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of these fewer still concern themselves with beagles.^ Currey was 

 true to type, but he was primus inter pares, on account not only of 

 his seniority, but also of his exceptional qualities of both intellect 

 and character. That such a man should have his place in our 

 history is a fact of which Cambridge Beaglers must always be proud. 

 "We have also to be grateful to his old and very distinguished friend 

 " The General," who is none other than Dr. Henry Jackson, Litt.D., 

 O.M., and Eegius Professor of Greek, who has contributed a Memoir. 

 Professor Jackson is not himself a sportsman, and knew, as he said, 

 nothing of Currey 's abilities in that line. But in many ways the 

 information he gives is for that very reason the more valuable. We 

 know from other sources his capacities as a sportsman : Dr. Jackson 

 testifies to the manner of man he was. It is also a privilege to us 

 that it falls to our lot to preserve in permanent Ibrm the memory of 

 his life and character. 



MEMOIK OF WILLIAM EDWARD CURREY 

 By Professor Henry Jackson, Litt.D., O.M. 



I am asked to write something about William Edward Currey, 

 the Founder of the Trinity Foot Beagles. It is to me at once a 

 pain and a pleasure to comply ; for he and I were friends during forty- 

 eight years, and his memory is very dear to me. Of his management 

 of the pack I shall have little to tell ; for I was never a member of 

 the club.2 But I knew something of some of Currey's many interests, 

 and I appreciated his humour, his playfulness, and his charm. 



Currey came to Trinity from Harrow in October 1859. I 

 remember well how one day in his freshman's year I saw him tugging 

 at an oar in a First Trinity Boat, and wondered who and what he 

 was. But it was not till November 1860, when he was beginning 



^ A Cains Don, for e.xaiiiple, wlio is a (li.sliiiguislied classic, and who played Polo 

 for the 'Varsity, goes off quietly to the Shires for his hunting. 



- Followers of the Beagles have never formed a chib or any sort of close 'corpora- 

 tion. Dr. Jackson's real meaning is, of course, clear, but it seems best to ajjpend a 

 note to avoid misunderstanding. Beagling friends have formed dining and other 

 sociable clubs, but — " that is another story."— F. C. K. 



