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Dunstan Times, Issue 3135, 18 September 1922, Page 8

Mimy stories have been told ol the feats iit' blind people who go in lor nvinnasties and piny cards. but tiu most remarkable instance is perhaps that of Mr Poiryvall Hart-Dyke (elder son and heir of the aged Sir AViMiam Hart-Dyke), who died recently at Bournemouth. At one time, sevoial years ago. ho was seen regularly on the cricket field, and ho could field at points, and even make a. catch! A special ball was used, of course, a bell inside indicating its course to the Ingh-Iv-trained ear ol the blind man. As a bat Mr Hart-Dyke shaped wonderlu y well, though the' bowlers naturally modified their pace when be was in The King has oilered a eiip lor an airplane race around the British isles to be held in September. The race ],as aroused intense enthusiasm among airplane manufacturers, and many of the most famous British racing pdols will compete. A special machine has been ordered by a duke, whose name has not been revealed. I Ins lias almost been completed at tile lamdon an station. The race will start either a ■ Hendon or Croydon and wd! V • ■ course slightly inside that w h'di t\u ■ unfortunate Hawker billowed m • • • when, through the slipping ol ' ln)m the rudder bar. the machine M into the sea and he tailed by a slant distance from completing the cm. One problem facing the Hiers is t w construction of a plane winch will ~l,lc to land at a much slower speed than usual owing to the nneertam nature of the landing grounds In air circles the race is regarded as the, lirst stop toward tho ostablishinout ol (icets of private racing planes whose owners will miter in races throughout the world just as is now done with racing automobiles and horses.