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try, but as I had to meet J. H. Eidley in a few minutes 

 in the 200 yards race, I refused, and besides I claimed to 

 have won already. The sympathy of the school was 

 entirely with me, and it was generally thought I was 

 unfairly dealt with. I won the 200 yards race. Eidley 

 won the 100 yards race, and the "quarter" at the 

 Championship Meeting the next two years. 



My fellow-whip Eoyds won the steeplechase and mile 

 in 1865, and afterwards won the four-mile race at the 

 Inter-'Varsity sports, and also the Championship four 

 miles. Poor fellow, he met with a fatal accident almost 

 immediately afterwards amongst the glaciers of the Alps. 



A hunting whip was presented to me when appointed 

 First Whip, which has been my constant companion ever 

 since. I swam with it in the hunting accident on the 

 Ure. It has accompanied me in all my wanderings, and 

 is the only hunting crop I have ever possessed during 

 the thirty-four years that have lapsed since its pre- 

 sentation. 



Tor the first few years of the " beagles," it was 

 customary to present a " testimonial " to the Master, and 

 when it came to my brother's turn, it was decided to 

 give him a silver hunting-horn ; the money was sub- 

 scribed, and he was requested to choose one for himself 

 in London. He did so, and a day was appointed for a 

 breakfast, at which the formal presentation was to take 

 place. Suddenly some one suggested that instead of 

 making a present of the horn, it should instead be 

 turned into a sort of "badge of ofhce," to be held by 

 each successive Master during his term of mastership, 

 and that his name and year should be engraved upon it. 

 This being a new idea, was received with acclamation, 



