... ^J^cihieA- (y*v Bloodstock on the Air Death of an Artist Ptolemy and the St. Leger WELCOME, if somewhat belated, in formation has recently been given over the air on the meaning and value of the British bloodstock industry. I con gratulate those who arranged the talk and I congratulate, especially, the B.B.C. for having sponsored it. Racing (which, to the in structed, means breeding, too) ...

... OF the first three games of the Public Schools' Week at Lord's, Oratory Beaumont, Clifton v. Tonbridge and Rugby v. Marlborough, weather made it possible for only one, Clifton v. Tonbridge, to be played to a finish. The five wickets' victory of Tonbridge in this regard was a fine and surprising performance in view of their indifferent form earlier in the season. The chief factors in their ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent SO much attention is paid in war time to the development of high-speed aircraft that very little is left over for the con sideration of low speed aircraft. Yet these machines, both in peace and in war, have their special importance. It seems to be established that the faster ;you fly, the greater the distance you will take to land and to take off. There is on the ...

... Playbill Looks at the Shows Lady Behave THERE has been much joyous acclamation at the appearance of the first war-time musical comedy on a scale of pre-war opulence. Whether the ghost of Sir Herbert Tree is equally pleased and proud that it should have appeared at His Majesty's Theatre is doubtful; I thought his portrait as King John in the foyer looked rather glum. However, we need not worry ...

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... The Policemen of Notre Dame Minister of Agriculture Inspects and Approves JUST about four months ago there was keen competition to secure the evacuated Convent of Notre Dame, Clapham Common, and the lovely grounds which surround it. The London Passen ger Transport Board wanted it as a dump, and the Home Guard looked upon it as ideal headquarters. But, despite these powerful applications, the ...

... By A. Croxton Smith AT the last Richmond show, held before war came to interrupt our amusements, my attention was drawn to eight exhibits entered by Mrs. Langton Dennis, a lady who had enjoyed wide repute for her cleverness with several other breeds over a lone course of years. These were described as Miniature Pinschers of which most of us had heard as enjoying popularity in the United States ...

... LOOKING back on the great day at the Sandmoor Golf Club, Leeds, on V day last month, who would believe that such a sum as three thousand pounds could be collected for the Red Cross in one effort built up around a golf match. When the Harborne Golf Club, Birmingham, col lected £2,113 just a year ago, I thought that this would be what the Americans aptly call an all-time record. At the ...

... KOAI.AS, or Aus tralian native bears, are rapidly dying out and are strictly protected in the few states of the Common wealth where they still survive. Not only is it prohibited to kill or injure them, but even to be in possession of one is an offence. One of the few exemp tions from this rule about possession has been granted to Mrs. F. O. Roberts, of Philip Island, Victoria, where some 800 ...

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... Feeding 500 Rabbits in the Fives Courts- Goats on the Tennis Lawns THE College, whose wartime food-production effort is the subject of these notes, must figure here only as a background. Its work, under the direction of Mr. John Murray, is known all over the world, due in no small measure to its celebrated Summer Schools. In September 1939, Dr. Caldwell sought permission to use a part of the ...