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February 1940
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W. W. Wakefield Back in the R.A.F

... . AMONG the R.A.F. personnel to greet the King and Queen at an R.A.F. station during their tour to the West Country was W. W. Wakefield, the famous Rugby International who has captained England so many times. But this is not Wakers' first experience of life in the Air Force, for he was just old enough to serve in the last war. In 1914 Wakefield, following the family tradition, was making a ...

Bellacose

... BRED by Mr. A. Cotton, raced in the colours of Mr. P. J. Dunne, and on retire ment became the joint property of Mr. Dunne and Mr. R. J. Colling, who trained him during his racing career. After winning three small races as a two-vear-old, he won the West Derby Stakes at Liverpool, the Chesterfield Plate at Newmarket, and the Granville Stakes (^1570) at Ascot. He proceeded to win the coveted ...

Boxing for the Red Cross ses for a Full House at Earls Court

... Boxing for the Red Cross: sm, ses for a Full House at Earls Court Danahar v. Snow IRISH GUARDSMAN Arthur Danahar and Norman Snow, former Northampton bricklayer, met for the Southern Area Welterweight Championship. This shot is of the first round, and shows Danahar (left) covering up from a left jab from Snow. Midway through this round Snow caused a sensation by landing a right hook that sent ...

In the Sporting News

... HENRIETTA HAIG THOMAS, daughter of Peter Haig Thomas, the old Cambridge blue and coach, and sister of David Haig Thomas, was married at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, to Captain Sir Peter Greenwell, Surrey Yeomanry. Above she is leaving for the church with her father, who, if he has sufficiently recovered from his recent illness, is to have charge of the Cam bridge crew for the final fortnight of ...

Round the New Shows

... Othello (Kingsway 7.30) MR. DONALD WOLFIT'S Shakespeare season at the Kingsway is possibly having a certain amount of harm done to it by well-meaning folk who, in and out of print, are urging the public to support it for loyal and patriotic motives. Now, only a small section of the public, if any at all, goes to the theatre for loyal and patriotic motives. They go to enjoy themselves. X ...

Eyes in the Black-Out

... By A. Croxton Smith TWO Alsatians are rendering valuable services at the Sheffield station of the London and North Eastern Railway. One of them is illustrated on this page to-day. They have proved themselves more useful than ever since the black-out regulations set in, their job being to guard property left in trucks on railway sidings. Accompanying officers on patrol, they work storage sheds, ...

With the East Sussex at Guestling Green

... MOVING OFF Hounds met at Guestling Green, 3 J miles north-east of Hastings. A number of evacuee children turned up and enjoyed themselves immensely. It was the first meet on horseback that this pack had had since the freeze-up, but Lord Burghley and one or two other enthusiasts, including Air. A. E. Porritt, have had a day or two on foot and have had good sport. For a famous runner like Lord ...

SPRING SERVICE

... Spring Service A PRACTICAL way of sending your photo graph to someone on service is to slip it into this leather frame combined with a mirror. The whole thing costs 12s. 6d. from Rivoli, Knights- bridge, and folds up quite flat to go in a pocket. THERE is a tradition behind the making of uniforms, for the art of combining regulation requirements with an individually perfect fit cannot be ...

On Dartmoor's Borders

... By Ashley Courtenay IN a room which was once given over to beer-barrels and saw dust I came to the Lounge of my journey's end. Restful chairs and chesterfields, subdued lighting and oak panelling completed the per manent background, whilst daffodils, up-to-date periodicals, and a goodly centre table of cakes indicated the year, the season-- and the hour. A little later I talked with Captain F. ...

Rapier on Racing: An Irish Point-to-Point

... Rapier on Racing The Derby and Oaks for Newbury-- A Huge Undertaking- Plans for the Guineas-- Will there be a Doncaster St. Leger THE decision by the Stewards to hold sub stitute races for the Derby and the Oaks at Newbury has intrigued me beyond measure. It is because, I suppose, I was in France when Pommern and Fifinella and Gay Crusader and Gainsborough won the war-time Derby Stakes. I am ...

Eton Trial Eights

... jHE two Eton Trial Eight crews are now in regular training, and the crews are taking shape. Owing to the weather conditions during the first few weeks of the Half, the crews were not able to get as much practice afloat as usual, and the race, which had been fixed for the end of next week, may be postponed for a week or so to make up for the days they could not go out. LIGHT BLUES PADDLING IN ...