78 TALES AND TRAITS OF SPORTING LIFE, 



From out the whole, p'raps none so clear- 



Ly impressed^ or widely known is^ 

 As, thanks to William Shakespeare's care, 



The one of Yeniis and Adonis. 

 Still here 'tis love, 'tis love, 'tis love, 



That spins tlie story round and round — 

 Adonis is hut a "sucking dove," 

 And not the man to cap a hound. 

 But luckily his fate's used up, 

 And so our hungiy muse may sup 

 On stronger fare 

 Than smile or tear, 

 Or locks of hair. 

 Or " duck and dear" — 

 Though at the last few men would growl 

 If reduced to realitv — flesh and fowl. 



You have seen the showman, 'midst awful 



din, 

 Hurry his troop of strollers in ; 

 While hell and gong- 

 Assure the throng 

 ** They're really just a going to hegin." 

 You have seen in the kennel the gallant pack, 

 When there wasn't the need of a whip to crack. 

 To keep the well-trained lot of 'em hack, 

 As, one hy one, they were drafted out : 

 You have seen the huntsman fix his eyes 

 On Nonplus, unequalled for form and size j 

 You at such a hound, too, expressed your sur- 

 prise — 

 Though of hounds you know little ahout. 



