MOTHER HUNT 



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Mr. Howard's Letter 



Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 23rd February 1880. 



Dear Sir — Under the present rules I am bound to fine you, but 



if you have anything to say in mitigation, I shall be only too glad 



to hear it. — Yours faithfully, 



F. G. Howard. 



p,S.—lt may interest you to know that every Sunday during this 

 term I shall be returning to college 

 down Jesus Lane between 1 and 2 

 o'clock. 



One of the first meets Hunt had 

 was at Mr. Baker's farm at Barton, 

 who was out on a cob. Hunt lost the 

 hare, and seeing some one on the other 

 side of the hedge shouted at him, " Hi, 

 you elderly yellow-bellied oyster ! Have 

 you seen the hare ? " The farmer was 

 naturally surprised at this address, but 

 Hunt explained that it was one of his 

 most endearing epithets, and smoothed 

 matters over. 



On another occasion Hunt lost a 

 hound and advertised for it. The 

 result was he was besieged by every cad 

 in Cambridge coming to his rooms with 

 dogs and curs of all descriptions from 

 collies to lap-dogs. I have a shrewd 

 suspicion this was a plant by some of 

 his friends. 



A curious thing happened after a 

 good run near the Rifle Butts. The 

 hare was lost in some gardens partly 

 surrounded by a wall with some ivy on 



I ANSWER TO AN ADVERTISEMENT. 



" Be this one o" yourdawgs, sir? " 



