T AM asked to begin with some remi- 

 niscences of the Cambridge University 

 Drag and of the House of Commons 

 Steeplechases. The former is not quite 

 an easy task, for, after a lapse of sixteen 

 or seventeen years, memory has to be plied 

 with whip and spur before she will come 

 up to the starting-post. 



It is many years since I first started 

 from my rooms in 19, Trinity Street, and 

 mounted Election, starting at the door to 



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