... One of the Boys in the Back Room His Farm in Bucks HOW the hunting man can often be the friend and not the enemy of the farmers is shown by the example of Colonel W. C. Devereux, Joint-Master of the Old Berkeley Foxhounds and one of Lord Beaverbrook's boys in the back room. When Colonel Devereux took office with the O.B.H. and needed a place in that country, he bought Round Hill Farm, Kimble ...

... U.S. Citizens Send Arms To Britain WHILE their Government gets on with the job of producing V V tanks and aeroplanes,' private citizens in the United States have been rummaging in attics and trunks and dis covering tin hats, binoculars and small arms of all kinds which they are happy to send to Britain, though manv of these things are treasured souvenirs of the last war. The collection and ...

... Replacing Timber Work of Extreme National Importance A VISIT to one of the Forestry Commission's Nurseries in the New Forest is some indication and proof of the fine work that is being done throughout the land in replacing timber. All over the country, trees are being felled to provide the very necessary timber, and a drive is being made to ensure that this loss of trees shall be only ...

... RAPIER ON RACING ISreetling of fhe Classical Colts Is it to foe a Good Year after all.' I HAVE more than once expressed the view that the classical colts of the present season may well be up to standard. With- out knowing the result of, or the runners in, the Guineas, I still feel justified in having championed the three-year-olds, on the score of their breeding as well as on what other ...

... 'jk&i REMEMBER the potato race at j the school sports the carefully- i jKgP'ga spaced row of potatoes and the bucket I MJJsBS into which they were dropped one by one by the panting competitors jjffl Beal Modern Girls' School, whose war- time home is a camp school in Bucking- SgjSjsBI hamshire, staged a potato race in which the process was reversed. On an acre of ploughed ground each of ri ...

... THE Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn Associa tion has been in existence for 47 years, but Lincoln Red Shorthorn cattle have been bred for more than a century. The breed is distinguished by length of frame, wondrous hardiness, capacity for milk and quick feeding propensity their hardy nature has produced a type of cattle pre-eminent as a dual-purpose breed and a perfect tenant farmer's animal. The ...

... Cambridge Beat the R.A.F. AS I stood on the first tee on the beautiful Ashridge Course, I thought of Harry Bentley's favourite French expres- sion, which, incidentally, he pronounces with the broadest Lancashire accent in the world La vie est belle, for on that beautiful warm sunny April morning, with the inviting first fairway stretching out before me, and the possibility of forgetting our ...

... CAMBRIDGE University's victory in the Middlesex seven-a-side tournament at Richmond was the result of splendid team work and an understanding of sevens' tactics which suggested careful preparation. In the final they defeated a strong Welsh Guards Training Battalion 6-0 and thus finished the day with a total of 51 points and none scored against them. The Guards, captained by Haydn Tanner, and ...

... I MOSS BROS MOSS BROS i Service for i the Services I is now more than ever our motto, for in many important centres j| there are Moss Bros, branches ready, at a moment's notice I (literally!), to provide uniforms for officers of the Navy, Army I and Air Force. Yes, Moss Bros, is now in the nature of a nation-wide organisation, which means that newly gazetted officers and officers requiring ...

... A WRITER on military matters has made the suggestion that farm tractors should if necessary be mobilised in case of invasion for purposes of defence. The idea would presumably be to improvise some sort of protection in the form of shields and to place the tractors at the disposal of local Home Guard commanders. Without suggesting that General de Gaulle, that master of tank and armoured car ...

... WITH the rugby season at an end there is news of cricket. A new itinerant club has been formed and the Forty Club has arranged to play several schools. Services players in particular will be welcomed by a new cricket club, the Public Schools Wanderers, which has been formed with the object of providing regular games during the coming season for public schools cricketers without regular clubs ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent THE fine work of the Polish pilots who are fighting with the Royal Air Force has often been mentioned. They have shown themselves to be extremely dashing in combat and very skilful in the handling of their aircraft. But in a discussion I had with a Royal Air Force officer the other day another point emerged which has not been so widely noticed. It con cerns the ...