... Ladies' Kenne Association Prize-winning Dogs at Olympia ALSATIAN Mrs. A. Dixon's Ch. Yvo of Ravcnscar was a first-prize winner. Challenge Certificates were won by Mrs. F. N. Pickett's Monti of Welham and, in a heavy entry by Mrs. Barker's Fidala of Granville. ENGLISH SPRINGERS: Mrs. G. Broadley's Sandylands Shrubby and Sandylands Sherry, who were head of their breed in dog and bitch classes. ...

... Hunting, Beagling and Lacrosse LACROSSE Purley Lacrosse Club met Cambridge University in a fixture at Lord's, the first time the game has been played on the main ground. A vigorous attack is being made on the Parley goal. CAMBRIDGE Left to right, back row, E. H. It. Iiccles, J. P. Chilton, W. D. Power, D. T. Holding, H. C. Cheetham, K. IF. F. Burton, A. J. Rigby, A. 11. Mollett (referee). ...

... THE NEW RING used for the sale is a great improvement on the old. CROPWELL VISCOUNT, by Kelsey Bravo 18th won the Championship for Mr. E. L. C. Pentecost at the Lincoln Red Shorthorn Association's fifty-second sale of bulls. He sold for 310 guineas. HOLME ESQUIRE was Reserve Champion. Shown by Mr. J. Hallam, of Holme, Newark, he is by Tealby Immense out of Holme Harebell 3rd. He also made 310 ...

... The Tresham iilbey Collection of Sporting f tures READERS of Sport and Country are well aware of the work of the Veterinary Educational Trust, which has been approved by the appropriate Government Authority as a Research Association, but which relies for its income upon private contributions. The Equine Research Station at Balaton Lodge, Newmarket, and the sister organisation at Landwades Park ...

... THE City and Suburban and the Great Metropolitan Handicaps came back to their traditional places in the Epsom Spring programmes for the first time since 1939. The crowd on City and Suburban day endured the worst racing conditions imaginable at Epsom, the rain being blown into the Stands while the race was being run. The Hurst and Sandown Park meetings were favoured with good weather, of which ...

... Tuclor Minstrel's Remarkable Guineas Victory By WE must not talk yet as if Tudor Minstrel has won the Derby. Yet the brilliant way in which he won the Guineas-- there has been nothing like it in living memory-- has made such a deep impression on the racing world that his defeat at Epsom at the moment seems unthinkable. That he may meet many better colts or fillies than those he defeated at ...

... Motty eitingon, incorporated, an American firm of Bristol, Penn sylvania, one of the world's largest sheepskin processing companies, has just developed a new plastic treatment for furs. By chemical methods, which they have kept secret, the natural sheepskin is converted into a luxurious fur. A plastic coating moth proofs, waterproofs and gives a brilliant lustre. At the same time the hard ...

... WHAT IS A VIRUS? By Dr. KENNETH M. SMITH, Director of the Plant Virus Research Station at Cambridge. AS most people nowadays are aware, many infectious diseases in animals and plants are caused by germs and germs, to put it more accurately, are minute organisms, bacteria, protozoa and fungi. These are known as micro- organisms. Now the diseases of plants and animals described or mentioned ...

... AROSA, lying in the well-sheltered cup at the head of the Plessur Valley, in the Engadine, is one of the highest winter-sports centres (6000 ft.) in Switzerland. The traveller may leave London after an early lunch and will find himsdf in the little mountain railway which takes him from C.oire to Arosa twenty-four hours later. Formalities include the provision of a passport, a Swiss visa and a ...

... THE appeal by the National Farmers Union for fodder for Hill farms, where stock was starving as a result of the severe weather, brought a response of 4,000 tons of hay and oat straw. Excellent work on the part of personnel engaged in road and rail transport considerably assisted in the rapid distribution of the urgently required supplies, but, in many districts, the last few miles through deep ...

... Eire's Leading Show St. Patrick's Day at Ballsbridge THE annual show of the Irish Kennel Club is always held at Ballsbridge in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day. This year's fixture well maintained the high level reached in recent times, and, not- withstanding the difficulties of travel, was supported by British exhibitors, some of whom managed to do well. Northern Ireland also turned up in force. ...

... THE problem of scything long grass in small or [irregularly disposed areas, such as poultry runs, roadside verges and particularly in orchards, has hitherto been a tedious matter, involving a great expenditure of time and labour. The Atco organisa tion have contributed much to its solution by producing a small power-driven machine which takes a 3-ft. swathe at a height which may be adjusted to ...