... The big field of 22 iti the 2 miles 1 furlong Compton Handicap passing the stands the first time in military formation, and then how they finished. M. Beary, who is in great form, is winning on Miss Dorothy Paget' s Menton,from D. V. Dick on Snipe Wood and S. Wragg on Dark John. Below: CLASSIC FIELD FOR THE GREENHAM STAKES Taut Mieux, placed a pound in front of Stardust in the Free Handicap, ...

... FEW people have done more for amateur athletics than Evan Hunter, who is now a Major employed at the War Office. After representing Scotland against Ireland in 1911 he became a very well-known and almost indispensable starter, distinguished alike for the manner in which he got his men away from their marks, and for his natty uniform of cap and blazer. As administrator and organiser he has been ...

... INCOGS WINNERS Left to right D. Leyland-Naylor, G. Grimston, If. D. Kilpalrick, J. E. Gregory, R. L. Milstead and H. S. Goold. OLD KINGS T ONI AN, RUNNERS-UP Left to right R. Grove. L. J. E. Saunders, J. S. Denniford, W. D. Chambers, P. R. Thomas, and R. P. Moncaster. TWO INTERNA TIONALS, J. E. Gregory, the England centre-forward, and D. Leyland-Naylor, Scotland, were in the Incogs side, and ...

... WALES beat England at Wembley in the International Soccer match by one goal to nil. It was a great and, to England's supporters at any rate, a surprising victory. The Welshmen were unperturbed by the fact that it was their first visit to Wembley on the contrary it seemed to inspire them. There were 40,000 spectators. 0 UTSIZE IN LEEKS There, could be no mistaking which side these R.A.F. lien ...

... Darjeeling-born, British Vivien Leigh has achieved the remarkable feat of carrying off an Oscar, statuette awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara, deep S'uth heroine of Gone With the Wind, which captivated even those compatriots of Scarlett who before the film was made had insisted that none but a Southern girl was fit for ...

... And the World Said National Gallery Exhibition BRITISH Painting Since Whistler at the National Gallery is a tenuous exhibition which begins cheerfully with an unexpectedly handsome catalogue for fourpence. Then comes Orpen to remind us of all that this war's official artists have to paint up to. His manner alone guarantees a measure of immortality. Reflecting that all Art is mortal for even ...

... Naas may claim to have been one of Eire's busiest racing centres of late, and as the management invariably supplies a very good performance, and as it is so handy to Dublin and Kildare, it has had the good houses which it fully deserves. The occasion dealt with above was no exception, and save that favourites did not come up with the regularity backers would have liked, everyone seemed to have ...

... WITH SILENT FRIENDS By RICHARD KING Maud. I HAVE just found a friend. No, not a real friend: just a book one. You see, at my time of life people don't make real friends, if they haven't got any already. There isn't time, for one thing. Friendship is so different from love-- or what passes for love, anyway, in the matri monial hunt steeple--chase since it requires time. Otherwise, for all you ...

... At this committee meeting, which was held at Gloucester House, 149, Park Lane, were displayed some of the many gifts which have been received for the coming sale at Christie's for the Lord Mayor's Red Cross and St. John Fund. It promises to be one of most remarkable interest and outstanding value and it would demand great space to catalogue even a small section of the contributions. The ...

... I AIR EDDIES! i Cloudery. By OLIVER STEWART ONE of the strongest claims that have been put forward for the introduction of gliding into the training programme of every Royal Air Force pilot is, to my mind, that concerned with the know ledge of cloud formations and meteorol ogy in general. It was discussed a lot at the recent Dunstable party. If there has been one thing this war has ...

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