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were pretty well cooked. We had then thir- 

 teen miles to Huntingdon on " done " horses. 

 Philips dragged his about four miles to a 

 village, then put up. We struggled on to the 

 next, sat in the inn an hour, and started 

 again, eventually reaching Huntingdon, 

 where we left the horses and caught a train 

 to Cambridge. The country was very deep, 

 and it was a tremendous run." 



Among the men whose names I remember, 

 who distinguished themselves with the Drag 

 in my time were the following : Mr. Hoole 

 (killed whilst riding for the 'Varsity Whip, 

 at St. Ives, 1876) ; Mr. Herbert Magniac 

 (master of the Drag, 1877-78); Earl of 

 Yarborough, Lord Binning, Sir John Wil- 

 loughby, Sir H. Meux, Hon. A. G. Lawley, 

 Hon. A. Lawley, Hon. R. White, Hons. 



