... By A. Crcxton Smith RUMOUR has been busy with the intentions of Lord Wool- ton concerning dogs. Most of it seems to be guess-work, or a case of the wish being father to the thought. Anyhow, it has been useful as producing a reassuring statement from the Food Controller, who says he is not contemplating any drastic action. On the other hand, dog-owners must be content with getting what food ...

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... MOSS BROS CO. LTD. MOSS BROS CO. LTD. W A tvonl it the wise ji J It's good sense to have a lighter Over coat lor between seasons w hen the weather is neither cold enough for a winter coat, nor warm enough to discard one altogether. It is equally good sense to get that Overcoat ready-to-wear from Moss Bros, because a man, whatever his taste and build, can be certain of finding the very coat ...

... At Oxford, St. Edward's enter tained Bradfield College and beat them by 43 points to 33. START OF THE MILE St, Edward's entrants, E. L. Hartley, J. L. Farrar and H. S. Shilling, are on the left, and Bradfield' s, J. H. Tarry, J. R. Dartford and J. C. Butler on the right. The race was keenly contested and Dartford just got home for Bradfield. HURDLES The event went to St. Edward's, the winner ...

... Chance Fishing Pocket Equipment for all Occasions By Sidney Spencer THERE are, no doubt, those whose duty keeps them constantly in fishing districts-- the happy anglers who, if it is not merely a matter of taking a ready-fitted rod from its pegs and thereafter the shortest path to the river, at least have not far to go to wet a line. But there are far more whose pisca torial pre-occupations ...

... Middlesex Win tlie Hospital Sevens ST. MARY'S, whose re cord in club games and wealth of talent made them firm favourites for the Hospitals Seven-a- Side tournament at Richmond, were beaten 19-0 in the final by Middlesex, who thus turned the tables on their rivals, for last year (St. Mary's won by 13-3). The annihila tion of St. Mary's was due in no small measure to the magnificent running of ...

... Best Match Winning Side The Oratory XV of 1940-41 have created a school record by winning a greater number of matches than any previous Oratory XV, and will be remembered as one of the best teams in the history of the school. Nineteen matches have been won and only four lost for a total of 403 points against 120. In a small school with slender reserves this is very remarkable. The two big ...

... Favourite of Jim Wilton, one of Australia's best-known horse- breakers and trainers, is a seven-year- old thoroughbred called Tim. These pictures from Sydney show Tim performing some of his best tricks. BALANCE Using the pole to keep himself steady Tim walks round the paddock on his hind legs. TIM'S BEST The horse balances on a 12-inch square of rock; Wilton climbs on his back and spins the ...

... The Illustrated SPORTING and DRAMATIC News KAmTticSSsNG Better safe than sorry-- fit TnpieJL all round Friday, april 11, 1941 [yly [sport COUNTRY mSmBU^m^SSSBSSmmSKMKSBBBSmM^^m ...

... jg Tlie Potato UiioYailis? At rips with Ifiliglit, Wart, and Virus Diseases lSy Dr. 11. Hunter Director of the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge University THE widespread interest aroused in the cultivation of potatoes in recent months is readily understandable. An acre of wheat may produce a ton of grain (a good average crop), of which 85 per cent, is convertible into flour, whereas the ...

... SPEECHES, none of them very constructive, continue to be made in the House on the need for ploughing up pub lic parks and open spaces. It is surprising that no one has com plained of some of the considerable spaces managed by the Office of Works, in which ex pensive anti-invasion devices have been em barked on, where plough would have been equally effective. We are not of those who clamour ...

... Food fror Dur Cliffs Why Not Organised ction of Gulls' Eggs WHEN gulls' eggs were collei people thought that the n sadly depleted. But this was r organised collection of gulls' eggs thing in cases like that of the bla to curb the increase. The bigg; is in the North of England and now in existence. For many ye been harvested from the cliffs c Flamborough and Bridlington, am not be extended to ...