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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Stanley Reeve has been called (last year by Town & Country) "The leading fox hunter of the leading fox hunting city in the country." Except for a few weeks many years ago when he substituted at Radnor he has never been a master of foxhounds. But he knows what M. F. H.'s like and how ordinary foxcatchers should comport themselves. Points and excerpts from his primer...
...M. F. H. ride to covertside alone. "Keep at least a hundred feet behind him; then if a hound is emptying itself, you won't be so likely to override...
Whittling out duck decoys first gave Chris Smith the idea for a motorboat that would be short, broad, flat so as to ride on top of the water instead of cutting through it. This revolutionary design, now largely used in speed boats, produced the first boats to make 60 m. p. h. in a contest. In designing his early boats, Chris Smith used no blue prints. Instead, he carved out a small wooden model of the hull. With this in his pocket he went to nearby Walpole Island, picked out a likely looking tree for his boat, and carefully watched...
...somebody spilled the red ink!' How to make them care! . . . Miss Skelton teaches chemistry; she is a faithful worker for the Y. W. C. A. Mr. Mince tips his hat to her every morning; I've seen her flush at his audacity. Sometime I'm going to lock them in the Study Hall and compromise them...
Copper. John D. Ryan, U. S.; M. E. Franque, Belgium...