy employees in war time conditions on Mr. David Lloyd George's estate, Bron-y-de, Churt, Surrey, has been solved and celebrated in a novel manner. The celebration took place on the ex-Prime Minister's 79th birthday. The solution was provided by Haslemere Urban District Council. An insulated motor van brings hot food to the restaurant, which has been made out ...

... MR. R. ROADNIGHT, who has a considerable farm at Britwell Salome, Watlington, Oxon, is a great believer in horse-traction, the use of which he has brought to a fine art. The two-wheeled gear and coupling illus trated ensures great economy of time for example, while the four-wheeled dung-cart is being unloaded and spread, the horses are free to return for another load. Other of Mr. Roadnight's ...

... TO care for the many- horses still being used by the Army, there is the Royal Army Veter inary Corps, with its hospitals and convales cent homes. These pic tures give an idea of a typical day's activities at one of the hospitals, where the sick and injured are treated, so that they are fit to play their part in the war machine. This part may yet prove to be a bigger one than we thought likely ...

... AMERICAN agriculturists, obsessed with their grave pre-war problems, reacted sharply to reality in 1935-39, and sought to reorient their farming on principles of a balanced agriculture. Now, faced with a new set of world conditions, they have sheered away from maximum wheat and cotton production in order to meet world requirements of high -protein foods-- poultry, pork, dairy products. They ...

... Jk \H°V SEVERN HANDICAP 'CHASE takes its name from the river flowing alongside the course. Lord Stalbridge's Tallin is leading over the water second time round. W. Hollick, in Mr. C. H. Blunt' s claret and yellow checks is riding Le Titien III. Black Brother won the race easily for Lieut. -Colonel N. Furlong. A BIG FIELD of nineteen runners was saddled for the Coventry Handicap 'Chase. Here ...