Excerpt from The Trinity Foot Beagles: An Informal Record of Cambridge Sport and Sportsmen During the Past Fifty Years
My apology for compiling these annals is that we thought they would be interesting. "We" consisted of T. Holland Hibbert, Master; Peter Clarke, Whip and Secretary; and myself; and the inspiration came to us homeward bound on the box seat of the Beagle Brake, coming, I think, down the steep descent of Castle Hill towards Magdalene Bridge. Further conversations revealed the fact that there had been an abortive attempt to construct a History, and that the materials were at our disposal. So a letter to The Field was drafted, and signed by the Master, in which we said that a movement was afoot to compile a history of the Trinity Foot Beagles. We stated that a considerable amount of material had already come into our possession, and that any reminiscences of the condition of the pack and of sport attained, records of memorable runs or incidents in any way connected with beagling, would he welcome.
It was added that at the unanimous wish of the present Executive, the Rev. F. C. Kempson had undertaken to edit and arrange the materials.
The response to this appeal is to be found in the text. Whether the matter is as interesting as we have thought it would be is for others to determine.
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