Fifty Leaders of British Sport. Portraits by Ernest C. Elliott.
(Elliott and Fry). With Biographical Notes and a Preface by F. G. Afialo. (J. Lane. 21s. net.)—The frontispiece of this volume is a portrait of the King His Majesty's favourite sports are racing and yachting, the former, however, being a thing of the past, as far as an active pursuit of it is concerned. Then comes the Prince of Wales, who is, we are told, "among the dozen first shots in this country." The Earl of Ancaster (of the Four-in-Hand Club), Lord Balfour of Burleigh (a great curler), Mr. John Ball (of golfing fame), the Duke of Beaufort, M.P.H., Mr. W. Buckmaster (a polo player), and others, quos nuns per- scribere longum est, follow. Cricket is represented by Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, P. F. Warner, C. B. Fry, and others. The portraits are admirably executed, as one might expect from their origin, and Mr. Aflalo's notes are always in good taste.
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