1. THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE LORD FISHER, THE FAMOUS ENGLISH ADMIRAL, WHO DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN LONDON AFTER AN OPERATION AT THE AGE OF 79. The procession arriving at Westminster Abbey, where the memorial service took place. Between the bareheaded throngs there moved the escort walking in slow time. First came a body of Marines (shown on left of picture) marching with arms reversed. 4 This was followed by a band of the Royal Marine Artillery, which played funeral marches, with all their strangely mingled grief and suggestion of hope. 2. STEWARDS’ CUP (SIX FURLONGS) PROVIDES A STIRRING RACE AT GOODWOOD. WESTERN WAVE (A. WHALLEY) AND PLYMOUTH ROCK (F. BULLOCK) ARE SHOWN ON RIGHT OF PICTURE FIGHTING OUT THE FINISH, WHICH RESULTED IN A HEAD VICTORY FOR WESTERN WAVE AFTER THEY HAD COLLIDED RIGHT UNDER THE STEWARDS’ EYES. Charges of bumping and boring were
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1587, 23 September 1920, Page 22
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1461. THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE LORD FISHER, THE FAMOUS ENGLISH ADMIRAL, WHO DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN LONDON AFTER AN OPERATION AT THE AGE OF 79. The procession arriving at Westminster Abbey, where the memorial service took place. Between the bareheaded throngs there moved the escort walking in slow time. First came a body of Marines (shown on left of picture) marching with arms reversed.4 This was followed by a band of the Royal Marine Artillery, which played funeral marches, with all their strangely mingled grief and suggestion of hope. 2. STEWARDS’ CUP (SIX FURLONGS) PROVIDES A STIRRING RACE AT GOODWOOD. WESTERN WAVE (A. WHALLEY) AND PLYMOUTH ROCK (F. BULLOCK) ARE SHOWN ON RIGHT OF PICTURE FIGHTING OUT THE FINISH, WHICH RESULTED IN A HEAD VICTORY FOR WESTERN WAVE AFTER THEY HAD COLLIDED RIGHT UNDER THE STEWARDS’ EYES. Charges of bumping and boring were New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1587, 23 September 1920, Page 22
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