Seventy-five years ago tomorrow the King gave Royal Assent to the Representation of the People Act 1918 and extended the right to vote to the majority gender - women. David Frost of South Africa, for one, will never forget the 18th here as he handed in a card that will probably find its way into the Guinness Book of Records. Fortunately, golf is not all about long-distance driving and I suspect that Arthur Daley has as much chance of winning the Open as the American.'I wouldn't attempt to drive the fifth,' Ian Woosnam said 'It's not worth losing a ball. Pitman has repeatedly warned that Saturday's distance of two miles and five furlongs would prove beyond Egypt Mill Prince's stamina limitations if the going became testing. It rained at Cheltenham yesterday and, although the official going remained good, more wet weather was firmly forecast.As Egypt Mill Prince drifted from 9-4 to 11-4 with Corals, 5-2 to 3-1 (Hills) and 5-2 to 11-4 (Ladbrokes) yesterday, the two latter firms made Second Schedual favourite instead.David Nicholson confirmed yesterday that Another Coral, winner of the same event last year, will join stablemate Second Schedual in the race.'Both horses definitely run and there are no worries about the ground,' Nicholson said. It's presided over by the ferocious thrasher, Master Guan (Lu Qi), who resembles Wackford Squeers on mescalin (when he drops dead in mid-harangue, it seems the right way for him to go). The group was looking for 'efficiency gains' in the stores, but these could be achieved through normal staff turnover.A spokesman for Clark Whitehill said it never commented on its clients.

We will need wider access to world banking markets to enable us to meet forecast customer needs.'The Treasury review is due to be completed in the next fortnight and published immediately after Parliament's Whitsun recess.David Gilchrist, Halifax's general manager in charge of corporate development, said: 'Bank status would give us much more fund-raising power in areas where they haven't heard of building societies. Having hired a dinner suit, the American turned up on the Saturday night anyway and cut in on Billie Jean King who was celebrating her fourth singles title.'I wasn't going to waste the suit,' he said, 'but I think the British frowned on me dancing with Billie Jean because I hadn't won the Championship.' After a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 victory he could claim he was merely getting his desserts 24 hours early.Two legs badBORIS BECKER is certainly feeling his popularity if not, at 24, his age. THE BBC'S board of management is meeting on Monday to discuss a range of cuts designed to remove up to pounds 80m a year from the administrative overheads of the corporation. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he took his degree in mathematics. A dedication tablet in the porch extols the memory of the Emperor Franz Josef, whose nephew was assassinated only yards away in 1914, igniting the First World War. Vinko Puljic is not looking forward to Easter this year. Imaginative writing and a well-lubricated polish characterised the session and Cooper's singing and stomping tenor style on his arrangement of 'Strike Up The Band' boosted the record salesconsiderably.Cooper took time off from the Lighthouse to tour Europe, South Africa and Japan with June Christy and when he eventually left the Lighthouse All Stars he worked as a studio musician in Hollywood He developed his writing further and composed film scores. That makes forecasts of about pounds 125m for the current year look achievable and puts the shares, up 16p at 471p yesterday, on a multiple of about 15.While Do It All and the looming Monopolies and Mergers Commission report on newspaper distribution will continue to be a brake on the shares, there should also be limited downside at these levels..

Accordingly Holton joined Sunderland in 1976 and then Coventry, but a series of injuries limited his progress; indeed at his final club, Sheffield Wednesday, his fitness problems were so severe that he never played a senior match.However, Holton was a personable fellow, tailor-made for the licensing trade, and he became a successful publican in Coventry, where he lived with his wife and two teenage children until his death of a suspected heart attack after a fitness training session.(Photograph omitted). Free house.THE BULSTONE HOTEL, Higher Bulstone,Branscombe, nr Seaton, Devon, tel: 0297 80446At the Bulstone you will find everything you might need on a family holiday. THERE is a slight frisson when a visitor asks for William Magkoba or Makaziwe Mandela at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mr Hartley spoke with an air of impatience, like a man at a British Rail complaints bureau. As they mature and develop, they will be popping up everywhere.'The betting in London is that half a dozen of the newcomers will be non-US partners.The partners share the profits, and last week it emerged just how great these are - dollars 1.15bn (pounds 675m) before tax in 1991. Published by Article 19, 90 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LL pounds 3..