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Habeas Corpus wins for me the South of England Challenge Cup- 

 Next year Handley Cross does likewise The cup becomes my 

 property Heavy Cavalry, after winning extraordinary trial, 

 " stakes " himself and never runs Coursing crooks True Token 

 Her triumph on the bench and on the field How Dark Crystal lost 

 the Champion Puppy Stakes And the trouble that came of it 

 Minchmuir just fails to win the Waterloo Cup . . 169 



CHAPTER XVII 



Sam Deacon An understudy for Tichborne claimant He buys Handy 

 Cat for me She runs for the Barbican Cup Mister O'Shea . 

 cannot go to slips for the final, so Handy Cat declared the winner 

 A brilliant runner She falls and breaks her neck High Crawler 

 distinguishes herself in the Waterloo Cup But is beaten by China 

 Craze Sir William Ingram and I become partners But have no 

 luck Fullerton The best hound I ever saw His history and his 

 end .183 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Norway The Surendal River The Harang beat and hiis The C.O. 

 and her brother Bedford and Flora Peter Olam, the boatma^n, 

 a hardy Norseman Billy the bumptious I adopt some hoodie 

 crow fledglings But Billy tears them to tatters His condign 

 punishment A joyous day's fishing A curious incident A 

 perilous position A dour salmon A twenty-six pounder The 

 strange trout I try a derelict pool on the Sabbath With fine 

 results A disturbing telegram All's well that ends well . . 196 



CHAPTER XIX 



A debacle Ted as Deus ex machina Ismailia A night attack And 

 a royal rout Primitive angling Cairo An Eastern panorama 

 Enter Farag, alias Hassanein Snipe at En Chasse A yellow 

 cobra A holocaust of coots Hassanein fits out a Nile expedition 

 And impersonates his brother A crew of donkey-boys Strange 

 fishes of the Nile Sallie of our Galley Abu Zed The sublime 

 and the ridiculous Handsome Hassanein marooned In quest of 

 quail The falconidce swoop Ted bags a gyppie " Is bath ready? " 

 Pelicans peppered The ducks defy us My scheme for their 

 undoing . " . . . . . . . . . . 211 



CHAPTER XX 



A return visit to Egypt Hassanein crops up again Same old donkey- 

 boys A bet which failed to "click" Wasta again The Sheikh 

 of Maidoum pays his respects And invites us to shoot pigeons 

 at the village A savoury but messy luncheon The Maidoumites 

 object to our battue A terrible rumpus But we escape with our 

 lives The Sheikh returns the visit A handsome offer for my C.O. 

 We arrive at Luxor The awe-inspiring temple of Karnak A sud- 

 den infliction Dr. Keatinge summoned from Cairo Convalescent 

 Slatin Pasha escapes from the Mahdi We meet him at Girgeh 

 And return with him and Captain Machell to Cairo The Mahdi's 

 threat My meeting with Major Herbert Kitchener (Lord 

 Kitchener of Khartoum) and Captain " Paddy " Mahon (Lieut.-Gen. 

 Brian Mahon) "Jack" Seely (Maj.-Gen. Seely) His gallant 

 conduct Hassanein invites inspection of his harem Our camp at 



