... THE WINCHESTER XI. taking the field against the M.C.C. on the School ground. The match was drawn, the M.C.C., for whom Lord French and Watkins, the opening pair, scored 47 and 50 respectively, declared at 100 Jor seven wickets, and the School s total was iog for eight. On June 20 Winchester are due to meet Harrow, and on June 29 Eton. M. R. BONHAM-CARTER, the uiicketkeeper and opening batsman, ...

... H. W. F., Birmingham.-- The present prejudice against the coast is based on an erroneous knowledge of our coastline. There are many points which would never figure in an invader's plans, and the coastline of Cornwall in particular is naturally defended by rugged cliffs, treacherous currents and submerged rocks. But intermingled with this are sheltered, sunny sanctuaries, where sea-bathing and ...

... FOR BOATI N G AND Bath i ng ENGLAND'S forgotten rivers will come into their own this year, and clothes designed for the beach look just as charming on inland waterways. Debenham and Freebody, Wigmore Street, have a fascinating collection, including the frock and bolero above in navy silk linen, edged with broad bands of white. The frock, cut for sun-bathing, costs 39s. 6d., and the bolero 16s. ...

... Says A. Croxton Smith MOST dogs love children, or at least until they grow old and crotchety and acquire the armchair habit. Little people may then be a bit rough with them, touching the rheumaticky spot and making them wince. Even then, the old friend does no more than growl and move out of harm's way. A few children, seeming to have a strain of sadism in their immature natures, take a ...

... By Highwayman YOU know the old problem: suppose you came upon a fallen signpost at a cross-roads, how would you find your way? Well, here we are, faced for the rest of the war with a land from which signposts have not been merely uprooted but eliminated. It was a shock to overrun a quite familiar turning last week-end because it was strange without its signpost. How much more troublesome it ...

... And How They Race at Beersheba CAMEL-RACING is a spectacle that has to be seen to be believed, and these cumbersome but speedy beasts provided a good deal of excitement at a recent race-meeting at Beersheba, in Palestine. The High Commissioner, Sir Harold MacMichael, and: several high officers of the Australian Imperial Force were there,, and 150 Paramount Sheikhs from the District who also ...

... Stardust The Aga Khan's colt was second in the 2000 Guineas. He will have no Djebel to beat this time. Bred at the National Stud, he has only once failed to finish first or second. Each way you look at him you must give him a good chance. Pont I' Eveque, French- bred property of the famous Wiltshire trainer, Fred Darling. Tant M ieux, French-bred, but raced throughout in this country. The Aly ...

... By Wilfred Taylor I DON'T envy you your job is one of the most frequent remarks made to me when I have been speaking about a race- broadcast in which I am to take part. The phrase is never more frequently employed than when the Derby is due to be run, because there is an added tension about that great race, due to the fact that one is acutely aware of the palpi tating attention which almost ...

... TO many it may appear incongruous that in these days of stress a purely sporting magazine should still exist. Respectfully we beg to differ from that opinion. We would not in the least degree try to minimise the gravity of the national position that is something we all must recognise and manfully face. Nor would we encourage any form of sport that would hamper the national effort. But it is ...

... To Win Lighthouse II To Back Each Way Tant Mieux and Pont I'Eveque IF there is one thing that the war has done for us, it is that the public is acquiring the habit of going straight for the news, whether from the Press or from the air, like a dog going for the meat in his dish. As far as racing matters, therefore, are concerned, it may be only necessary for me to sum up very briefly the ...

... E COURSE: as seen from the Ditch on Oaks Day at Newmarket, where the Substitute Derby and Oaks were run in roi-i and the three following years. The collection of cars and open landaus is rather more suggestive of the beginning of the century than 191 5. 1 Q I C START OF THE NEW DERBY, with y J J Pommern, the winner, on the extreme left. This was Steve Donoghue' s first Derby. MR. S. B. JOEL'S ...

... Now is the Time to Know Some I I :thing About a Rifle Sir Pelham Warner Changes His Bat for a Gun SIR PELHAM WARNER is sixty-seven. He will forgive us stating this so abruptly My dear fellow, don't forget I am an old man now for he is young at heart and in spirit. He played his last serious cricket in 1920, and he first handled a Service rifle in the good old days of the Queen Victoria's ...