... THE ILLUSTRATED SPORTING -r4yS&^ -^ITlDlCX A L L R O U N D Friday, JUNE 7, 1940. (iL) AND DRAMATIC NEWS V 7 and DRAMATIC News ...

... THE Bombay Hunt is one of the most flourishing in India, and at their gymkhana meeting, which wound up the Bombay racing season, a large and fashionable gathering enjoyed a splendid day's sport. The Hunt's headquarters are at Chola, about 30 miles out of Bombay, where they recently opened some new kennels. MR. V. CORBETT- WRIGHT and Gerry won the Light Horse Plate and were third in the Novice ...

... STOWE entertained Bedford on Saturday and after being put in beat the visitors, whose first School match this was, by 121 runs. Stowe lost two wickets for 28 and then A. V. Farnell-Watson (65) and E. P. Hickling (62) put on 108 for the third wicket and the total reached 238. Bedford began disastrously, losing six men with only 53 runs on the board and though a seventh wicket stand produced 41, ...

... Roehampton Sunday Stars in plenty and a big Gate for the Red Cross Lawn Tennis Tournament. NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE spent a delightful after noon in the lovely grounds of Roehampton Club watching the lawn tennis tournament organised in aid of the Daily Sketch' Red Cross Fund. In the drawn match between E. C. Peters and Mrs. Peters (furthest from camera) and Mary Whitmarsh and C. M. Jones, the ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...