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... With an otterhound behind him Mr. Leigh Douse the huntsman, casts for a drag in the woods by the river. The pack, now of 9 couples, takes its name from Mr. Courlenay Tracy, who founded it in 1887 Tasker, Press Illustrations ...
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KEEN DUELLING AT THE B.A.R.C. MEETING
... KEEN DUELLING AT THE B.A.R.O. MEETING Spectators found the Goodwood cour amenities greatly improved when thi attended in force the B.A.R.C.'s last mtt ing for this year. The quality of the spa fulfilled the promise of the course, and U rrific duels were seen between R. Parnell Aaserati) and P. D. C. Walker (E. R.A.J, th won by seconds by Parnell, who retained e Goodwood Challenge Trophy. The ...
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Trial by Jury for THE DUNMOW FLITCH: Four Couples Receive the Award at Dunmow, Essex
... The town of Dun mow cures flitches by the thousand, but the gammons for the 1949 trial, held last Saturday at the Foakes Memorial Hall, came from New Zealand. The trial was revived with all the customary' ceremonial, and wireless listeners heard question and answer as Mr. and Mrs. Laws, of Dunmow, and the couples from Penn, Wolverhampton and Chesterfield, faced the vigorous questioning of ...
THE WAY OF THE WORLD: A Record of the Foreign News in Pictures
... COMMEMORATING THE EXPLOITS OF RUSSIA'S GREAT MILITARY HERO OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY The Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church in Paris, surrounded by Swiss patriarchs, as he conducted the service in the Schollenen Ravine of the Gotthard Pass before the memorial erected to General Alexander Suvarov, who ISO years ago led an army 10,000 strong over the Gotthard Pass into Switzerland. This ...
PATTERNS ON THE LAND: TESTING THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON SOIL: THE QUEENSLAND SORGHUM EXPERIMENT
... These are busy days in East Cenlr Queensland, and onlv a few m2 to the south of Blair Atholl, where v; quantities of open-cast coal are to brought to the service of the Commoj wealth, are the Peak Downs, where i agricultural experiment of equal magi tude is under way. There tractors i once again busy cutting a swatl through the fertile black soil, some i which has never before been undj ...
YEARLINGS Bring High Prices AT THE OCTOBER SALE AT NEWMARKET
... ^ever before have yearling sales had so good a start as they did at Newmarket last week, and signs were not wanting that British bloodstock breeding, in the doldrums during the first post-war years, is now almost re-established on its old high plane. At the July Sales the late Lord Portal's horses realised over 70,000 guineas, including 1 7,000 guineas for the two-year-old Hedgerow. The ...
BRITAIN'S NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ACTING: The Achievements of the R.A.D.A
... ONCE again the Autumn Term of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art has started, and this week with more students than ever-- no fewer than 289, of whom twenty-six come from the United States. As a digression, it seems as though the R.A.D.A. is destined to become more and more of a dollar-earner. Not only are American Government scholarships granted to would-be actors and actresses, but Dolores ...
Colourful New Opera At Covent Garden
... 'The Olympians, a new opera composed by Arthur Bliss and written by J. B. Priestley, is a romantic fantasy set in the South of France. Its premiere at Covent Garden became an event of importance because the whole resources of operatic pro duction were skilfully exploited in support of music of rare quality, sympathetically blended with the author's fantasy. The magnificence of the settings ...
IRISH TURF AND HUNTING FIGURES AT BALLSBRIRGE: Higher Prices Than Last Year at the Dublin Bloodstock Sales
... IRISH TURF AMI HIATI1YG FIGURES AT BALLSBRIRGE Higher Prices Than Last Year at the Dublin Bloodstock Sales The points of a likely candidate for some famous stable are displayed before the critical eyes of owners and trainers in the enclosure at Ballsbridge. Yearlings averaged nearly fifty guineas more than in the autumn of 1948 Mrs. Victor Parr, a former Joint-Master of the Meath, with her ...
PARIS STREET SCENE
... BY WINIFRED LEWIS FASHION PAGE Christian Dior typifies the 1949 outdoor silhouette with a triangular reversible topcoat in red reversing to marine blue with prodigious fullness and blue fox on one sleeve accenting the asymetrical note. A tailored suit has the minimised waist and stiffened peplum of former seasons with a slightly shorter skirt and soft padding at the shoulders. The peplum and ...
THE EARL OF HAREWOOD WEDS IN LONDON
... THE EARL OF HAREWDOD weds in London- A trio of attendants Miss Catherine Shanks. Sarah Lanyon and the page Malcolm Forbes The other bridesmaids were Miss Lydia Brenan and Davina Lloyd The Earl and Countess leave the church after a service during which an anthem by their friends Mr. Benjamin Britten (composer), Miss Joan Cross and Mr. Peter Pears soloists was sunn Their Majesties the King and ...