jo Life and Times of " The Druid." 



was so hard that a Damascus blade would 

 have been blunted by it. His great theme 

 was his old patron, ' the Marquis,' and he 

 would often remark with the greatest solem- 

 nity of manner while sipping his punch, 

 ' Gintlemen, I have been oncommon kind to 

 that young man; I used to drive him in my 

 gig and teach him to foight.' The acme, 

 however, of the sporting Cambridge man's 

 delight, was a ride over to Newmarket 

 during the Meetings. As a general thing 

 Undergraduates bet very little, and then 

 not very successfully unless they have some 

 cautious ' old bird ' at their elbow. They 

 are pretty constant on all the good days 

 during the season, and it is amusing to see 

 them disappear, like a regular squadron of 

 dark-coated cavalry, through the gate by the 

 Ditch Stables about half-past three, in time 

 to get marked before a quarter to five in Hall. 

 On the Two Thousand day ' missing Hall ' is 

 winked at by the Dons, and men who have 

 not a thought during the year beyond the 

 Triposes and the University Scholarships, cut 

 Hopkins and all the other Tutors and take 

 a place in a drag for Newmarket. While 



