... Rapier on Racing Two-year-olds to look out for Owen Tudor the best as yet Perryman's Harvest at Windsor A Link with Fred Archer IT is perhaps early as yet to think about the coming Ascot meeting. One hardly dares to look very far ahead, in any case, just now. The meeting, however, if and when it comes, will be very welcome in more ways than one. I am thinking particularly of the two-year-olds ...

... CAPTAINS AND REFEREE Left, C. Bicknell West Ham), the Referee, G. Dutton (of Warwick), and right, W. Crook Blackburn Rovers). Bicknell, one of the finest captains the Hammers have ever had, is a War Reserve policeman, j Crook is a sergeant-instructor in the Army. THE WEST HAM GOALKEEPER Herman Conway, challenged by L. Butt, the Rovers' inside- right. Conway is a deputy London A.R.P. chief. ...

... Summer Wedding A WHITE wedding need not be expensive if you consult Harrods, of Knightsbridge, about your frock. They have wedding dresses from 69s. 6d., and can, of course, provide all the accessories, an important point if your plans have to be made in a hurry. The simple frock shown above, in a very attractive flowered lace, costs 4I guineas the skirt falls gracefully into a train at the ...

... Old-Fash ioned Harriers By A. Croxton Smith UNIQUE pack of West Country Harriers wanting a Master for next season. Good guarantee: Apply Miss Aston, Court, Exford, Somerset. This advertisement in the personal columns of The Times caught my eye just before Hitler began his great push. It was obvious that it related to the Quarme Harriers, a pack that has always interested me, because, by ...

... Squadron-Leader the Rev. K. 7 Jenkins, the Cambridge and Welsh sprinter, was married at St. Michael' s- at-the-Norlh Gate, Oxford, to Joy C. Towell, of Teddington. Lieut. F. R. Webster, R.A., and Beryl Otley were married at Taunton, Somerset. Webster, undisputed pole- vaulting champion of this country, holds English, Army and Inter-Services records. Henry Davies Hicks, acting-president of the ...

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... A VANTAGE POINT was the Devil's Dyke, built by Roman or Saxon military defenders. ON THE COURSE the bookmakers were early astir to take up their pitches. THE ENDLESS CYCLE RUCK. THE TREK TO THE COURSE went on all the morning by bus, car, bicycle and Shanks's pony. LONG BEFORE RACING BEGAN the popular stands looked full to those who D preferred a picnic lunch on the Devil's Dyke and a pretty ...

... Sweel Memories of Devon We got up early and walked across Exmoor and were fortunate enough to see a magnificent specimen of the wild red deer which roam the forests and moors of this romantic part of Devon. The Whiteway Cyder apple orchards at Whimple, which are the largest in the wotld, wete in full blossom and were a magnificent sight. We all loved the little white pigs, which skipped about ...

... 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 SCENE IN THE PADDOCK at a recent meeting at the Accra Turf Club. Time for racing is very restricted at Accra, as the heat prevents a start being made before 4 p.m. and the last race must finish before 6.30, when darkness falls. Europeans, Africans and Syrians are among the owners and jockeys. IN THE GOVERNOR'S STAND Mrs. G. E. London, wife of the Colonial Secretary, is on the extreme left, ...

... Ours or Theirs? Make Yourself Proficient at Spotting Enemy Aircraft WHATEVER your job on the Home Front it is important that you become familiar with the appearance of the various German aircraft which are likely to try to drop parachutists or land troops in this country. The silhouettes on these pages have been issued by the Government and we suggest that they be cut out and kept in a ...

... MOVING SHEEP TO SAFETY Not the least of our evacuation problems has to do with sheep. It is vital to preserve them so hundreds and thousands are being transported to safer areas and this is how they go to the station, bearing their identity cards upon their backs. ETON BO YS are taking an active part in the defence preparations at the College They have been cleaning out and widening the brook ...