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O is for Osmaston, staunch friend and true ; when we draw Shirley 



Park we're nigh sure of a view. 

 { is for Parker ; come, gladden your eyes, like a bird o'er the 

 pj fences her ladyship flies. 



I is for Pole, too, tho' welter his weight, he's a beautiful horse- 

 V man and always goes straight. 

 Q the quandary we're in when we lie 'neath our horse in a ditch, 



ne'er a comrade is nigh. 

 R is the Rover ; tho' many may smile, when we hunt him and kill 



him, we love him the while. 

 S is for Shrewsbury, young at the sport. But he really means 



business. He's quite the right sort. 

 T is for Tom Smith, when riding his roan, he's a rum un' to follow, 



we'll all of us own. 

 U for the 'Unters, as H-less ones call them ; for the H's I'm sorry ; 



by Gad ! how they maul them. 



V is for Vernon ; of foxes no dearth shall we find at headquarters 



while he is on earth. 

 /' for Waterpark, Master of Hounds. His field and his temper 

 T^ * he keeps within bounds. 



) for "Worthington also, who sees most runs through, and enjoys 

 \ them the best when his pals see them too. 

 X is the excitement we all of us know, when it's Hoic ! Holloa ! 

 Forrard ! Away ! Tally-ho ! 



Y are the young ones, without whom the chace would soon cease 



to exist, for we grow old apace. 

 Z are the zealous true lovers of sport. Let us drink to their 

 health in a bumper of port. 



1881. 



In January a very successful fancy-dress ball was 

 given by the Friary Cricket Club. Mr. Walter Boden, J. P., 

 Captain Lucas, Captain Parry, and Mr. J. Marriott were 

 the active workers in the affair. The following description 

 appeared at the time : " The guests were received at the 

 foot of the stairs by a Chinese mandarin of high degree, 

 and two or three friars of olden time with their cowls well 

 pulled over their faces. Sturdy beefeaters guarded the 

 staircase and marshalled the company into the ball-room. 

 . . When we arrived the ball-room was about half filled, 

 and very brilliant and interesting was the scene, but most 

 difiicult was the task of recognizing friends, especially the 



