The lectures created a _furore_. The public did not care two straws about Greek antiquities; but they crushed to hear a real live Centaur lecture about a murder case. At the end of a year he had amassed wealth B.D.A. * * * * * Andrew Philip, Lord Hippstable, Baron Hay, is now one of the best known and most highly respected--er--men in society. He was lately presented with a massive service of plate by the Meltonshire Hunt, in acknowledgment of his valued services as master of the hounds; he is the most famous steeplechase--ah--rider of the day; and the last five Derby winners have hailed from his stable--in fact, he entered for one Derby himself, but was disqualified on purely technical grounds; and there is some talk in well-informed circles of his probable succession to the posts of President of the Jockey Club and Equerry to the Prince of Wales. J. F. SULLIVAN. [Illustration] [Illustration: Off to the Station HULLOA! Who's this running? To the TRAINS Confound you Sir 10 minutes to wait! J.A.S] Transcriber's Notes: Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were silently corrected. Anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed. Italics markup is enclosed in _underscores_. Title page added by transcriber. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 41, May, 1894, by Various