[Illustration: _THE OLD GENTLEMAN IS IN A HURRY TO GET TO THE STATION--CAB-HORSE JIBS MOST RESOLUTELY._ _Old Gent._ "NOW, THEN, DRIVER. WHATS THE MATTER?" _Cabman._ "OH, IT'S NOTHIN', SIR. HE'S ONLY A LEETLE TOO FRESH, SIR!"] [Illustration: _HOW No. 4 ENJOYED HIMSELF,_ AND _HOW _No._ 8 SUFFERED IN CONSEQUENCE._] [Illustration: _SPEAK AS YOU THINK._ "ARE YOU GOING?" "WHY, YE-ES. THE FACT IS, THAT YOUR PARTY IS SO SLOW, AND I AM WEALLY SO INFERNALLY BORED, THAT I SHALL GO SOMEWHERE AND SMOKE A QUIET CIGAR." "WELL, GOOD NIGHT. AS YOU ARE BY NO MEANS HANDSOME, A GREAT PUPPY, AND NOT IN THE LEAST AMUSING, I THINK IT'S THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO."] [Illustration: _A HORRIBLE BUSINESS._ _Master Butcher._ "DID YOU TAKE OLD MAJOR DUMBLEDORE'S RIBS TO NO. 12?" _Boy._ "YES, SIR." _Master Butcher._ "THEN CUT MISS WIGGLES'S SHOULDER AND NECK, AND HANG MR. FOODLE'S LEGS TILL THEY'RE QUITE TENDER!"] MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF RACING. [Illustration: No. I. _MR. BRIGGS HAS BACKED HIMSELF TO RIDE A STEEPLE CHASE AGAINST HIS FRIEND MUFFINS, OF THE ST--K EXCH--NGE. HE IS GOING ROUND THE COURSE JUST TO LOOK AT THE JUMPS._ _Spectator (to MR. B.)_. "OH NO, SIR!--THIS AIN'T THE BIG ONE. THE BIG ONE IS AFTER YOU GET OUT OF THE LANE, AND AFORE YOU COME TO THE BROOK!"] [Illustration: _OUR ENGLISH CLIMATE._ MAY-DAY FOR THE SWEEPS.] MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF RACING. [Illustration: No. II. MR. BRIGGS IS WEIGHED, OF COURSE.] [Illustration: No. III. HIS FRIENDS RECOMMEND HIM A LITTLE JUMPING POWDER.] [Illustration: No. IV. HERE HE TAKES A PRELIMINARY CANTER, AND PUTS HIS HORSE AT A FLIGHT OF HURDLES.] [Illustration: No. V. AND GETS OVER VERY CLEVERLY.] [Illustration: No. VI. SOME TIME AFTER THE START, MR. BRIGGS GOES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE FLAG, AND IS OBLIGED TO GO BACK, WHICH, AS THE GROUND IS RATHER HEAVY, "TAKES IT OUT OF OLD BLUNDERBUSS CONSIDERABLY."] [Illustration: No. VII. WHO, IN CONSEQUENCE, MAKES A MISTAKE AT THE NEXT FENCE.] MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF RACING [Illustration: No. VIII. HOWEVER, MR. BRIGGS IS NOT HURT; AND, AFTER SOME EXERTION, RE-MOUNTS.] [Illustration: No. IX. MR. BRIGGS, AS HE APPEARED COMING TO THE BROOK. IN THE DISTANCE MAY BE OBSERVED HIS OPPONENT, WHO HAS A NASTY FALL, BUT FORTUNATELY TUMBLES ON HIS HEAD.] [Illustration: No. X. MR. BRIGGS AS HE APPEARED IN THE BROOK.] [Illustration: No XI. AS HE APPEARED WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE BROOK.] [Illustration: No. XII. PORTRAIT OF MR. BRIGGS WINNING THE RACE. N.B. THE DENSE CROWD IS CHEERING HIM.] [Illustration: _DISTRESSING RESULT OF EMIGRATION._ _Lady._ "YES, MY DEAR. JOHN LEFT US WITHOUT ANY WARNING, AND WE CAN'T MATCH THE OTHER FOOTMAN, BECAUSE ALL THE TALL MEN ARE GONE TO AUSTRALIA."] [Illustration: _THE ROAD-SIDE ON THE DERBY DAY._ A "DRAG" FULL OF GUARDSMEN IS SUPPOSED TO BE PASSING.] [Illustration: _DOMESTIC BLISS._