... RUSSIAN HERO'S GRAND NATIONAL--THE FIELD CROSSING BECHER'S BROOK, SECOND TIME ROUND, WITH FIFTEEN HORSES IN A FIELD OF FORTY-THREE WELL TOGETHER AT A CRUCIAL PART OF THE RACE The winner, Russian Hero (L. McMorrow up black and white check jacket), is seen taking the fence with the favourite, Cromwell, beside him. Leading the field (on right) is Royal Mount (P. Doyle up), which came in third. In ...

... 1,300 deputies from all parts of the Soviet Union packed the Andrews Hall in the Kremlin and strolled beneath the great chandeliers of the Geogievsky Hall when they met in Moscow recently to hear the Budget with its mighty alloca tions for the armed forces. Their meeting took place shortly after the replacement of Mr. Moloton by Mr. Vishinsky, and it was noted that Mr. Moloton and ...

... reed roof well laid will last for half-a-century without repair, and the life of a straw thatch is at least thirty years. Country folk know these qualities full well, also the warmth which thatch imparts in winter and the coolness in summer, and for these very solid reasons it is doubtful if the thatchers art will ever die out in this country. Mr. E. J. Pearce, who is seen engaged in thatching ...

... Fourteen members oj the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedi tion have returned to Australia ajio fourteen months on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic 3,500 miles south west of Melbourne. The expedition established an A -class weather aw scientific research station on the pi fr viously uninhabited island, a station that has been able to provide both flying men and agriculturists i ...

... HT erence Rattigan's great success as a dramatist, has been mainly concerned with the lighter side of the theatre. His latest play, Adventure Story, is a serious attempt to reconstruct Alexander of Macedon's life from B.C. 336, when he began his great years of conquest, until his death fourteen years later. The play has ten scenes beginning at Delphi, where the young Alexander consults Pythia, ...

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... MISS ELIZABETH STEPHENSON, of Orpington, Kent, left England to work in Canada, where she stayed with her sister, married to a Canadian farmer, Mr. Sydney Smith, of Smith- ville, Ontario. These pictures, which she sent home with her own com ments in a letter, give a glimpse of life on a small farm in that vast country. A capacity for hard work as well as enthusiasm are necessary qualifications ...

... ON Members' Day at East Malling Research Station, visitors were told of the research work on frost damage and its prevention which is now in progress there in collaboration with the Fuel Research Station at Greenwich. This joint work only began a little over a year ago, so as yet there are no new recom mendations to present on frost control, but just a glimpse of the important advances to be ...

... THE FIELD AT THE WATER JUMP The winner, Russian Hero, is on the far side, his rider's colours clearly seen. He is racing with Wot No Sun and San Michele (rider with belt). Ulster Monarch, with the prominent blaze, is jumping, half right, in front of Astra rider with hooped cap). Cloncarrig, riderless, has gone by: so, too, has Roimond. Pictures of the early stages of the race are on the ...

... BIG crowds, especially on the second day, attended this most popular function at Sandown Park. I The revived Grand Military Gold Cup attracted eleven runners, of which only six completed the course. Among the fallen was the hot favourite, Klaxton. Major J. W. Phillips, who rode the winner, Demon Vino, stated that he had been abroad for ten years and that this was the first occasion on which he ...

... By H. Edwards Clarke THE Spring Sapling Sale held by Messrs. Aldridges may mark the end of one coursing season, but it just as cer- tainly ushers in another, inasmuch as many of the saplings that graced the bench will be the entries in the Puppy Stakes at Druid's Lodge and Altcar next October. While prices in general were below last year's average, the returns were proof enough that well-bred, ...

... ■D_. IT XT' _ .-ot; (Assistant Director, National Institute DJ n* nOWeS of Poultry Husbandry) BEFORE spending a single penny on equipment and stock in connection with a proposed poultry venture, it is advisable to decide two important points-- the main object of keeping poultry on the farm, and the method of housing and management. Surely the object is to provide extra revenue from the sale of ...