68 Life and Times of " The Drtiid." 



attentions of a ' cad ' in very outre' raiment, 

 who insisted upon following him about from 

 place to place in the ring, and upon calling 

 his particular attention to the style of 

 Broome's hitting. Little did he think that 

 his tormentor was a Junior Fellow of his own 

 College, who, when his classical honours were 

 attained, became, and still is, a capital farce 

 writer and on the editoral staff of Punch. 

 The fight drew to a close without giving 

 poor ' White-choker ' a chance of spying 

 out a single pupil, and at last he regained his 

 horse and fled as swiftly as did Dominie 

 Sampson from the presence of Meg Merrilies. 

 Added to this a sporting paper, in its next 

 number, gravely announced that ' Among the 

 members of the fancy present we observed 



the Rev. Dr. , who seemed to take the 



deepest interest in the proceedings.' His 

 troubles did not, however, end here, as his 

 brother Fellows, unwilling to let the joke 

 die, informed him in the ' Common-room ' 

 that Bungaree was dead, and that as he, a 

 well-known University dignitary, had been 

 present aiding and abetting, he would of 

 course be included among the persons in- 



