Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. AT START AND FINISH BY THE SAME AUTHOR APPLES OF ISTAKHAR AT START AND FINISH William Lindsey [Illustration] Boston Small, Maynard & Company 1899 _Copyright, 1896,_ by COPELAND AND DAY * * * * * _Copyright, 1899,_ by SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY TO THE ATHLETIC TEAMS OF OLD ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND, OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE, HARVARD, AND YALE, WHO MET IN LONDON JULY 22, 1899, GOOD WINNERS AND PLUCKY LOSERS, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK NOTE. In the present volume I have drawn freely on my previous collection (now out of print), "Cinder-path Tales," omitting some material, but adding much more that is new. I have also added headpieces, in which my suggestions have been very cleverly carried out by the artist, W. B. Gilbert. W. L. CONTENTS PAGE OLD ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND 1 MY FIRST, FOR MONEY 36 THE HOLLOW HAMMER 62 HIS NAME IS MUD 91 HOW KITTY QUEERED THE "MILE" 107 ATHERTON'S LAST "HALF" 131 THE CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE 153 A VIRGINIA JUMPER 176 AND EVERY ONE A WINNER 213 [Illustration: Old England and New England] It is something of an experience for an Englishman, after thirty years' absence, to stand on the steps of "Morley's" and face the sunlight of Trafalgar Square. He may not own a foot of English soil, he may have no friend left to meet him, he may even have become a citizen of the Great Republic, but he cannot look at the tall shaft on which the "little sailor" stands without a breath of pride, a mist in his eye, and a lump in his throat.