By a man and a horse, thirty leagues at a bout.

I’ve no story to tell; it’s a matter of course

When a Briton on duty bestrides a good horse.

Plunx (Mr. George Heaton).

Second Prize.

I sprang to the stirrup; my friend the D.T.

Should gallop right fast if he meant to beat me.

“Good luck!” cried the rearguard, as past them I sped.

“There are Zulus about; keep a bright look ahead!”

’Twas noontide, and near the full heat of the day,