Brilliant Prospects All Round From Our Own Correspondent London, June 3
According to present omens London ought to have a very brilliant season this year. It has certainly started remarkably with one of the swarm, fine springs which are becoming more or less common, and which often mean a rather unattractive midsummer. As a general rule, it has not been too hot, although nearly always brilliantly fine, and the only rain we have is customarily contributed by tropical storms such as the one which devastated Louth last Saturday, and which seems to have been due to 2 genuine cloudburst. A few days before a somewhat similar storm, although of course not nearly 0 severe, visited West London, parts of which were washed out with the stoppage. of several railway services, although not a drop of rain seems to have fallen East of Hyde Park Corner, which was itself deluged. Still, if you are going to have a successful season, rain in any form is essential.
Tas Porvunarity oF Ractxe.
There never was such a mass of motor traffic as there is now, with the result that the dust trouble is a very serious one, as the scores of thousands of people found who went to the Derby yesterday road. In the old days, coaches and humbler sorts of. vehicles contributed the main amount of vehicular traffic which went to the Derby. Nowadays every private motor goes, a very large number of privately chartered omnibuses, and a vast collection of motor chara-banes, which come up to the Metropolis in the night from the provinces. If, therefore, the Derby holds its popularity, the regulation of traffic in future must be taken in hand on mere up-to-date lines.
Still, London observed this annual racing event with even greater keenness than before the war. The King went down on. the different days of the race meetings, and his reception showed that his popularity is unabated. Ascot is certain to be a huge success, and the requests for admission to the Royal Enclosure have been so numerous that refusals have been spreading itslt this year, but general. Henley Regatta is also
high, and the "tows dor nas prices at Henley are' absurdly deserve the patronage it gets. It is indeed surprising that the river is as popular as it is, in view of the high rates charged for all boats. Indeed, it would seem that six shillings an hour, or a frac. tion of an hour, is the customary rate. It is quite impossible either to rent a houseboat ar any Sort of cottage by the riverside.
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