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THE TKINITY FOOT BEAGLES 



invented the pneumatic tyre, and Society took to bicycling in 

 Battersea Park, and rumour had it that to be in the movement you 

 had to have a bicycle enamelled to match your frock ! What ancient 

 history it all seems now ! 



This craze had no direct connection with T.F.B., as coloured 

 bicycles were of course a peculiarly feminine phenomenon. None 



the less, beaglers, like every one else, learned to bicycle, and prejudice 

 could no longer stand against practical convenience. " Five Bells," 

 for example, on the Huntingdon Eoad, had always been a " walking 

 meet," and the bicycle on such occasions was irresistible. From this 

 to using them for driving meets was a very small step, and one that, 

 moreover, saved money, and so the thing was done — done so 

 effectually that bicycles were even used by Master and Whips for 

 taking hounds out to exercise. One day I actually saw them thus 

 taking hounds past " Hyde Park Corner " and u}) the Hills Road. 

 Not having been in personal touch with T.F.B. since the late eighties. 



