126 LIFE OF TEGETMEIER 



Hunter." His part was that of the Mayor of 

 Orleans, described on the programme as " Mayor, 

 the leader of the van in every popular movement, 

 but inclined to speechifying ; and as mares will 

 do, break occasionally into a canter." A photo- 

 graph was taken of the Savage Club Amateurs 

 in a group, in free and friendly attitudes ; 

 and another, of the two joint secretaries, was 

 also taken. Of this Tegetmeier, when taking the 

 chair at the house dinner, on his eighty-seventh 

 birthday, November, 1903, gave a reproduction, 

 with a resume of the facts, to each member and 

 guest present. In the programme of the Brough 

 benefit performance held at Drury Lane Theatre, 

 Tegetmeier appeared under the transparent dis- 

 guise of " W. B. Tegget," though why, I do not 

 know, as nearly all the other members acted 

 under their proper names ; perhaps he thought 

 " play-acting " was hardly congruous with his 

 position as lecturer to the Home and Colonial 

 School Society, as the writer on natural history, 

 and the co-worker in science with Darwin ! 



Another event of general interest in connection 

 with the club was the election of the late King 

 Edward VII. as honorary life member, which 

 occurred at the twenty-fifth anniversary festival, 

 held on February 11th, 1882. Tegetmeier was 

 then a member of the committee, and as such 

 signed the resolution proposing that the Prince 

 of Wales should be so elected. The Prince's 



