... ALDERMAN the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Michael a pitchfork, staged, with his Committee, a magnifi ent i Londoners, starved of colour and pageantry, thronged he C designed and so splendidly presented The Country Ccmes Regiments of the City of London, the Royal Air Force, ,hker in full dress, were all represented, with allegorical cars s we] Societies, Agricultural Associations, the Brewers ...

... Ladies' Kenne Association Prize-winning Dogs at Olympia ALSATIAN Mrs. A. Dixon's Ch. Yvo of Ravcnscar was a first-prize winner. Challenge Certificates were won by Mrs. F. N. Pickett's Monti of Welham and, in a heavy entry by Mrs. Barker's Fidala of Granville. ENGLISH SPRINGERS: Mrs. G. Broadley's Sandylands Shrubby and Sandylands Sherry, who were head of their breed in dog and bitch classes. ...

... Hunting, Beagling and Lacrosse LACROSSE Purley Lacrosse Club met Cambridge University in a fixture at Lord's, the first time the game has been played on the main ground. A vigorous attack is being made on the Parley goal. CAMBRIDGE Left to right, back row, E. H. It. Iiccles, J. P. Chilton, W. D. Power, D. T. Holding, H. C. Cheetham, K. IF. F. Burton, A. J. Rigby, A. 11. Mollett (referee). ...

... AUGUST 24, 1949 -jUSTriplcX- atul ke safe fortnightly (Jl ffgHMpHWMtts, ILLUSTRATED sporting and dmmatic news Dublin Horse Show ...

... Australia in July Because Australia seems to have so much food for export, and is preparing to produce so much more, we are in clined to minimise the effort that this production entails. We have all heard of the periodic Australian droughts, but because great losses seem to be made good within a few years, there is an impression that the farmer's lot there must be easier than it is here. As ...

... MESSRS. TATTERSALL are holding their annual morning and evening sales of yearlings at Doncaster in St. Leger week, beginning on the Tuesday, September 6, and closing on Friday, the 9th. There are approximately 383 lots in the catalogue, of which, so far, I have only advance proofs. Buyers will be especially interested in the Duke of Westminster's Ardan and Caracalla colts, in two Dantes (from ...

... 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 ...