... A YEAR ago St. Bees School talked of closing down after 355 years of existence unless some help were forthcoming. To-day the old school houses are full again, for Mill Hill have left their comfortable London heights for the wilds of Cumberland, and so one of our most flourishing and one of our oldest Public Schools have joined forces. But the schools, though such close neighbours, live a ...

... The .ast of Cub lunting THE SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE Captain R. G. Fanshawe, who became Joint- Master with Mrs. A. G. Elliot in 1338, is continuing to hunt hounds. General Sir Robert Fanshawe commander of the 48th and 6gth Divisions during the last war, was also out. THE MASTER'S WIFE: Mrs. R. G. Fanshawe. wife of the Master of the South Oxfordshire, at the meet at Forest Hill. This pack meet on ...

... I FEEL I must devote this week's space to thanking the thousands of golfers who have supported the Red Cross matches which have already been played up and down the country. When I first had the idea of beginning a series of games to collect money for the Red Cross Funds, I thought one thousand pounds would be a handsome sum to hand over before the weather dampened the courses and the ...

... By Highwayman THERE may seem little more than academic interest for us in the American cars of 1940 that have just been making their bow in the New York Automobile Salon, since it is not unlikely that we may never see anything of them, but I have got some amusement out of reading the specifications and looking over the pictures of these new miracles from Detroit. However, I am quite sure ...

... By Ashley Courtenay MOST people must be aware by this time that the Govern ment have commandeered a large number of hotels, whilst others have been taken over for use as business premises, schools, and other uses occasioned by the vicissitudes of war. Unfortunately, the censor for bids any list being given of what hotels have been commandeered, and as a consequence Dame Rumour has been ...

... SIR ALFRED BUTT'S filly Cantatrice II. being led in after winning the Cesarewitch last week in a canter. Rarely, if ever before, has the Newmarket long-distance handicap been won with greater ease, and no winner has started at such short odds 7 to 2 since Sanctum, in 1916. Cantatrice II. was bred in France by M. Volterra from the successful French sire Fiterari out of Queen Iseult, and was ...

... s rN z j T Towards the Making of an Offi ce ON THE WAT TO THE GYMNASIUM These are some of the young men now under the pitiless eye of the Regimental Sergeant-Major at an Officers' Training Unit somewhere in England. It is a strenuous life, but they enjoy every minute of it. Their bundles contain a towel gym. shoes and shorts, for they are on the way to the gymnasium. RUGBY FOOTBALLER: G. M. ...

... FENCING STILL FLOURISHES Though there will be no meeting with Oxford the University Fencing Club is carrying on its activities though Fenner's has become their headquarters for the time being. CLOSE PASSING AND MARKING J. H. Steeds (St. Cath's a University forward who played well is brought down by J. B. King but manages to pass to M. G. Webber Caius another forward. THE MARKET Stalls still ...

... A Day with the Beagles Fine Old Berkeley Sport THE Old Berkeley Beagles are hunting two days a week and after being out thirteen times had caught 4J brace of hares. This meet near Amersham showed hounds to their best advantage, for scent was very cold, yet hounds gave followers (those who kept up) a splendid two hours' hunt, ending with a kill. The pack's first whipper in, Captain Hugh Fraser, ...

... AFTER a brilliant first day, when only two beats were needed for more than 60 courses, the second and last day proved very disappointing at Thanet. The cover was so heavy that hares were difficult to drive and after 6.1 hours only 27 courses had been run through. There had to be a division of 13 in the Sussex and Thanet Derby and 10 in the Oaks. The Thanet Stakes were shared and the ...

... Coats Against the Cold AND, OF COURSE, ACCESSORIES CERTAINLY mink is a luxury. But, as prices stand at present, it is also a gilt- edged investment. The lovely coat on the right, a perfect antidote to uniform, comes from the National Fur Company, 193, Brompton Road, where an interesting and practical collection is being shown. Notice especially their shining white beaver lambs, their snow ...

... Round the New Shows Under Your Hat Again THE list of theatres open or about to open makes a long and cheerful show in the advertisement columns of the newspapers. One welcomes the contrast with the cessation of all forms of theatrical activity when the war broke out. But it was not until I revisited the Palace for the resumed run of Under Your Hat that I recaptured the careless pre-war ...