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RACHEL

One's " old  Oxford friends " are not necessarily  men. This one was herself Rachel's mother.

RACING TIMES

Walter and Dick overlooked the fact that it is only four miles from the first milestone to the fifth, but five miles from  the fifth milestone to the tenth.

KEY TO POTTED PERSONALITIES

6. Cromwell.

7.. Alfred the Great.

8. Sir Isaac Newton.

9. Wat Tyler.

10. Sir H. M. Stanley (sent to Africa in search of Livingstone).