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...Hurlingham, English polo Mecca, two factions grumbled at each other over the choice of a British team. Keenness to snare the Cup roused their feelings. Then announcement was made: Maj. T. W. Kirkwood or Lieut.-Col. T. P. Melvill, No. 1; Maj. G. H. Phipps-Horneby, No. 2; Maj. F. B. Hurndall, No. 3; Louis Lacey, back. Alternate No. 2 or 3, Maj. E. G. Atkinson. Alternate back, Maj. Vivian Lockett...
...party from the University of Pennsylvania set sail for the jungles of the upper Amazon, to snare the almost mythical "hoatzin." The party is headed by Rodolphe M. de Schauenesse, son of a French baroness, and owner of a rare aviary; Joseph McGoldrick; and Henry Norris. The hoatzin is so rare a bird that few scientific men have ever seen it except William Beebe (TIME, April 7), who tracked it down in British Guiana. It is a primitive type, relic of vanished ages, closely allied to the pterodactyl, first known fossil bird. It has a very strong beak, with which...
...discuss the other possible sources of the "heavenly harmony". To some degree the radio novice in his delight over the successful operation of his "set" has likewise forgotten to interest himself in the problems of the origin of those invisible waves which he has set his wires to snare...
...education. It would give greater opportunity for cultured development; it would leave more time for healthful sport, to mention only a few of its more obvious benefits. Let Mr. Edision bring on his short-time working day and stop worrying about its effect. The doleful Malthus will perhaps snare the country in the toils of his population low in a few generations. But meanwhile people would like the chance of creating a Golden Age which might rival the Renaissance in height and breadth of intellectual life...
Until Mr. Halsell's score, Frederick Snare of Garden City (L. I.), President of the Association and 1922 champion, led the field with 161. An extra putt at the 36th green cost Alexander H. Revell of Old Elm (Chicago) a tie with Mr. Snare for second place...