DECEMBER 28, 1861.1


FU T:NT. 143


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 Here is an instance of disinterested kindness of heart. WOBBLES
 and BOGGLES justrecollect that it's old TODDLES' birthday, and they're
 determined to be the first to wish him many happy returns of the
 day. It is 3 A.MJ., so they're sure to be the first.-[How much-obliged
 old TODDLEs will be to them for their thoughtfulness!]



 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
 DEER'OOT,-I beg your pardon, I mean Dear FUN,-but really my
 brain is running on this intelligent Indian to such an extent that I do
 not know whether I am on my head or my heels. The great event
 in the life of this distinguished member of the Savage Club came off
 some little time since' at the university town of Cambridge, in the
 presence of the PRINCE OF WALES and a numerous company of talent,
 rank, and fashion. On a certain course, called Fenner's ground, this
 wondrous human race was to take place, every place being, of course,
 taken beforehand. When I arrived there was a great crush, and I
 observed several members of the press in the crowd. The seats in
 the grand stand were a mere matter of form, as, though they were all
 marked 1, 2, 3, etc., yet there was scarcely room for the numbers
 who thronged the ground. I obtained an excellent place, or rather it
 would have been an excellent place, had it not been for a lofty
individual in front of me, who, though he stood six foot four in his
stockings, was a low sort of fellow after all; as, when I remonstrated
with him upon his keeping on his hat, remarking that a man of his
standing ought to be above such conduct, he used such coarse language
as would be unfit even for the turf. I found out afterwards that, like
myself, he was "on a papor;" all I then knew was that he was in
my way. Well, by the time our altercation was finished (an affair of
a few minutes, which I am glad to say did not end sanguinarily in
two seconds), the Seneca Indian and his opponents appeared.
DEERFOOT was presented to the PRINCE in a neat speech made
by the MAYOR (who was, however, a little hoarse), and a "pony"
was laid on the event by his RoYvAL HIGHNESs. The Indian, though
lie runs like lightning, is not at all a flashy sort of man in appearance.
At the moment of starting (here the tall man before me in his excite-
ment trod on my too and made me start) the signal was given, and
away went the Indian and his rivals. How they ran! and how my eyes
ran after that painful affair just mentioned! DEERFOOT, in child-like


 simplicity, started witl his hoop (so 1 was told by the man i front, but
 I could not see it myself): my informant also stated tiIh thle Iulianl used
 his legs very Well in his oppon't's lap-- proceeding hliichl I tliiev
 must have caused the lattci gentleman a great deal of' nniovaiiice. (f
 course DEEIFOOTr beat the other men without doing any iiiuijv to
 himself. After this triumph theI noble savage was received with open
 arns by the university heads, who invited him to dine iin lhei hall of
 Trinity College, where all the undergraduates ruhlied to get, a good
 stare at him as he ascended tlhe steps.
 At dinner lhe entered into a long argument, with the respccled
 Master of Trinity, D)l. W til E:I., to wlim liet scientihicallv proved, by
 waving his tomahawk round and round his liend, (lint there were
 "more whirls than one." The learned doctor lthn leld the converin-
 tion to classics: her ndi spoke the ian soke delight fl' SI N. \'s P1
 .Aiiiihii Tratquitate (on thie Rest of the Sole), the periusal of which
 treatise, lie said, gave him his first secure grounds tor a start in lifi'.
 After quitting the table, and entering the eoiiinon room of tlh
 college, the amiable HiDsKIN still ran on (according ito Iis cusionii) in
 the sani agreeable manner, and sat down late in te' evening (t piny a
 game of double duinby within l. WiHEwIL, while thl' either (ldoIls ont
 of compliment to their guest Isat down to an Indian rubber. Townrdil
 the snialler hours 31u. DIEEuOOTr oll'red to senap the inilsof tei
 college, but being overconie by wine was removed by the porter. I
 forgot to say llhat on tili dtly of the raeo the band of tlhe ('nilbriilge
 University Volunteers attend d (so it is not true as is stiald iln le.
 papers that, DuEEitioot ran willio, t a strain), and there were pIleity of
 riflemni on the grouiin, which fact accounts, perllaps, for lhe loss io
 my purse and pocket-book.- I remain, dear 'FUN, yiil-r ever,
 The PaIitihr, R, niiiiied;', 1 'indiyer. ItrxN I .



 THE THREE MHISN OR'I'TUNES O1' T'IlEl 0'.ll EN.
 Thrice health tlhe luslice crieId." Irish Mrloiy.
 Ocu, sure, it's linrrruld-1so seo thl lharrrud-
 For to discarrtud a fortin' foine-
 And yer carrackther of binifacthor,
 Loike any actor, for to resoign- -
 Poor SMTrri O'ITiRON !
 Furrst--wlin y'ar spoutin'-'miid cabbaiilge sproutin'-
 To foind y'ar out in the P'athlriol's loine :
 Nixt -whin yer ardent r'ibillion's parriid,l,
 (Thim Saxons harrden'd won't lot ye shIinI)-
 IPoor SMI' n'I'I 0'll innx !
 And tlinurrd- to lanky oiild lMISTiET YAXiM'I:,
 SWidlout a tlianky, ye itlihrop) 11 loine,
 And ain't, it, froiglid' l that, yer deloighitfuil
 Advoicc-of fight full-he slidl d(clo'ine ?
 Poor %Mi II ()'I!S]l I


 FURTIIER INTEIJGENCE.
 WE are happy to be in a position to give fuller inltrnaiiition, than
 has yet publicly transpiredl, to those of oure readers vwho I\hv seen
 the following iannoullcementll in our contemporaries :-" Tih A inricnn
 ship, Silas Green u'od, C lATAIN VWi'iBIIt, for New Yorik, wnIs stiliIIIil
 f.roim ailing front the W\est India locks by t li Ciistoins aitilhlrilt i's,
 owing to her having on board about one hundred toir s of lied." We
 are glad to say that, after a closer ex:aiiiniion ofl (li c(nrgo, the
 vessel was allowed to proceed, as it was discovered lthat h1:,e lead wa s
 not in a position to be cast into bullets,-being alrdivIly ,Iu'.rown inio
 type in the slhape of "Answers to Essnys and litviews," firms on(
 the Season, Society, and tihe Critics, and threle-volunie II oveils. In i,
 word, tih mention of lead was irony, and w1lt was sutipoe.d ito bi
 that prohibited export vwas merely a consignment of what is lerinied
 "light literature."


 CnNSCiENCE. MONE.Y.-The Chancellor of our own ExcheiIquer Ibegs
 to acknowledge the receipt of the half of a C.500 note i, being tlu,
 value of a joke abstracted from Fi:N.
 IIGIIHE AND HltuE.-Wly is a shilling a dny which a labourer
receives like a cockney's anger ?-Because it is his 'ire.
 LITERARY NOTICE.-New publication of NiggCr Melodies in
" Bones' Standard Library."
 Wiu is love like an Irish poplin ?-Because it is throo parts stfie'.


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