... T7 INDON Great Fair is one of the best-known centres for sheep sales in Sussex. Southdowns are the main interest, but several other breeds are seen in the pens, as well as many cross-bred lambs. The Down sheep predominate, but Suffolks, Border Leicesters and Cheviots obtain good prices at the sale. This year there was a large attendance of buyers at the wartime venue West Grinstead and good ...

... SINCE most of New Zealand's leading players are over here on one job or another in the Services, New Zealand Rugby has moved to this country and the famous North Island v. South Island trial was played at Merton Park. London. It was a rather one-sided test, for North Island won by 31 points to 3. After the match Flying Officer E. Grant, the Royal New Zealand Air Force captain, was chosen to ...

... 1 llliteiB 1 ROOTES SECURITIES LTD This, you remember, was the mascot of the Humber Snipe. It was the Rootes Group that gave you the Humber Snipe. With victory achieved their principal objective will be the creation of still finer cars. ROOTES SECURITIES LTD ...

... Europe's U nder ground For three years a Third Front has been active against the Nazis in Europe. It is comprised of the underground, guerrillas, saboteurs, active resisters of all kinds against the Ilitlerian slave order. Theirs is a saga of blood and ink, and when history is written we shall know how greatly these Indomitable Secret Soldiers have helped to win the War for Freedom. By C ...

... w arm Wooll ies* Vest and Pants, in a Quick, Easy Pattern, taking: only Three Coupons Knitting For The Long Winter Evenings MATERIALS 6 oz. 3-ply Sirdar Super Shetland wool in pale pink and a little contrast colour for edges Nos. 9 and 1 1 needles. MEASUREMENTS VEST. Round bust, 33 in. length at centre front, 22 in. round hips, 35 in. PANTIES. Length, front to crutch, 13 in. hips, 36 in. ...

... TRAVELLING through the of Yorkshire to-day one sees in every parish the gathering in of a rich harvest. Lowlands, uplands and many a stubborn glebe have contributed in no uncertain fashion to the nation's larder. This year, despite the loss to farming of land for aerodromes and public works, the arable acreage approaches the half-million mark and passes the previous record of the pros ...

... Dual Purpose Cattle The Points of the Red Poll THE Red Poll of Norfolk and Suffolk has its origins in the blending of the Old Red Norfolk and the Polled Suffolk dun, the former noted for its early maturing qualities and its fine beef, the latter for its milking properties. Herd milk averages range from 800 to 900 gallons with about 4 per cent, of butter fat. The breed is noted for longevity, ...

... Brightwell prospect, a full portrait of which is on the preceding page, is here described in some. detail. Thrice a Royal Champion, he was selected as a good example of the breed and was specially photographed for Sport and Country under the direction of a well-known judge. The cow on the right-hand page, also photo graphed in August, is Honest Sonia, born February 17, 1936. GOOD LENGTH from ...

... cm, Three Crowded Days at H.Q. LS RACING continues to go astonishingly well. The St. Leger was a gay and even colourful occasion. I cannot imagine where the women got their clothes from; they all looked as new. Gallant Naval Officers, Generals and Air Vice- Marshals marched stolidly along the road from the station to the course. The bicycle park was packed. The refreshment bars were as ...

... HOUND trails in the Fell country play an important part in trying out individual hounds, in educating the young ones and in getting members of the pack fit for their more important duties. The trails are immensely popular, and heavy betting is transacted between the local people and the bookmakers. The Threlkeld trail, held at the foot of Saddleback in aid of Red Cross funds, was run in con ...

... By John Radnor RUGBY football in war time very properly is mainly an affair of the Services. But let us not forget the Hospitals, and especially Guy's, who on Saturday celebrated their centenary as a Rugby club. In more normal times this would have ranked high as a sporting event. Many a columnist in unceasing pursuit of the mot juste or verbal tit-bit must have had his say on the subject and, ...

... By A. Croxton Smitl 'ORSES and dorgs is some men's fancy. They're wittles and drink to me-- lodging, wife and children-- reading, writing and 'rithmetic-- snuff, to- backer and sleep. So declared one of the characters in David Copperfield. Dickens, as a great lover of dogs him self, understood the feelings they aroused in men and women, although these reflections were written nine years ...