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Know t h i s , f r i e n d s ; t h e s e m e r r y - m a k e r s w-re i n d e e d w o r t h y o f t h a t t i t l e . The a p p e l l a t i o n s o f o r g a n i s e d , t r o u b l e - m a k e r s o r h o o l i g a n s r i n g as u n t r u e as a p o l o g i e s ' i n t h e e a r o f one who has been c r i o n l o d i n the Scrum. I m a g i n e , t h e r e f o r e , the c o n s t e r n a t i o n among t h e s e r e v e l l e r s a t b e i n g g r e e t e d i n t h e shadow o f t h e A l b e r t H a l l by our b l u e - c o a t e d b r o t h e r s i n i n f l a m e d mood. R e p o r t a f t e r r e p o r t was p a s s e d a r o u n d o f he who had b e e n p u n c h e d i n t h e k i d n e y s , she who was p u s h e d i n t h e f a c e , and o t h e r s w o r s e l y handled. T h i s t r e a t m e n t , one may c o n j e c t u r e , was d e s i g n e d t o q u e l l any m e r r y m a k i n g and f I r e w o r k i n g , and i n f a c t f o r c e " a h a s t y r e t r e a t by a l l t o t h e F n i o r t . The d e s i g n was b a d ; t h e r e a r e p r o b a b l y few o t h e r b o d i e s i n t h e B r i t i s h ccmrrranity who v a l u e t h e i r f r e e d o m and t h e i r r i g h t s as much as S t u d e n t s . The r o u g h b e h a v i o u r o f t h e Law a r o u s e d i n d i g n a t i o n , h u t a p a r t f r o m u r g e n t e x p o s t u l a t i o n , no d e p a r t u r e was made f r o m t h e p r a c t i c e of B o n f i r e l i g h t i n g , t h e c r e a t i o n o f M i g h t y E x p l o s i o n s and t h e i n d e s c r i b a b l e w h i r l and t u r m o i l a t t e n d a n t upon the F e s t i v a l S p i r i t . Indeed 4 s t u d e n t s (one a t l e a s t o f whom comes f r o m The B u s h ) were d e f y i n g t h e f l a m e s and. f l y i n g f i r e w o r k s i n a d a n c e o f d e l i g h t r o u n d t h e f i r e . M e a n w h i l e The P r i n c e C o n s o r t l o o k e d down b e n i g n l y , and r e a s s u r e d h i m s e l f , we a r e s u r e , by t e l l i n g h i m s e l f o f t h e s a f e t y o f t h e s t r u c t u r e around h i s head. O t h e r s seemed- t o d i s a g r e e , a l b e i t r e v e r e n t l y , w i t h t h e m e a s u r e d o p i n i o n o f t h e P r i n c e and more b l u e h e l m e t s were s e e n t o bob t h e i r way ( u s u a l l y a c c o m p a n i e d by a c o n s t a b l e ) t o w a r d s t h e f i r e - h a r m l e s s as i t was. I n an i n s t a n t t h e r e was a t p u r t of w a t e r : a l o u d h i s s i n g and an u p r i s i n g o f a n g r y steam m a r k e d t h e d o u s i n g o f t h e f r i e n d l y f l a m e s . B u t , f r i e n d s , t h i s was n o t a l l . The j e t o f w a t e r h a v i n g done i t s d e e d was t h e n d i r e c t e d on t o t h o s e who h i t h e r t o , h a d b e e n e n j o y i n g t h e p l e a s i n g warmth and h a p p i n e s s e x u d i n g f r o m t h e f i r e . O n l y one outcome c o u l d t h e r e b e ; s t u d e n t s b o r e down u p o n t h e u n p l e a s a n t h o s e i n an a t t e m p t t o m a i n t a i n t h e d r y n e s s o f t h e i r c l o t h i n g . The f u r t h e r outcome was u n e x p e c t e d , f o r i n an i n s t a n t some of our numbers w e r e l i n k i n g arms w i t h p o l i c e m e n and w a l k i n g i n some h a s t e t o w a r d s t h e m o b i l e p o l i c e van's . 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1MOR PHY CUP. B e f o r e the d a y , a l t h o u g h o p i n i o n s were d i v i d e d as t o who w o u l d w i n to. M o r p h y C u p , - a l l w e r e a g r e e d t h ; t i t w o u l d be a c o x s w a i n ' s race;. I t was'. F o r t h e f i r s t t i m e i n l i v . i i . i g memory a c l a s h o c c u r r e d , n e c e s s i t a t i n g a - r e s t a r t , and t h i s happened not once, b u t t h r e e t i m e s . I n v i e w o f t h i s , p e r h a p s a f e w w o r d s on s t e e r i n g t h e M o r p h y w o u l d be h e l p f u l . The Laws o f B e a t R a c i n g s t a t e t h a t t h e p r o p e r c o u r s e f o r a b o a t t o be s t e e r e d i s t h a t w h i c h w i l l t a k e i t t o the f i n i s h i n t h e s h o r t e s t t i m e . T h i s means t h a t t h e c o x s w a i n s must t r y t o k e e p t h e i r b o a t s i n t h e f a s t e s t f l o w i n g o a r t o f t h e s t r e a m . T h u s , i n the- M o r p h y , t h e f i r s t b a t t l e f o r p o s i t i o n , comes at H a r r o d s b e n d , where a w i d e t u r n means t h e o u t s i d e crow l o s i n g the s t r e a m , and t h e s e c o n d a t F u l h a m f o o t b a l l g r o u n d w h e r e , i f a w i d e t u r n i s made, t h e i n s i d e crew c a n g a i n ยง a l e n g t h i n a f e w strokes. M i n d f u l o f trie way i n w h i c h , by m p o r b c'oxlng*, G u i l d s h won t h e Morphy l a s t y e a r , t h e c o a c h e s o f t h R.S .M and R.C.3 crews s p e n t much t i m e in. t e l l i n g t h e i r c o x e s t h a t t h e y must on no a c c o u n t be pusher] o u t o f t h e i r c o u r s e s . As i t t u r n e d o u t , t h e c o x e s , f o r o n c e , h a d l i s t e n e d o n l y t o o w e l l , arid m i s t a k i n g i n j u n c t i o n s a g a i n s t b e i n g pushed f o r o r d e r s t o f o r c e t h e i r way t h r o u g h , t h e y made a f i a s c o o f what w o u l d p r o b a b l y h a v e b e e n t h e f i n e s t Morphy ov . r-. So much f o r e x p l a n a t i o n s . What o f t h e r a c e i t s e l f ? As t h e crews d r i f t e d u n d e r Hammersmigh B r i d g e t h e s u n came o u t a n d made c o n d i t i o n s f o r t h e r a c e us p e r f e c t as c o u l d be w i s h e d . R.C.S. and R.S.M. made e x c e l l e n t s t a r t s b u t G u i l d s appeare d s l i g h t l y r u s h e d , b u t even so rowed s t r o k e f o r s t r o k e w i t h R.C.S. and c o m p l e t e d t h e f i r s t 10 i n j u s t u n d e r t h e q u a r t e r a p h e n o m e n a l r a t i n g f o r h e a v y c l i n k e r s . R.C.S. h a d t h e i r n o s e i n f r o n t f r o m t h e s e c o n d s t r o k e a n d p r o c e e d e d t o t a k e i t away w e l l , b l a d e s b e i n g r e a l l y s o l i d i n t h e w a t e r . As t h e crews a p p r o a c h e d H a r r o d s , R.S.M. b e g a n t o d e c r e a s e t h e i n c h e s l e a d o f t h e R.C.S., -and a t t h e l o w e r end o f H a r r o d s w h a r f were a b o u t 2 f e e t up on t h e R.C.S., with. G u i l d s a f u r t h e r 2 f e e t b e h i n d . M i n e s , on t h e i n s i d e of t h e b e n d , were a ] i t t l e w i d e and a s l i g h t c l a s h o c c u r r e d b e t w e e n R.C.S. and G u i l d s , w h i c h t h e y were a b l e t o c l e a r w i t h o u t d i f f i c u l t y . A l l t h r e e crews were r o w i n g w e l l , p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e M i n e s , who w i t h r e a l h e a v y w e i g h t s i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e b o a t w e r e m a k i n g b e s t u s e o f them b y r o w i n g a t a s l i g h t l y s l o w e r r a t e o f s t r i k i n g . As t h e crews a p p r o a c h e d t h e C r a b t r e e , M i n e s w e r e l e a d i n , by i: l e n g t h f r o m t h e R.G.S., who w e r e s l i g h t l y u p on G u i l d s . A l l t h r e e c r e w s were v e r y c l o s e t o g e t h e r , a n d , i n t r y i n g t o a v o i d a :
c l a s h w i t h M i n e s , R.C.S. c l a s h e d w i t h G u i l d s . The u m p i r e s t o p p e d the r a c e and s e n t t h e c r e w s b a c k t o t h e s t a r t . Y o u r c o r r e s p o n d e n t h a s b e e n i n f o r m e d b y members o f a l l t h r e e c r e w s t h a t i t was t h e i r crew w h i c h was g o i n g u p a t t h e t i m e . W i t h o v e r a m i l e t o go i t was s t i l l anyone's r a c e . The s e c o n d s t a r t was G u i l d s a l l t h e way. They made a p e r f e c t s t a r t and were n e a r l y •§- a l e n g t h up a t H a r r o d s when M i n e s , t a k i n g t h e bend, t o o w i d e , c l a s h e d w i t h R.C.S., a n d t h e r a c e was s t o p p e d f o r t h e second, t i m e . The o n l y c o n s o l i n g t h o u g h t f o r t h e crews was how t h e v a s t body o f p o l i c e a t P u t n e y must h a v e b e e n e n j o y i n g themselves. At t h e t h i r d s t a r t M i n e s j u s t g o t t h e i r n o s e i n f r o n t , b u t t h e y c o u l d do no more, a n d a m a g n i f i c e n t r a c e ensued w i t h l e s s t h a n 4 f e e t s e p a r a t i n g f i r s t a n d l a s t c r e w s , and no more t h a n 2 f e e t b e t w e e n b l a d e t i p s . A t t h e C h a b t r e e M i n e s were j u s t l e a d i n g G u i l d s , who were o n l y j u s t l e a d i n g R.C.S. A t t h e m i l e p o s t G u i l d s w e r e u p by a c a n v a s w i t h M i n e s n e a r l y a c a n v a s u p on R.C.S. A p p r o a c h i n g F u l h a m f o o t b a l l g r o u n d , G u i l d s were f l e n g t h u p on M i n e s , v/hc were a c a n v a s u p on R.C.S. The G u i l d s c o x , on t h e i n s i d e o f t h i s b e n d , b e g a n t o t a k e i t on a l o n g t u r n , a n d t h e R.C.S. f o l l o w e d h i m r o u n d . The M i n e s c o x a p p e a r e d t o t h i n k t h a t the o t h e r two w e r e m a k i n g a s h o r t t u r n , came r o u n d t o o f a r and t o o f a s t , a n d h i t R.C.S. The u m p i r e stoppe d t h e r a c e a n d r e s t a r t e d them i n t h e r e l a t i v e p o s i t i o n s b e f o r e t h e c l a s h . The r o w - i n p a s t t h e b o a t h o u s e s was no r e f l e c t i o n o f t h e r a c i n g t h a t h a d gone b e f o r e , and i t was d e c i d e d t h a t t h e r e s u l t t o be r e c o r d e d s h o u l d be t h a t at t h e t i m e o f t h e l a s t c l a s h . G u i l d s , £ l e n g t h , M i n e s , a c a n v a s , R.C.S. The t i m e t a k e n 'was 1 h o u r 2 0 m i n u t e s , a r e c o r d f o r t h i s 7-| m i n u t e c o u r s e . Crews. C & G. Bow T . G i l b e r t , 2 S . P e e r l e s s , 3 J.C.Howe, 4 J.Shaw, 5 L . C l a r e , 6 A.Dawe, 7 P . G . A l l i s t o n , S t r . P . A r n o l d , Cox L . N o r t h . R.S.M. Bow C . B a r w i s e , 2 W.Brendum, 3 J . G o r d o n - S m i t h , 4 A . F l e t c h e r 5 L . A . H i l l , 6 J . T a y l o r , 7 L.Webb, S t r . J . M c K a y , C o x A . F a b l e . R.C.S. Bow D . I v e s , 2 R.Hughes, 3 J . L a m e r t o n , 4 D . L o w e l l , 5 R . S m i t h , 6 D.Coomber, 7 H.Pushman, S t r . F . M o r i a r t y , Cox C . B r a c e w e l l . LOWRY CUP. The r a c e f o r t h e Lowry Cup w h i c h f o l l o w e d , i n g a t h e r i n g d a r k n e s s , was a l e s s o n i n c o x i n g . S t a r t i n g f r o m t h e m i l e p o s t , a l l t h r e e c o x e s showed how i t s h o u l d be d o n e . The G u i l d s c r e w , an e x c e l l e n t o n e , made no m i s t a k e and. showed t h a t t h e way i t h a d h a r r i e d i t s f i r s t b o a t i n t r a i n i n g h a d made i t u n b e a t a b l e . They went a h e a d t o w i n e a s i l y , l e a v i n g a most e x c i t i n g r a c e f o r s e c o n d p l a c e b e t w e e n R.C.S and M i n e s , i n w h i c h b o t h crews l e a d s e v e r a l t i m e s b y a f o o t o r two o n l y t o be p u l l e d b a c k b y s h e e r f i g h t i n g s p i r i t . The r e s u l t , j u s t l y s o , was a d e a d h e a t f o r second p l a c e . Crews. C & G Bow R . C l a r k , 2 A . W a t e r f a l l , 3 P . M o f f a t , 4 B . D a v i s , 5 W.Bergwerk, 6 P . S h a r p e , 7 C . B a i n e s , S t r . P.Watson, Cox J . L e w i s . R.C.S. Bow B . B a l d w i n , 2 R . M e a s u r e s , 3 J . M i d g e l e y , 4 G.Benson, 5 A . D a v i e s , 6 J . B r a y , 7 T.Embleton, S t r . H . M e t c a l f e , Cox J.Holmes. R.S .M. Bow M.O'Connor, 2 J . H a r b o r d , 3 W . S t e v e n s , 4 M . H o l t , 5 R . P e n n y , 6 K . C h a n d l e r , 7 H . M o r r i s , S t r . T.Hulme, Cox B . H e s t e r .
THE BOAT CLUB DINNER. Y o u r r e p o r t e r a p o l o g i s e s f o r any o m i s s i o n s and m i s s t a t e m e n t s he may make, a n d w i s h e s t h e f a c t t h a t . h e h a d h a d s e v e r a l i n t h e b o a t h o u s e , s e v e r a l more i n t h e S t a r a n d G a r t e r , a n d a f e w f o r good m e a s u r e i n t h e I . C . b a r b e f o r e t h e d i n n e r s t a r t e d , t o be taken i n t o c o n s i d e r a t i o n . H i s r a t h e r w h i s s h l e d condishon a s s i s t e d i n h i s enjoyment of a - h i e - v e r y e n j o y a b l e e v e n i n g , b u t d i d n o t h e l p h i m t o w r i t e v e r y i n t e l l i g i b l e h i e r o - h i c - g l y p h . - h . i c s on t h e b a c k o f h i s t i c k e t t o t h e R e s i d e n t ' s D i n n e r - he h a d f o r g o t t e n h i s n o t e b o o k . H a v i n g no s t a t i s t i c s a t h i s d i s p o s a l , he c a n o n l y h a z a r d a q u i e t guess t h a t t h i s y e a r s d i n n e r , l i k e t h e Morphy i t s e l f , was one o f t h e l o n g e s t on r e c o r d , i f i t d i d n o t a c t u a l l y c r e a t e a new h i g h . I t was., h o w e v e r , a v e r y h a p p y f u n c t i o n , a n d t h e f o o d was e x c e l l e n t . . ' •, The K i n g ' s h e a l t h h a v i n g b e e n d r u n k , t h e c l u b c a p t a i n , L e n Webb, on b e h a l f o f a l l p r e s e n t , c o n g r a t u l a t e d t h e c h e f , who a c c e p t e d h i s f i r s t o f f e r of a g l a s s o f b r a n d y , b u t b a s h f u l l y d e c l i n e d the second - the ears of the assembly. The c a p t a i n n e x t a s k e d C o l . L o w r y t o p r e s e n t t h e M o r p h y a n d L o w r y Cups t o t h e d a y ' s v i c t o r i o u s c r e w s , b o t h f r o m t h e C i t y & G u i l d s , and t o t h e w i n n e r s o f t h i s y e a r s S e n i o r , J u n i o r and N o v i c e s s c u l l i n g t r e p h i e s , woh b y C .H•'.Barwise , fl .Pushraan a n d R.Br o ok r e s pe e t i v e 1 y . C h a r l e s B r i s t o w , t h e f i r s t s p e a k e r , proposed, t h e h e a l t h o f the c l u b , i n a speech w h i c h l a s t e d t h e s u r p r i s i n g l y s h o r t time of 34 m i n u t e s , f i r s t p r i z e i n t h e sweep b e i n g won b y H.Pushman. I t i s d i f f i c u l t t o make n o t e s on a s p e e c h e v e n o f t h i s l e n g t h on the back of a t i c k e t t o t h e Resident's Dinner, but your r e p o r t e r i s q u o t e d as s a y i n g t h a t i t was as good as C h a r l e s ' s p e e c h e s a l w a y s a r e , and. e m b r a c e d t h e aims a n d h i s t o r y o f t h e c l u b . In r e p l y , t h e c a p t a i n must d e f i n i t e l y h a v e s e t up a new r e c o r d . . He spoke f o r 5 m i n u t e s l o n g e r t h a n C h a r l e s I Y o u r r e p o r t e r c a n n o t h e l p but, f e e l t h a t t h i s was n o t a good p r e c e d e n t , as C h a r l e s i s n o t one who c a n t a k e a s l i g h t o f t h i s n a t u r e l i g h t h e a r t e d l y , and w i l l most c e r t a i n l y t a k e s t e p s t o s e e t h a t i t c a n n o t be r e p e a t e d . (Next y e a r ' s r e p o r t e r i s a d v i s e d t o b u y two t i c k e t s t o the Resident's D i n n e r ) . ' Le n Webb ended b y p r e s e n t i n g a p o r t a b l e t y p e w r i t e r t o C h a r l e s , on b e h a l f o f t h e c l u b , i n r e c o g n i t i o n o f h i s s e r v i c e s as t r e a s u r e r , w h i c h p o s t he was r e l i n q u i s h i n g , B r i a n T h w a i t e s t a k i n g o v e r . Y o u r r e p o r t e r was v e r y h a z y by t h i s t i m e . P e t e r A l i i s t o n n e x t p r o p o s e d t h e h e a l t h o f Thames R o w i n g C l u b , and a l s o p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e s o r t c u t t o T .R.C. b a r s h o u l d go down i n . p o s t e r i t y as " C h a r l e s ' C u t " , C h a r l e s h a v i n g b e e n t h e m a s t e r mind b e h i n d t h e i d e a and d e s i g n . Mr. K i r k p a t r i c k , T.R.C., r e p l y i n g , s a i d , i n t e r a l i a , he was g l a d t h e I . C..boathouse was s u c h a f i n e new b u i l d i n g , as i t h e l p e d t o s u p p o r t Thames b o a t h o u s e . 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A t l a s t a f t e r i n n u m e r a b l e a d j u s t m e n t s h a d b e e n made t o t h e t o o numerous c o n t r o l s Bo a r r i v e d i n f i n e t i m e a t t h e " M a g a z i n e " i n Hyde P a r k , wher e t h e n o i s e and smoke seemed t o grow i n v o l u m e as d i d t h e s p i r i t s of the c r e w s o f "Bo and t h e t e n d e r " . h e " G u i l d s " v e t e r a n was s u p e r i o r i n t h a t i t a r r i v e d u n d e r i t s own power; f o r most o f t h e v e t e r a n s had. b e e n c a r r i e d - n o t j u s t t o w e d - on q u i t e m a s s i v e c o n s t r u c t i o n s w h i c h d e v o t e d l y f o l l o w e d t h e i r c h a r g e s . I n t h e P a r k i t was d i s c o v e r e d t h a t "Bo" had n o t e n o u g h w a t e r t o l a s t t h e j o u r n e y ; s o what c o u l d be b e t t e r t h a n t o f i l l t h e s p a r e c a n s f r o m t h e S e r p e n t i n e . The v e t e r a n s w e r e s t a r t e d i n o r d e r of age a t i n t e r v a l s o f t h i r t y s e c o n d s . "Bo" was number 48 and was s o o n o f f t o a f i n e s t a r t , w i t h t h e t e n d e r f o l l o w i n g watchfully. i'hrcaigh L o n d o n went t h e p r o c e s s i o n ; p a s t most o f t h e n o b l e b u i l d i n g s and. a l m o s t a l l L o n d o n was t a k e n i n g a l l a n t s t r i d e ; B r i x t o n H i l l c a u s e d a l i t t l e t r o u b l e f o r some v e t e r a n s b u t n o t s o f o r t h e m i g h t y " B o a n e r g e s " - a t l e a s t n o t a f t e r he r e a l i s e d he w o u l d have t o go up, s o he s t o p p e d b a n g i n g and s m o k i n g and went up i n t r i u m p h , b u t when he h a d c o l l e c t e d h i s c h e e r s he f l a g g e d and h a d t o be r e v i v e d by some S e r p e n t i n e w a t e r . P e r h a p s i t was i m a g i n a t i o n b u t "Bo" seemed t o h a v e more v o c a l s u p o o r t t h r o u g h o u t t h e j o u r n e y t h a n t h e r e s t o f the e n t r a n t s put t o g e t h e r . " B o a n e r g e s " had one m i s f o r t u n e , b u t q u i t e a m i n o r one. The n u t came o f f one o f t h e c h a i n j o i n i n g l i n k s , b u t i t gave t h e crew t i m e t o s t a m p t h e i r f e e t , and. someone e x p e r i e n c e i n t h e u s e of a hammer. I t seems t h a t t h e " G u i l d s " i s n o t v e r y w i l l i n g f o r a t r u c e w i t h t h e " G e n t l e m e n " I n b l u e , f o r t h e y f l a u n t e d an a c q u i r e d t a x i - h o r n at e v e r y aforementioned "Gentleman" they encountered as w e l l as g o i n g a l i t t l e t o o c l o s e f o r c o m f o r t . T h i s was p e r h a p s u n f o r t u n a t e as t h e P o l i c e on t h a t Sunday were r e a l l y c o - o p e r a t i v e , a l l o w i n g s t a g g e r i n g v e t e r a n s t o r a t t l e a c r o s s a g a i n s t the l i g h t s . I t was t r u e t h a t manners w e r e n o t l a c k i n g i n t h e c r e w o f " B o a n e r g e s " however, f o r a l l g e s t u r e s whether from o n - l o o k e r s or P o l i c e were a c k n o w l e d g e d i f o n l y by t h e t a x i - h o r n . A f t e r a w h i l e i t was r e a l i s e d , t h a t "Bo" was s p e e d i n g , t h i s b e i n g p r o h i b i t e d by t h e r u l e s of t h e R.A.C. f o r t h i s r u n and a t one p o i n t "Bo" was a c t u a l l y t o be s e e n d o i n g 40 rn.p.h. ( a l t h o u g h I t was d o w n h i l l ) . "Bo" e v e n t u a l l y a r r i v e d i n M a d e r i a D r i v e w i t h much c h e e r i n g and w a v i n g w h i l s t s t e a m i s s u e d f r o m the v a r i o u s p i p e s o f o t h e r veterans. a f t e r l u n c h "Bo" was moved t o t h e p a v i l i o n wher e t h e M a y o r ' s t e a was t o be h e l d . I t was h e r e t h a t f u r t h e r p r e p a r a t i o n s w e r e c a r r i e d out f o r t h e r e t u r n j o u r n e y . T h i s t e a was t h e h i g h s p o t o f t h e day and p e r h a p s i t was n o t s t r i c t l y t r u e t o s ay t h a t a l l " B o ' s " crew and f o l l o w e r s w e r e i n v i t e d , b u t a l l a t t e n d e d i n t h e true Imperial College fashion. D u r i n g t h e t e a ~ i t was l e a r n t t h a t "Bo" h a d b e e n d i s q u a l i f i e d f o r i n d u l e r i n a i n e x c e s s i v e s p e e d . The day was d r a w i n g i n t o e v e n i n g and t h e r e t u r n j o u r n e y had t o be f a c e d , i ' h i s was q u i t e u n e v e n t f u l e x c e p t t h a t "Bo" was v e r y r e l u c t a n t t o f o r e g o f u r t h e r r e f r e s h m e n t s , as w e r e t h e c r e w . The t a x i - h o r n was u s e d t o f u l l a d v a n t a g e w h i l s t t h e crowds i n " P i c c a d i l l y " were g i v e n a. f i n e e x h i b i t i o n of c i r c u l a r m o t o r i n g w i t h Mr. C a r r u t h e r s i n t h e c h a i r . F i n a l l y t h e c o m m i s s i o n a i r e a t t h e D o r c h e s t e r was a l l o w e d t o u s e h i s v o i c e i n o r d e r t o s t o p 'Bo" e n t e r i n g , so "Bo" r e l u c t a n t l y r e t u r n e d t o c o l l e g e , d e c i d e d l y h o t under the bonnet. 1
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