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Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

A Crack Revolver Shot

... A MAN who can shoot with a revolver can face any adversary with confidence, says Mr. Ernest ii. Polden, one of the finest shots in the country, and a member of the British pistol and revolver team of the past three years, who is devoting his spare time to training L.D.V.s in revolver and rifle marksmanship at Bisley. On page 74 Mr. Polden has demonstrated for us the technique of accurate ...

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Terminal Field Day at Dulwich

... THE pictures of the Dulwich College O.T.C. at work on these and the following pages were taken on the occasion of the Terminal Field Day when twelve platoons took part in competitive operations for the Stewart Tactics Shield. The O.T.C., which was formed in 1908 out of the old Rifle Volunteers Corps, is com manded by Major E. Lax, and specialist training is given in Signals, Intelligence and ...

How to Handle a Revolver

... THE WRONG W A T TO FIRE The hand holding revolver is too low on the butt. The recoil will throw revolver upwards, as there is no proper support to take the shock. It is impossible to shoot quickly by sense of direction with revolver held this way. THE RIGHT WAT Arm outstretched and hand gripping butt as high as possible and firmly, with the fingers well round. Second joint of second finger ...

Lambeth Boys on the Land

... Hundreds of Lambeth bovs belonging to the Christ Church (Oxford) United Clubs, Kennington, will be spending their summer holidays working on the land. They have volunteered to help the farmers under a scheme recently inaugurated by the clubs and their response has been over whelming. Those who run the clubs are doing their bit, too, for of the twenty men who came down to form an advisory ...

Back to the Tideway

... A SIMPLE little regatta at Putney, in which L. W. Crew, captain of Barclays Bank Rowing Club, was the prime mover, gave much pleasure to many oarsmen in the Services and their friends last Saturday. Such affairs as these take no one from work of national im portance but do much towards helping us to keep in good heart. Other week-end gatherings like this would be very welcome to rowing men.1. ...

Down the Garden Path in Hollywood

... WATERING THE GARDEN is a warm pastime, so Judith Barrett wears a cool grey linen shorts dress and a broad-brimmed hat. When she does any weeding, she dons a wrap-round skirt with quilted padding which acts as a knee ling-mat. FOR BRUSHING THE LAWN Judith Barrett wears an en-, tirely different dress a blue and white striped one with bloomers to match. Judith recently married a millionaire and ...

Guns on the Greens

... A COPY of a brochure on the Coventry Golf Club, published in 1914 and giving the history of the Club, its development, and a description of the course, was sent to me a few days ago. I often get hold of these old brochures, and after a glance through them usually return them to their owners with thanks, as they do not really tell me the history of the club as I feel I would like to know it, ...

Among Byways and Hedgerows

... By Ashley Courtenay MY knowledge of hotels in obscure areas is serving me in good stead in these days of strife, for we all need occasional respite, and the eternal question is Where? The sea is to a large extent out of bounds favourite week-end retreats are often within that 20-mile stretch of hinterland included in coastal defence plans. Others may be un comfortably close to aerodromes and ...

PLAYER'S NUMBER ... 3

... NUMBER S 52, THE CARTWAY. BRIDGNORTH. A noteworthy example of Elizabethan timber construction built in 1580. Here was torn \Dr. Percy. Bishop of Dromore in 1729. Traditional merit belongs also to that other Notable Number, esteemed among smokers for its outstanding excellence A Player s No. 3. It is a cigarette ot supreme coolness ana PLAIN OR dist'nct>on with the extra quality which appeals r ...

PNEUMATIC

... Pin eu matjc P III U IWIIATIC 4\M III II is the ORIGINAL Cartridge with the Air Chamber the CARTRIDGES WITH THE FAMOUS DOMED CARDS AND LIGHTER AND MORE EFFICIENT CORK WADS The Pneumatic Cartridge Company invented and patented the first Pneumatic Cork Wad and Domed Cards, and has spent over 30 years in perfecting the Pneumatic Cartridge used so extensively to-day. And what a difference they ...

Down from the Fells

... MOUNTAIN sheep on their way to be sheared at Iventmere Valley, Westmorland. In these times sheep are an economic asset to the country, for they can fend for themselves, feed on grass, and thus make no demand upon the precious stocks of concentrated feeding -stuffs. There is also a lot of land that is suitable for no other purpose than carrying sheep, and by using this valuable acres can be ...