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Beagling in the Southdown Country

... MOVING OFF: Hounds met at the Download village of Rodmell, miles south of Lewes. The huntsman, S. Knight, has been with the pack since 1924. (Left) CHANGING into shoes more suitable for the job is Colonel Birkett. The ladies are Mrs. Baxter and Miss Williams. THE MASTER, Captain F. H. B. Samuelson, who took over last season, and (left) Colonel F. B. Ferrers. v.. u. r (wni j arr.' r u kl&v3n'VI ...

Rosslyn Park Trounce the Command

... ALDER SHOT Command came up against Rosslyn Park at their best at Richmond on Saturday and could score no more than six points (a penalty goal and a try) to the Park's 32 (four goals, three penalty goals and a try). D. K. Huxley led the Park's forwards who kept up a constant pressure and the backs were far stronger than their opponents so that the Command were forced to be very much on the ...

With the Crawley and Horsham

... THE CRAWLEY AND HORSHAM hounds are this season being hunted for the Committee by Col. Robinson. They had rather poor weather for the cubbing meet at which these pictures were taken. YOUNG FOLLOWERS A number of youthful riders follow with the Crawley and Horsham, and here are three of them on the fringe of a wood at Twites Wilderwick. THE MASTER, Col. Robinson, watches terriers being sent down ...

THE ROYAL NAVY

... BRITISH WARSHIPS Completely illustrates and describes The Navy is to-day, as it always has been in our history, Aircraft-Carrier and Cruiser in the British Navy, the first line of defence of these islands and of that Great Empire c i as well as illustrations of every type ot Destroyer, which was built up by the toil and the enterprise of our fathers. J J i J Mr. Neville Chamberlain, on the ...

Little Dogs and All

... By A. Croxton Smith POOR, pathetic old Lear com plained that-- The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet heart, see, they bark at me. onakespeare must have been as familiar with little pet dogs as he was with those of the sporting breeds. He has some beautiful passages on hounds of the Spartan kind, and his references to spaniels are numerous, though not particularly complimentary. ...

Rapier on Racing

... The T.W.O. Champ onship Important Events at Nottingham Planning for 1941 IT seems odd that one should be writing about a Cambridgeshire that is to be run at Nottingham on a Saturday afternoon, with a Jockey Club Cup and a Middle Park as supporting events. Yet The Racing Calendar cannot lie, and it is as sure as eggs are eggs-- or were-- that Mr. Stanley Ford is to have the honour of staging ...

Boom in Caravan Camps

... THE problem of sleeping in peace is exercising the ingenuity of very many Londoners one solution is the caravan, and from all accounts it is proving extremely popular. There are a number of caravan camps within reasonable distance of London and to these genuinely tired business men and their families have transferred themselves. To those who sympathise over the trials of winter camping, the ...

Victory by Air Supremacy

... By Our Flying Correspondent WE have lately heard several eminent people expressing the opinion that this war must be won on the land; that the final decision must be achieved by the Army. With this opinion I entirely disagree. I believe that a sufficiently overwhelming air superiority could give us a final decision without any major land operations. I know that not many people will agree but ...

The Bard Defies the Blitz: An Ideal Falstaff

... The Bard Defies the Blitz An Ideal Falstaff King Henry IV. Part I. (Vaudeville) I HAVE spent a considerable portion of my playgoing life-- if you can call it life-- searching for my ideal Falstaff. He has turned up, and in wartime, in the person of Mr. Robert Atkins. Now Mr. Atkins has a deserved reputation as a Shakespearean actor and enthusiast generally. He has struggled with the weather, ...

This Week

... iiwiiwm UMI HI I ■■■-JS+T arc mr JDL'- T Rangers of Fortune In Texas, according to the latest film at the Plaza, you sell your newspaper to the public at the point of a gun. And in return, if they don't like it, they shoot up your printers and set fire to the building. This all makes very exciting screen material, with Fred MacMurray as the big, tough hero who not only doesn't get the girl ...