THE ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS FIRST PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 28, 1874
FARM & COUNTRY
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FOR YOUR DIARY
MAY II Show and Sale of Shorthorn and Dairy Shorthorn Cattle, Crewe.
II-i3 Royal Windsor Horse Show, Home Park, Windsor.
12 Show and Sale of Landrace Pigs, Yeovil.
12-13 Racing: Haydock Park; Lingfield Park.
13-16 Cricket: Surrey V. Australians, The Oval.
16-18 Racing: York.
16-18 Golf: Scottish Professional Championships, Forres, Morayshire.
17-19 Cricket: Cambridge University V. Australians, Cambridge. 17-19 Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital Grounds, Chelsea.
18-20 Devon County Agricultural Show, Exeter.
19-20 Racing: Sandown Park; Stockton.
19-20 Warwickshire Agricultural Show, Warwick.
20-22 International Sheep Dog Trials, Hyde Park, London.
20-23 Cricket: Glamorgan V. Australians, Cardiff.
22 Annual Sheep Dog Trials, Chichester.
22 Polo: Smith Ryland Cup, Cowdray Park, Sussex.
22-23 Racing: Birmingham; Chepstow; Hurst Park; Redcar.
24-27 Royal Ulster Agricultural Society's Annual Show and Industrial Exhibition, Balmoral, Belfast.
26-28 Tidworth Horse Trials, Tidworth, Hants.
Point-to-Point Meetings
MAY
13 East Sussex, Ringmer. I.O.W., Wareham, Dorset. Middleton, Malton, Yorks. Minehead and West Somerset, Holnicote. Worcestershire, Upton-on- Severn.
20 Albrighton Woodland, Chaddes- ley Corbett, near Kidderminster.
27 Melton Hunt Club, Garthorpe, near Melton Mowbray.
Although all possible care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this list of events at the time of going to press, Farm & Country can not accept responsibility for any inconvenience that may be caused as a result of the subsequent alteration or cancellation of the fixtures listed.
OUR COVER PICTURE: A May day near Withypool, Somerset; trout fishing in the River Barle with a wet fly downstream. Photographed by John Tarlton.
Yet another brand from the great NEW S3P RANGE
NEXT ISSUE MAY 24, 1961
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