... THE judges' decision for the Hunter Cham pionship at Dublin Horse Show lay for a time between the winner of the weight-carrying class and Mr. H. Davis Kenny's Pampas Grass, their opinion eventually going in favour of the heavier horse, Mrs. S. G. Atkinson's Landslide. The leading middle-weight hunter was Mr. Roger Shanahan's entry, T. C., and Mr. Patrick Lynch won the Perpetual Challenge T ...

... I 'HE Young Farmers' Movement continues to make progress in Here fordshire, whose Federa tion, represented by nine teen clubs, held its first Annual County Rally at Garnons, Byford, lent for the day by Sir R. C. G. Cotterell, Bart. Com petitions were varied and were judged by technical officers of local W.A.E.C.'s and other supporters of the Federation. There was a considerable em phasis on ...

... THE Annual Show and Sale of the Sheep Breeders' Association, held in the Fair Field, Dorchester, received a good number of entries for the four classes, all for registered stock. The demand throughout was exceptionally keen and practically a total clearance was made of the 190 rams on offer. The high averages once again proved the demand there is for the breed, for pedigree breeding and for ...

... Memories of less when four-in-h ms Show. After assembly i between five and six mis guard giving the best pd the Duchess of Kent, attended on the second q; classes for military h ...

... T wo- Y ear-Olds of 1946 By WITH Goodwood over, and an interval of some weeks before the big races come round again, it is possible to attempt some classification of the season's juveniles, the best part of which have now been seen in action. In suggesting that they may be classified, I do not propose to embark on the task, so dear to amateur handicappers, of placing them in 1, 2, 3 order It ...

... One of the most interesting of the post war developments in boat-building was tried out on the Thames recently. It was one of the new Y.R.A. 12-foot National One-design class, but it was built on a com pletely new principle. Instead of following the normal boat construction of mahogany strakes on a foundation of ribs and stringers, it was made of moulded ply. The boat was built by Fairey ...

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... AT t THE PICTUIVE/ \JcuuujLj Ci Fun and Games FROM time to time it happens to me to drive past a queue of balletomanes. Invariably this consists of moon-eyed young women in their teens. If it is in the afternoon I wonder why these young women are not typing or seamstressing or making beds. (Except that beds ought to be made earlier in the day.) I can see by their expressions that they are ...

... /Mrt Lj THOUGH Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether lands was only able to make a short one-night stay in London when she flew over to decorate the King with the Order of Wilhelm, and to present His Majesty with the black and grey Dutch horses that are her gift to the Household Cavalry and the Royal Mews, Her Majesty enjoyed every moment of her brief visit. So much pleasure did the King take in her ...

... GOODWOOD BECK 01! -AID RACEGOERS ORET Despite Uncertain Weather, Huge Crowd Years. They Saw Some First-Class R Flocked to the First Goodwood Meeting for Seven ing on This Most Picturesque of English Courses More Pictures on panes 212 and 213) C.dr. G. I. Palmer Mr. A, C. Somerset and Mrs. G. I. Palmer Mrs. George Pike Miss Diana Pike Major S. A. Pike, Mrs. S. A. Pike, and Major George Pike The ...

... A Finish on the Downs And Some of Those Who Saw If Gordon Richards on Radiotherapy beating his brother, Cliff Richards, on Aldis Lamp, in the finish of the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. More photographs of the meeting will be found on pp. 208 and 209 Commander and Mrs. Geoffrey Palmer and Mr. A. C. Somerset (centre), who were among the racegoers. (See also opposite page) ...

... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere THE talkative navvy was holding forth to an admiring audience in the village pub. He was explaining that even in his job, which people might think dull enough, there was sometimes quite a lot of excitement. Why, I can remember once when a gas explosion tore up a main street where I was working. What did you do? asked one of his listeners. Ah, replied ...