... AMONG the variety of classes at the Dublin Show, juvenile riders were given an opportunity to display the talents of the coming generation of horsemen and horsewomen. There was some good riding in the pony classes, and some courageous exhibitions in the jumping events. A young horseman of whom more will undoubtedly be heard was twelve-year-old Master Tommy Taaffe, who won the Children's ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent GENERALLY speaking, rose gardens are in poor shape just now-- the inevitable aftermath of six dreary years when rose growing was necessarily a matter of little or no importance. But roses still hold the highest place in the affections of garden lovers. Given the right soil and situation, they provide a generous and lasting floral display in return for little ...

... OVER 2,000 ewes and a large entry of rams were catalogued at the Suffolk Sheep Society's annual show and sale at Ipswich. Messrs. J. R. Keeble and Son's Venning Challenge Cup winner was sold for 420 guineas, and the top thirty-seven ram lambs made an average of £245. Three animals sold at over 400 guineas, eleven at over 300 guineas, eight at over 200 guineas, and fifteen at over 100 guineas. ...

... Shropshire's >9th Annual Show HEREFORD RULLS born between September 1 and December 81, 1945, line up to await the Judge, Mr. D. G. P. Jefferys. There were over 70 entries in the classes for this breed. PEDIGREE DAIRY SHORTHORN bull, Alveley Master piece 41s/, jo as exhibited by Mr. S. Williamson, of Green House, Alveley, Bridgnorth, and won a championship. He is by Wreay Wild Gem 8th out of ...

... Prizewinners Al lie Herts Show GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS These three Red Polls shown by the Shadivell Estate Company are Shadwell Sheriff, Coldham Philanderer and Shadwell Flower. BEST RED POLL bred by an exhibitor, and best of the breed in the class open to Hertfordshire entries and a champion, was Mistley Liveley 3rd, owned by Messrs. Brooks, Ltd. AD W ELL FASHION won the Shire Horse ...

... ALTHOUGH the Show at Haywards Heath was called the Seven Counties Show, only four of the seven counties entered for it. Red Polls are growing in popularity in the south, and we shall hope to see a more representative entry for the Show another year. The catalogue, which cost two shillings, did not give extended pedigrees or performances of the entries, but it afforded evidence of the ...

... Peacetime Gardening Returns to Coppirsj By Our Horticultural Correspondent THE difficulties of running country-house gardens during the war years are only too well known, and the process of restoring their former beauty is a task of equal, if not greater, magnitude. Food production is still as vital as ever and, in spite of demobilisation, the supply of garden labour still falls sadly short of ...

... By I APOLOGISE for a stupid mistake in my last note, anent the Yarn Plate at Manchester. In the first place it is a maiden event, for which Neocracy is not qualified; secondly, I wrote Edward Tudor instead of Tudor Minstrel. Edward Tudor, the three-year-old, certainly does not seem to be as good as his brother, Owen Tudor, nor is be as good as the newcomer, Tudor Minstrel. However, in fairness ...

... AUGUST 30, 1946 TX>£ pl&X. Mut te Safe FORTNIGHTLY ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS SPORJ1 i ^OUKKiy A- I.. 'II ...

... * * Gone to the Devil gOMEWHERE within a few yards of where Temple Bar once stood was an ancient tavern bearing the sign of St. Dunstan tweaking the devil's nose. But if the founder wished his house to be known as St. Dunstan's he reckoned without the lawyers in their chambers nearby. The legal wits of the day in need of refreshment used to put placards on their doors Gone to the Devil And ...

... Harvest Nineteen F orty-Six \/ITAL to any country in any year, more vital than ever to every country this year and, as we in England feel, most vital of ail to us, the harvest 1946 is being gathered with an urgency of purpose not less than that of the darkest days of the war years. In the North they have been fortunate and much of the corn is in safety. In East Anglia some will never be ...

... AFTER a lapse of six years, Cowes Week once again brought the yachting season to its peak. As if to make up for those six empty years, the weather provided an infinite variety of sailing conditions, from days of soft breezes, when courses were shortened to allow the yachts to finish in reasonable time, to days of gales, when the courses were again shortened, but this time to ease the yachts ...