4 SPORT. 



will send him home with a bitterness of soul 

 unknown to and incapable of realisation by those 

 whose hopes are centred on a lesser pinnacle of fame 

 or bliss, with whom to be absolutely first is not a sine 

 qua non for the enjoyment of a run. 



A GOOD FOX. 



But supposing all does go well. There is a burning 

 scent, " a good fox," a good country ; he is on a 

 good horse, and has got a good start; then for the 

 next twenty or thirty minutes (Elysium on earth 

 can scarcely ever last longer) he absorbs as much 



