... PUBLICATION of the next issue of The Racing Calendar will be awaited with curiosity rather than optimism I do not see how the Stewards can very well arrange for any further racing to be carried out, at any rate under ordinary conditions, for some time to come. There remain a number of small race courses in comparatively safe areas at which meetings could be held, but I cannot see that anything ...

... THE FINAL SWEEP Tractol and horses bring lite last of the hay to the stack. f THE ELEVATOR WHISKS IT UP and very soon the day which began at Fickleshole will at j a.m. be over. ...

... THESE pictures from Marlborough College form the second of our series showing how the Public School O.T.C.s are instructing boys in modern warfare. A fortnight ago we dealt with Winchester, and next week there will be pictures of Welhngton's O.T.C. D COMPANY ON PARADE: This is the recruits' company in which up to three terms are spent in elementary training. From it cadets pass to Group C, ...

... 1t Rained a Thousand Pounds WHEN all the members of a golf club go out of their way to organise a Red Cross match and work on the publicity and all the other details connected with putting over a successful effort, and it has been a fine, dry period right up to the night before the big day, and when, on the very morning itself, it begins to pour and continues to rain all day-- surely they ...

... Stool ball in the Temple THE SMOOTH GREEK LAWNS and venerable build ings of I lie Inner Temple made a cool, peaceful background for the exhibition of Stoolball arranged bv Mr. IV. W. Grantham, K.C., in aid of the Red Cross. The team captained by Air. Elmer Grantham son of the organiser) played Ling P. E. A. and won by 83 to 61 then Miss C. M. Read's mixed team played and beat an ex ...

... ECONOMY has been defined as the maximum result for the minimum outlay, and this is certainly achieved by Fenwick, 63, New Bond Street, in their new Budget Shop. It has only three prices, 49s. 6d., 59s. 6d. and 69s. 6d., and all the frocks and two-pieces have been designed for the needs of the moment. The model shown above, for 49s. 6d., has shirring to give a smocked effect on the shoulders ...

... IT is rare for cats to find a place on our pages, but the charm of these kittens seems to us so irresistible that we hope no apology is needed. An entrancing bundle of fur whether awake or asleep. Up the catnip-tree. Charcoal inspects a kitten from the top of the cloth-covered post which serves as an exerciser. The round black patch near the top is a bit of catnip or catmint, which has a ...

... FICKLESHOLE Farm, Chelsham, where these pictures were taken, is only 16 miles from London Bridge. It is a mixed farm but sheep predominate, for Mr. Maurice Papps, the manager, is himself a sheep enthusiast. Considering its situation Fickleshole has achieved remarkable results with its fat stock only a few weeks ago a consignment of £1,100 value was dispatched from the farm. And this at the ...

... OF the many strange creatures that inhabit the seas, one of the most remark able is the fish which lives, like a parasite, upon sharks and other big fish and feeds upon the scraps which fall from the tables of these lords of the ocean. 1 v I V*- Jfl f Je HITCH-HIKING ON A SHARK: The parasite attaches itself to the stomach of the shark through the powerful suction-plate on the underside ...

... Nature's Sentries How Birds and Animals Can Help L.D.V.s MOST Local Defence Volunteers will be on guard in familiar surroundings, but many will not be accustomed to patrol work at night in the country. Others, fresh from town life, will have had no experience of the movement and noises which go on out of doors in the dark hours. If we understand Nature she can help us. But neglect and ...

... THERE was a very good muster of parents and Old Alleynians at Dulwich College for the Founder's Day celebrations, and many of the old boys were in uniform. Large crowds were attracted to the various sporting events and saw the College win the rifle shoot ing match and the Old Alleynians turn the tables in the swimming, in which i M. E. Fidler, the College captain, broke a school record i by ...

... 1 ffr'iUfaViiT vVSRN ,Blfc'lk#>K*TWv f iT H T fUTKT iwr JsrwT- i%Tiwwr IW I w ON a batsman's wicket at Teddington the Buccaneers and St. Mary's Hospital had a hard hitting, high-scoring game, in which nearly 500 runs were scored for the loss of 12 wickets. The Bucca neers declared at 257 for five, and St. Mary's were 218 for seven when stumps were drawn. At Lord's the Royal Engineers (whose ...