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England's oldest hunt. 



To welcome every scarlet coat, 



And offer a free pass, Sir ! 



That all may come in riding boots, 



And dance wi' t'bonniest lass, Sir ! 



All night, until the break of day. 



When horn and hound without, Sir ! 



Shall bid him tear himself away 



From the maiden's wiles ; to hunt that day ; 



Yoicks ! tally-ho ! to shout, Sir ! 



-R.B. 



DICK SPINK. 



Bobbie Dawson and the Spinks accompanied each 

 other in their ride down Scugda,le ere yet the sun had set 

 to be in time for the hunt ball, and it is told how Bobbie, 

 never very careful about his personal cleanliness, was wont 

 to stand in the pump trough at Kitching's house to give 

 his boots some semblance of polish ere the great event of 

 the evening. 



On one occasion, I believe, the Misses Kitching black - 

 leaded his boots for him. Dick Spink was always a tidy man, 



