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members unanimously. Magnum Bonum, the Hebrew accom- 

 modator, and a Polish nobleman of distinction were elected 

 Honorary Members, without the formality of their being con- 

 sulted ; and the club having been thus regularly constituted, 

 the rules were then drawn up. Finance : The entrance fee to 

 the club is to be nil, 1 and the annual subscription is on no 

 account to exceed the entrance fee. 



Any member falling in arrears is to cease, ipso facto, to be 

 a member of the club. 



Discipline. The President is at liberty to issue such orders 

 as he may think fit for the guidance of the club. 



The members are at liberty to obey such orders if they 

 please. 



Other regulations of a similarly stringent nature were en- 

 acted, and the Chairman, having passed a vote of thanks to the 

 meeting, adjourned to the ante-room. 



Everything now went on swimmingly, but the want was 

 felt of some great and indisputable authority on all matters 

 connected with driving. Very luckily for the Club such an 

 authority was at hand. Colonel Fane, commanding the 

 Oxford Militia, was one of the most celebrated whips of the 

 day, and after some coaxing, he consented to be installed critic- 

 in-chief to the Tandem Club, with plenary powers. The usual 

 order of proceeding was as follows. A day, hour and place 

 were announced for the meeting of the tandems, the usual 

 spot chosen for the meet being in front of the Map Establish- 

 ment, as the broad expanse of parade ground in front afforded 

 scope for any erratic movements of members, whose wishes as 

 to position were not always quite in harmony with the views 

 taken by their teams. Colonel Fane would sit calmly on the 

 box of his drag, which served as a citadel and place of security 

 to the ladies, scanning with a judicial and unerring eye the 

 conduct of each individual driver. When order had been 

 more or less established, the signal was given to start, and the 



1 This was cribbed from I. Z. rules. No apology to J. Loraine Baldwin, 

 originator of the Zingari. ' Imitation is the sincerest flattery.' 



