8o Life and Times of " The Druid." 



steeple-chase, in which Lottery was ridden by- 

 Jem Mason, and the Nun, by William Mc- 

 Donough; and this was, doubtless, the race 

 at which "The Druid" was also present. It 

 must be added that "The Druid" was some 

 years younger than Clough, who was head of 

 the School when "The Druid" and I were 

 only fags. 



It remains for me now to notice the fishing 

 difficulty, which was the hardest nut that the 

 Doctor had to crack. It was well known, 

 according to Judge Hughes, that the School 

 paid a good rent for the fields on the Rugby 

 side of the Avon, and assumed that this in- 

 cluded the rieht to net the river. This was 

 disputed by the owner of the opposite bank, 

 Mr. Boughton Leigh, and many squabbles 

 arose between his keepers and the Rugby 

 boys. At last a keeper tried to seize the 

 nets, and the boys ducked him in the river. 

 Complaints were at once addressed to Dr. 

 Arnold, who appealed to his Sixth Form 

 Praepostors to give up the names of the 

 culprits. Nothing, however, came of it until 

 at last the keeper stood outside the big school 

 at calling over time, and easily identified five 



