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WHERE TO STAY

... BRITISH HOTELS AND RESORTS DORTHLEDDEN Hotel, St. Just, Cornwall. Telephone St. Just 10. Unique position overlooking Cape Cornwall and Atlantic. Comfortable rooms. Good food. Club licence. Also furnished houses. Full particulars and brochure on request. HUNTING, RIDING GUESTS, ETC. TVARTMOOR. Farm House as Private Hotel, C run by Naval Offirer and wife. Own stables and riding school. Resident ...

Hunting North of the Tweed

... LORD BURGHLET, M.P., took a day's holiday and went out with his brother-in-law, the Duke of Buc- cleuch's hounds. He gave up his private pack, which he revived in 1935, at the end of last season, and is now Joint-Master, with Mr. F. A. Cox, of the East Sussex. He in tended to hunt the latter pack him self, but, owing to pressure of war work, is only able to get down for an odd day here and ...

One Hundred and Thirteen Runners at Windsor

... ROMAN CHIEF PITS HIS FEET WRONG AT THE WATER: Mr. W. P. Nicholson's Roman Chief, ridden by H. Nicholson, was made favourite for the Boxing Day 'Chase but did not jump well enough and finished tenth. Behind Roman Chief is Bel et Bon (G. Wilson prominent for most of the race and finishing fourth. No. y is Miss Paget' s Knight of the Border (G. Archibald), last of the fifteen runners, and the ...

WOMEN AND UNIFORM: TAILORED DETAILS

... Women and Uniform TAILORED DETAILS THE Women's Auxiliary Air Force is a young Service with no traditions of the last war to draw upon, but it is rapidly proving its worth in this one. The uniform is attractive as well as practical, as can be seen in the photo graph below from Moss Bros., of King Street, Covent Garden. The cloth is blue barathea, the same as for R.A.F. officers, worn with a ...

Rapier on Racing

... Final N.H. Fixture List A Score of Horses to Follow Thrills at Windsor Notes on Gatwick and Leicester THE remainder of the N.H., season has now been mapped out. Fixtures have been granted from the first of March to March 25, which is Easter Monday, and there is also, of course, the Aintree fixture on April 4, 5 and 6. The Grand National will be held on Friday, April 5. The season, therefore, ...

Women in Sport

... THE HOPMANS, present holders of the Australian Mixed Doubles title and reckoned one of the best combinations in the game were beaten in the final of the Victoria Championships by the Sydney pair, Joan Hartigan and Vivian McGrath. Miss Hartigan was Australian women's champion in 1933, 4, and 6 McGrath men's singles champion in 1937 UNDER WATER PIN WHEEL These three members of the Pasadena ...

Nature's Sentries: How Birds and Animals Can Help L.D.V.s

... Nature's Sentries How Birds and Animals Can Help L.D.V.s MOST Local Defence Volunteers will be on guard in familiar surroundings, but many will not be accustomed to patrol work at night in the country. Others, fresh from town life, will have had no experience of the movement and noises which go on out of doors in the dark hours. If we understand Nature she can help us. But neglect and ...

Founder's Day at Dulwich

... THERE was a very good muster of parents and Old Alleynians at Dulwich College for the Founder's Day celebrations, and many of the old boys were in uniform. Large crowds were attracted to the various sporting events and saw the College win the rifle shoot ing match and the Old Alleynians turn the tables in the swimming, in which i M. E. Fidler, the College captain, broke a school record i by ...

Week-End Cricket in Town and Country

... 1 ffr'iUfaViiT vVSRN ,Blfc'lk#>K*TWv f iT H T fUTKT iwr JsrwT- i%Tiwwr IW I w ON a batsman's wicket at Teddington the Buccaneers and St. Mary's Hospital had a hard hitting, high-scoring game, in which nearly 500 runs were scored for the loss of 12 wickets. The Bucca neers declared at 257 for five, and St. Mary's were 218 for seven when stumps were drawn. At Lord's the Royal Engineers (whose ...

Getting Fit: Fourth Week Exercises

... Getting Fit Fourth Week Exercises I Stand erect. Bend the knees and place the palms of the hands on the floor. Stretch one leg backwards, pause and return to second position. Repeat with other leg. Do this 6-8 times with each leg alternately. REMEMBER In third position keep as straight a line as possible between head and heel Count: Out and in, out and in. 2 Stand erect. With an easy rhythmic ...

Short Cut to Short Leave

... By Ashley Courtenay A WEEK or ten days can seem like twenty-four hours when you are home on leave, and many serving men and their wives are applying to me for suggestions as to how best to get the best out of the short time allotted to them. Naturally, the requirements vary enormously. Some are sailors who prefer to take their brief spell of change inland others are soldiers whose peace-time ...