, Luncheon will be ordered beforehand for the party, and those
who have neglected to reply by the time fixed, and who do not attend the
Meet, will be charged with their share of the Luncheon.

"There will be other Meets besides those on Sundays, which will be
arranged by the Members from time to time.

"The title of the Club is taken from the names of the two most celebrated
English Equestrians known to 'the road,' viz.:--

"'DICK TURPIN'

AND

"'JOHN GILPIN.'

"The Members of 'THE TWO PINS' will represent all the dash of the one
and all the respectability of the other.

"The original Members at present are:--

MR. F. C. BURNAND.
MR. JOHN TENNIEL.
MR. LINLEY SAMBOURNE.
MR. HARRY FURNISS.
MR. R. LEHMANN.

"It is not proposed at first to exceed the number of twelve. The other
names down for invitation to become members are--

MR. FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C., M.P.
MR. JOHN HARE.[3]
SIR CHARLES RUSSELL, Q.C., M.P.

"We hope you will join. The eight Members can then settle a convenient
day for the first Meet, and inaugurate the TWO PINS CLUB.

[3] "N.B. No hounds."

[Illustration: LORD RUSSELL'S ACCEPTANCE TO DINE WITH ME.]

The Two Pins Club was started in 1890, and flourished until its
President, Lord Russell, was elevated to the Bench. My only claim for
distinction in connection with it rests on the fact that I was the only
member who, except when I was in mid-Atlantic on my return from the
States, never missed a meet. Were the Club now a going concern, I would,
of course, refrain from mentioning it, but as it is referred to in the
"History of _Punch_" by Mr. Spielmann, and in "John Hare, Comedian," by
Mr. Pemberton, I may be pardoned and also forgiven for repeating the one
joke ever made public in connection with this remarkable Club.

One afternoon our cavalcade was approaching Weybridge, which had been
the scene of the boyish pranks of one of our members. To the amusement
of us all, this brother Two Pins, as reminiscences of the district were
recalled to him by one object and another, grew terribly excited.

"Ah, my boys, there is the dear old oak tree under which I smoked my
first cigarette! And there, where the new church stands, I shot my first
snipe. Dear me, ho