194 Seventy Years a Master. 



At the end of '' Lincoln Green " he put the 

 following : — 



P.S. 



" I here meant to finish but I took one more look, 

 Found my anger was rising whilst reading his book ; 

 When I saw that from Eaton he had gone seven miles 

 To hunt up a man who could jump over stiles. 

 He need not have gone far — might have shortened his 



search, 

 Had he only stepped over the way from the Church. 

 There resides one who never was yet in a funk. 

 And been followed by Sebright, and Ongley, and Monk. 

 And shall he who has shone amidst such constellation 

 Be left out of a run with this soft generation 1 

 Oh, Harry, I'm sick, I'm disgusted, can't bear it ! 

 'Tis libel, stuff, nonsense, egad I won't hear it ! 

 Who believes in a Bedfordshire run that was fast 

 With John Walker nowhere — Harry Bolton placed 

 last 1 " 



Bill Pope, who has been with me on more 

 runs than I care to remember, was born with 

 the instincts of the Chase. He was kind to 

 all, and for his size he took his place in a run, 

 and never was known to haul down his 

 colours. One of the few men of whom it can 



