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"THE
MERCIFUL MAN _______"
M.F.H.
(just moving off from the Meet at his own house, "Hang
it all, Sir, don't ride on the grass!"
Monsieur d'Haricot, "Your grass it vill grow again;
the feet of my 'orse nevare!"
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Master
of Beagles, "Ho! Has our beaten hare passed you?"
Gypsy, "Never no 'are ain't passed me
Mister."
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THE
NEW ACT
First Second Horseman, "I wish I was out of this"
Second S.H. (Irish). "Bedad, ye won't be long and
it's a pound a week for life if ye'er kilt."
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THE
WEAKER SEX.
Lady
Di (to Brown (the laziest man in the countrwho has just
about made up his mind to propose ). "Can't you raise a
trot? I've got to get back for a fencing lesson; and I'm
going out to dinner; then I'm going on to a dance; and I've
got at least eighteen miles home!" (Proposal indefinitely
postponed)
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A large field met The
Master" (Hunting report)
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THE HUNT STEEPLECHASE
SEASON IN THE NORTH
Candid friend (to an aged competitor in the Farmers' Race
who has just been jumped off. "Man Sandy, ye should ha'
rosined yer breeks. If it didna help ye tae ride, it might
mak ye stick tae the kirk on the Sawbath!"
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