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ASCOT FROM THE AIR

... who, in the reign of George III., really put the meeting on its feet, and we have often wondered why there is no race named after him. King Edward VII. ordered extensive improvements to be made but the grand-stand is still substantially as it was in ...

Woodbridge Horse Show

... Roivbotham, was foaled in 1940. She won a First, was Junior Champion and Reserve Supreme Champion Mare or Filly. She is named after a fine ship, launched by Lady Rowbotham, and is a daughter of Bawdsey Sir Roger. A GRAND TYPE Sir Charles Bunbury1 s fine ...

Gardens For The Blind

... growing below. The plants are also labelled with their botani cal and common names for people who can see. The gar den is named after a former Mayor of Hove, Councillor A. E. Brocke, who did much to bring it into existence. There is a wonderful collection ...

A CHAT ABOUT CRICKET: FALLACIES CONCERNING EARLIER CRICKET EXPOSED

... name but a few names. JACK HOBBS, WITH MRS. HOBBS, ADMIRES THE SWEET PEA BLOOM THAT HAS BEEN NAMED AFTER HIM. What's in a name A Sweet Pea bloom has been named after Jack Hobbs and the great man recently paid a visit, with Mrs. Hobbs, to the Horticultural ...

PRIZES GREAT AND SMALL

... Allow me to introduce you to him, sir I am sure the Admiral would be delighted.) Newmarket must have a score of races named after the Great Ones, from the Mar quis of Granby, whose noble title appears on so many inn signs, to a Falmouth or a Chesterfield ...

The Royal Ascot Meeting

... her left, with Open Sesame (dark Tudor Lady (sheepskin noseband J, who was eventually placed second. QUEEN ANNE STAKES Named after i{n Thomas- Moret's four-year-old colt Solina, b ...

BY THE WAY

... spoiled. The esprit de corps amongst fishermen ought to make this impossible. WITH THE CUP NAMED AFTER HIM: THE PRINCE OF WALES'S CLAUS OF SEALE. A cup, named after the Prince of Wales' s Claus of Seale, was presented to the best British-bred dog at the ...

MONTE CARLO: WHERE SPRING REIGNS ETERNALLY

... CHIEF ATTRACTION OF MONTE CARLO-- THE SEA FRONT TERRACES, FASHION'S RENDEZVOUS IN THE EARLY MORNING. GRIMALDI'S NEST, SO NAMED AFTER THE REIGNING PRINCES OF MONACO, THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF MONTE CARLO FROM SEAWARD. A DAILY SCENE ON THE LOVELY TERI.ACE ...

THE NEW MARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING

... for every nomination had been allotted, but once more it was found impossible to quite fill the principal all-aged stake named after Mrs. Montagu Tharp's famous estate at Chippenham, a mile or two to the east of the turf metropolis. 1 here was no ciimculty ...

Quiet Backwaters

... served with after noon tea in cool and comfortable surroundings. Later, a pleasant assistant showed us around. The bedrooms, named after local histori cal associations, have wonderful views extending either across the Romney Marshes to Winchelsea and the sea ...

Rapier on Racing

... Cup races and handicaps named after cities and towns the Man chester Cup and the Lincoln shire Handicap, for instance but I think this Cup race at York is the only one named after the county. Even the Chester Cup is named after the city and not the county ...

RUGBY FOOTBALL

... still increased demands are being made. Names of Racehorses. The late Sir Leander Starr Jameson had a horse, Dr. Jim, named after him. Ihere was also a Joe Chamberlain. Years ago there was a Dal ham, the name of the property that Cecil Rhodes bought ...