^Prtcioug iHomentg. 



King of sports I always deemed it — pleasure un- 

 alloyed it brings ; 



Ride with pluck, but with discretion ; ride, remember- 

 ing " your steed 



Is the vessel — you the pilot to direct both course 

 and speed." 



Hounds the beacon are to steer by ; eye, decision, 



hands and nerve. 

 Jointly use to keep them near you — such alone the 



end will serve ; 

 Then returning, the day over (P'raps at last reduced 



to ten. 

 Was the gaudy " field " which mustered fully twice 



one hundred men !) 



If you were of those survivors when whoo-hoop the 



keen air rent. 

 Then returning home, be thankful, for your day has 



been well spent ; 

 Joys like these are not so fleeting as some prosy 



people say ; 

 Nerve and pocket both may fail us — health, alas ! may 



too give way. 

 But whatever be the future — wheresoe'er our lots 



be cast, 

 Nothing has the power to rob us of the brightness 



of the past. 



