One Hears (Somewhere near the Tate Gallery)— That it was some parade.
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Of much-trudged Judge Rudge.
That Lyon Thomson was a lion elsewhere.
That Lobjoit's judge job was to find the kernel.
That Judge Wheeler's initial job lasted to the end.
That "Girling 478" was well timed and well watched.
That COMMCES were close runners-up in several instances.
That Mr. Harrison must have received ninny prizes in his time.
That the early-worm squad were the most cheerful that has been paraded so Car.
That the judges, contrary to custom, were mostly to be found under the platforms.
That " unlucky 13," in addition to having won the Derby, was a first on Whit, Monday.
That it was well that not all the visitors knew that the Johnnie Walker Commercar was a loaded exhibit.
That the speeches at the R.A.C. lunch were appreciated because of their unusual brevity and brightness.
That, it was Col. Crompton's first appearance in vaudeville, but that he has played many good parts on ether boards.
That a run on alcohol by a Parade driver accounted for a silly interruption during Colonel Crompton's speech at the prize distribution.
That some of the drivers were evidently colour blind in respect of the entrances, and notably a number of Tlarrod's vans and some of the Gas Light. and Coke Co.'s wagons.
That one local resident on the Embankment appreciated the Parade because opposite, his house there was a hearse, to the left of him was an ambulance, and to the right of him a refreshment van.
That one incident, at the luncheon was the. receipt by Col. Crompton of a telegram from the Lord Mayor of London, while en route, to Paris, and that Aid. Bowater was amongst the prize-vehicle owners.
That amongst the numberless questions pat to the point marshals by visitors were " -What time are the Brighton walkers due?" " Where's the miner race to be held? " " Can you tell me the way to Madame Tussaud's ? " and " Where shall I find Driver Brown, Mister ? "
That one suggestion was that if it rained the best way to mark out the area would be to pick up the wood pavement into shapes for the various numbers, and that another was that the -competitors should be warned that the parade had been transferred to the tubes, and that the red entrance would be down the escalator at Oxford Circus.
Of Fenner's fine figuring.
The dismissal bugle with relief.
That Coh Kearns showed arnacing activity.
That Mr. P. Beavan's arrows are broad ones. That the bus from the Willesden was dazzling.
That Supt. Bassom found every vehicle quiet on parade.
That Blain's remarks weren't blain enough for Browne.
That the Shrapnell-Smith cup should have been a butter dish.
That the drivers' kiddies wished Parade days were nuaie !irequerai.
That. the finest line in the Parade was formed by Fry's chimneys.
That if the Pal ade be held in Lancashire there must be a class for chars-a-banes.
That the backing of the Westminster was remarkably smart and that of others was not.
That after all there was no reason to have put the. Daimler ambulance so near to the canteen van.
That Major Donohue's name barred him from being asked to act as marshal at cute of the coloured entrances.
That the police warned the chief marshal that we were not to Me,Kenna more noise in Smith Square than could be helped.
That the buses provided for the convenience and amusement of visitors afforded excellent opportanities for bird's-eye views.
That to back half a dozen 18 ft. steamers successfully in an 18 ft. 6 in. road requires a great deal of patience on the part of a marshal.
That the fact that the ambulances had nothing to do was testimony to the. drivers and to the organization alike, but their provision was a wise precaution.
That the Grosvenor Embankment was. a serious rival to Hampstead :Heath on Monday,, and that ticklers, teasers and paper hats were on sale, but not selling.
-That an ex-goalbird mistook H.M.'s luggage van for a " Black Maria," and expressed great disapproval, on public grounds, when lie found that it contained no seats.
That for the first time in their memory the officials owed a debt ot gratitude to the suffragettes—the Tate Gallery was shut, and they could use the whole of the front of the approach for headquarters.
That when the welsher's cab was burned by the crowd on the Epsom Downs on Derby Day, the gentleman who promptly removed the clock from the dashboard was not even sure that the fire was properly started.