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THE BEST OF THE FUN 



had he been a couple of stone heavier, he would assuredly 

 never have escaped from that dilemma except in the condi- 

 tion of a chicken just caught and prepared for curry — 

 still less would he have regarded it as a mere pleasing 

 reminiscence to take back to Newmarket. He is now 

 prepared to back himself against any of the acrobatic gamin 

 at headquarters, for correctness of attitude and power of 

 endurance. 



In the field of Saturday were several Cambridge 

 undergraduates, enjoying themselves thoroughly in accord- 



Heels poised high in the air 



ance with their tenets. Among these were Lords Bland- 

 ford and Milton, with Mr. Cavendish ; and one or two of 

 them had also been fortunate enough to be with the same 

 hounds on the previous day, when the old Cottesbrook 

 fox took them again off to Short Wood, some fifty minutes 

 with scarcely a check. 



The downpour of the first day of the week, whether 

 in town or country, was probably in excess of that of any 

 ordinary month's rainfall. There is something almost 

 pathetic about a wet Sunday in London. So many people 

 want to leaven their week's labour, and can't. For in- 

 stance, is there, I ask you, any more touching sight than 



