Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . brium. 388 HANDLEY CROSS; presented Ego with the brush, who received it with laudable con-descension. Now, vot will you do ? inquired Mr. Jorrocks \ eat your sand-wiches and find another fox, or eat your sandwiches and cut away©me ? Why, for niy part, I should like to try again, replied Ego ;u but I fear your horses condition is hardly equal to another burst ;added to which, theres a frost in the air that will harden the ground,and, perhaps, damage your hounds feet. I think, perhaps, we hadbetter leave well alone. So be it, replied Mr. Jorrocks. Here, then
Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . brium. 388 HANDLEY CROSS; presented Ego with the brush, who received it with laudable con-descension. Now, vot will you do ? inquired Mr. Jorrocks \ eat your sand-wiches and find another fox, or eat your sandwiches and cut away©me ? Why, for niy part, I should like to try again, replied Ego ;u but I fear your horses condition is hardly equal to another burst ;added to which, theres a frost in the air that will harden the ground,and, perhaps, damage your hounds feet. I think, perhaps, we hadbetter leave well alone. So be it, replied Mr. Jorrocks. Here, then, you chap withthe bandy legs ! calling to a knock-kneed lad on the other side ofthe ring ; Mch me my at-crown, the cold strikes through mycocoa-nut. Having got it, Mr. Jorrocks stuck the crown in in thebest way he could, and, remounting his horse, returned to HandleyCross in state, and great exultation. In the evening he entertained Mr. Ego to a sumptuous banquet,the particulars of which are recorded by him in the - VANQUISHER RACES WITH DEXTEROUS, OB, MB. JOBBOCKSS HUNT. 388 CHAPTER XLV. A BAD CHURNING. After many prefatory twangs of his trumpet, the followingaccount of the visit at length appeared in the Heavy Triumvirate. A DAY WITH MR. JORROCKSS HOUNDS : BYPOMPONIUS EGO. All the world has heard of the renowned John Jorrocks—re-nowned as a citizen—renowned as a wit—and renowned as a sports-man ; but all the world may not know, until I have the pleasure ofproclaiming it, that I have lately done Mr. Jorrocks the honour ofpaying him a visit at Handley Cross Spa. But a few words by wajof introduction : I first became acquainted with Mr. Jorrocks at asoapey-tailed pig-hunt at Moulsey Hurst, which I attended for thepurpose of furnishing an original article on our great national sportsand pastimes for the Encyclopedia, the Quarterly Review, the* Heavy Triumvirate, * Fraser, and Blackwoods Magazines ; andliking Mr. Jorrockss looks, I entered into conversat
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