LOWE RS T H E H U F IN C H M A S N O . th 1111101 i ncludin gllnshmti o ns 1l g e 3 1, g {dflqtg Junfi mgqfihetrhes . L OND ON E C D L L Y W . M S R S . F O R E S S , P I C A I , 8 1 8 9 . [All R zgfit s R ese r ve d ! C H AS . S T RAKE R S o u s r i n t e s o n d o n an d R e d h ill . P r , L S PORTS ME N IN GE NE RAL , AND H U NT ING ME N IN R T R PA I C U L A , T H IS VOL U ME IS DE DICATE D T H E R OBE DIE NT S E R VANT I , E T T H AU H OR . AUTHO R’ S P EFA E R C . AID an o l d Etonian to me the other day “ In my time (and I dare s ay yours) there w as alw ays one particular boy in the s c h o o l noted for the habitual p o s s e s s i o n of a worse hat than any of his In my day a youth h a named Mc was t e celebrity in that w y . His head-gear w as invariably something dreadful to con h . e o n e template When , therefore, appeared day at n t h e - abse ce in school yard , wearing an apparently ” - “ “ bran new tile, with a lustre upon it t hat T h e Pe e r f h e Glossy himsel might have been proud of, created quit e a sensation amongst his friends of the R D emove . Finally, octor Hawtrey, dandiest of pedagogues , noticed the circumstance, and, bowing ironically , said in his mincing manner I con gratulate you , Mc on the possession at last ” ir o f . s a new hat Wrong again , , replied t hat “ ’ ’ u It s th e o ld u n d o n e u ! nabashed youth , p T his, gentle reader, is the case with this book . Some of these papers appeared a few years ag o in t h e ’ r P a A u th o s r ef ce . ’ o f Be ll s L i e i n L o n d o n n o w columns f , amalgam ' ‘ S o r zzn L i e o f ated with the p g f , to the courtesy whose propriet or I am indebted fo r permission t o t o t o republish them , and whom I now beg ex press my thanks . Since then they have been t o a great ex tent r e written , and many new Flowers added to the T h t o t . e bouque author ventures think that, like ’ t the Etonian s hat, they have los nothing by being “ ’ t h e done up . If public will only endorse that h e t opinion , will be well sa isfied . C O NTE NTS . THE MASTER OF THE H o u ND s . GR IM BOY F OF H NT MR , THE ATHER THE U T OM TOOTLER , THE HUNTSMAN THE C H IR PIN GTONS OF L AR K L E Y HALL R E V H A THE . MARMADUKE MERRYTHOUGHT, THE C APL IN THE HUNT L MR . AND ADY THOMAS INA CLINKER CAPTAIN DABBER C H ARLI E WILD OATS S S MR . AMUEL HRUB A S L Y S ON H ON . THE DOLPHU IGHTFOOT, THE OUNGER THE HARKAWAY HUNT BALL MR . METAL WILLIAM WAGGL E T ON MR . BENJAMIN BOBBIN R ALPH DUCKWORTH o r THE WILD FARM M R AND S . S MR . PARKLER THE HARKAWAY HUNT S TEEPLECHASES THE GREAT PRESENTATION DAY THE BORE O F THE HUNT AND OTHER CHARACTER S THE L AST DAY OF THE S EASON -A PINK WEDDING AND AFTERNOON Fo x - T n t e d Ill u s t r a t io n s L is t of f u ll pag e i . T H E MAS TER OF T H E HOUNDS M r Ba n t M i B . ggs early upse s ss luebell M R R IM BOY . G N o s ir I i n i n t t Wi n t o t fin d s ir . , am of op o ha hey ll , T OM TOOTLER i t t n t d Well , Squ re are hey fas e ough for you o ay T H E C H IR PIN GTON S OF L AR K L E Y i Well in t h e va n we c an make o u t t h e Squire an d h s Wi fe . T H E R E V . MARMADUKE MERRYTHOUGHT ’ When t h e coun t ry is roughest he s most a t h is ease . MR . AND L ADY THOMASINA CLINKER ’ I m c i n n n i ! om g , Joh e CAPTAIN DABBER T h i n e t o u t a n d n t . e desp sed o shoo s wms , hard held , by a le g h CHARLIE WILDOATS M r s c m bl e r o n M B n . S u has a day olly aw M R . S AMUEL S HRUB ’ ’ M r i in ’ o n n a t m m o r n . , C p , H ON A L THE . DOLPHUS IGHTFOOT It i s t S l h t t o D o t U x n it k l d a grea g see olly g p , regardless of e pe se , wh e ” v I c a n d t & c . glo es , rreproa hable breeches boo s , THE HARKAWAY HUNT BALL ’ T h e in n C t , n t o u u e t o t h e o c c a s m n ap a s la guage eedless say , was q equal . M R METAL ' T t Fo x M n ha s a , for a o key WILLIAM WAGGL E TON C t ome up , you bru e M R . BENJAMIN BOBBIN C i i t t M r . B i n t o harl e W ldoa s eaches obb how shoot a rocket er. RALPH DUCKW ORTH OF THE WILD FARM T h e m an o n t i n old hese occas o s always ac t s as judge . - t t r o L is t of f u ll pag e Ti n e d Ill u s a t i n s . MR AND M R S . S PARKLER i v v t ca n d w a L i t t M r s . t t a s in le Sparkler wore a scarle hab , a el e p , smok g a i it t n t t i t i n t o . c gar , w h grea appare sa sfac o herself THE HARKAWAY HUNT S TEEPLEC HASES ” An d n o w t hey come t o t h e wat er j ump . T H E GREAT PRESENTATION D AY i Wi ldoat s goes a t it fift y m les a n hour . THE BORE OF THE ’ Oh S ir H n o t ’ n o t , arry , say you re dead do say you re dead THE L AST DAY OF THE S EASON T n t o t h e c n n at t t h e fi i ha ks hampag e co sumed breakfas , large eld rode l ke n demo s . L E S F THE H NT F OW R O U . F NCH MA N BY I SO . T H E T R T H E D MAS E O F H O U N S . AL F- T T E N ’ PAS O clock to a minute, and here ” o f comes my lord , exclaims one the many sportsmen assembled at the meet o f the o l d ’ NO Harkaway Hounds at Man s Land . “ ’ ? ” Punctual as clockwork , ain t he remarks Farmer “ ’ o w l e ki n s . J , admiringly Pity he isn t a bit more ff ” a able though , adds he . s a Da i s fie ld is u Sooth to y , Lord y just a trifle too m ch of the s t a n d o ffis h order to be a thoroughly popular Master o f Hounds . w o w n H o ever, doing the whole thing at his expense , as he does, and , what is more , doing it uncommonly well , and being a fir s t -rate sportsman and horseman to boot o (not that the two always g together, for there are heaps w h o of men one knows can ride like blazes , as the saying — is , but yet are shocking bad sportsmen at heart men w h o would just as soon ride after a red herring as a fo x o f s o any day the week , long as they can gallop and jump ’ o n e to their heart s content), no can deny his being the right man in the right place . I ’ r th H a n n a s 2 Th e M a s t e of e .