... SEABISCUIT, an old bay horse with rheumaticky legs, emerging from retirement at stud, wins the 100,000 dollar Santa Anita Handicap, one of America's richest races, and becomes the biggest money-making horse in racing history, with a total of 437,730 dollars nearly 110,000 in six years. The win stirred America, for only 18 months ago Seabiscuit's legs had broken down. But Mr. C. S. Howard, his ...

... Experiment in Duck Shooting Punt with a Silent Motor DR. O. B. Deiter, the well-known London osteopath, has made a duck-shooting experiment of great interest at Brightlingsea, Essex. He has fitted his punt with an outboard electric motor which is absolutely silent and enables him to glide within very close range of his quarry. Last season was Dr. Deiter's first attempt at the sport and though ...

... By Ashley Courtenay EDWARD ARDIZZONE and Maurice Gorham are men after my own heart. They are seekers out of pubs. Not merely historic hostelries or Dickensian inns, but what we engaged in the chase can term as locals. Small and large taverns in main highways, up narrow alleys or in a mews, all frequented by regulars in every walk of life. When Messrs. Ardizzone and Gorham's book first came ...

... R.M.S. Ol l i:\ MARY R.M.S. OlIliEN MARY There are few things more intriguing and instructive than these movable deck models of . Deck by Deck the ship's wonderful interior may be examined. Correct and to scale, all decks are numbered, and details can be identified very easily by reference to a guide supplied. The model is 12 inches long, price 3/6, postage and packing inland 9d. extra. ...

... S. C. TINNERS LEY showed himself an out standing long-distance runner with comfortable victories in the senior 880 yards and the mile. But this year's running times were slower than last, probably because the races were run on grass instead of cinders as at Mill Hill. RECORD WELL BROKEN: D. A. Richards, throwing the javelin 147 ft. jJ in. to win the junior event, beat the previous record by a ...

... I NEW COLLEGE GROUND provided a tranquil setting for the first Freshmen's match at Oxford between an XI. captained by R. E. Luyt (Trinity), acting captain of cricket, and an XI. led by E. K. Scott (Lincoln), the acting secretary. The final trial finished yesterday, and one of the matches that have been arranged for the next month will be against a British Empire XI. on June 14 and 15. This, ...

... Maytime Verdict DIGGING for victory has its effect on beauty as well as the vegetable supply, for gardening can take inches off your hip-line. Preparing the soil, pushing a barrow full of rubbish, lifting the watering- can, all exercise just those hip muscles which tend to become set. For weeding or setting seeds, your weight will be on your knees, so it is a good thing to use a pad. The one ...

... The Pony Club at the Enfield Chace's Cheshuni Park Meet CHESHUNT PARK, the home of Miss Christine Debenham, is on the edge of the Enfield Chace country. The hunt has a very enthusiastic Pony Club, under the secretaryship of Miss N. Christie, of Hoddesdon, a large section of which turned up for this meet by special invitation of the Joint-Masters. THE PACK moving off. E. Cox, Iht for several ...

... THE frost was so out of the ground at the Old Deer Park at Richmond in the middle of last week that the School boys were able to carry out some of their holiday matches. On the Wednesday, the South Public Schools beat the North by 20 points (a goal and five tries) to 16 points (two goals, a penalty goal and a try). Pictures of the game between Rosslyn Park Public Schools against the Club are ...

... Playing the Game Famous Sportsmen at an R.A.F. Depot in England. Left CRICKETERS Pilot Officer R. W. V. Robins, the old English and Middlesex County cricketer, Squadron Leader Bradbury, and Pilot Officer Barnett Gloucester an England opening batsman. A TRAINER TRAINED: Pilot Officer Whittaker, the famous England and Arsenal F.C. trainer, is himself now under the eye of a physical instructor. ...

... The Economical Sharpshooter Tex Corey demonstrates how to hit two targets with a single bullet THE TARGET go feet from the sharpshooter stands Fae Toby described as a go-lb. Texas beauty holding the knife target steady. Corey uses a '22 Remington rifle, shooting from an under-arm, off-shoulder position. FINDING HIS RANGE Tex Corey is ready to fire at the edge of a knife blade, to divide the ...

... Dear Mr. Cotton, As a very keen reader of your golf notes in The Sporting and Dramatic, I am taking the liberty of writing to you to tell you how high a place golf occupies in the sporting activities of Rhodesia. Every town and village has its eighteen or nine hole course. Here in Salisbury, the capital, there are two courses. The leading one is the Royal Salisbury Club, but the other, the ...