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ume may then be yellow-leaved, musty, and envel- 

 oped in the glamour of age, and with all its vagaries 

 may prove the very Genesis of the Myopia Hunt 

 Club. Besides, the old squires will enjoy fighting 

 their battles over again. If one pleasant recollection 

 here revived suggests another, they have not been 

 written in vain. 



We have had our shining lights, to whom the 

 country listens when addressed. Others are known 

 by their writings. Some have won an " Hon.," and 

 more titles are in view. Some are pressing into the 

 front ranks in their professions. The mainstay of 

 the Club is the work-hard-and-play-hard business 

 man. Some of the brightest stars are no longer vis- 

 ible in the Myopian firmament, — " tho' lost to sight, 

 to memory dear." 



We have groped along in a Myopic way ; we have 

 added polo and golf to our sport, and though there 

 is no increase of riders in the hunting field, and no 

 increase of polo players, yet golf has added very much 

 to the life of the Club and also to the grounds. 

 The improved appearance of the Club grounds is 

 also due to golf. They are no longer clad in russet 

 brown of the earlier days, but wear their new man- 

 tle of bright green. The landscape effect might be 

 heightened by the addition of more picturesque shep- 

 herds of the Watteau variety. We are fortunate in 

 having an interesting golf course, which undoubtedly 

 will be fast when " tuned up." 



