Chapter Hundred Miles to Hurlo-Thrumbo of H by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

until after harvest.

Hunters and Runners of classic renown:
ACASTOS, who took part in the famous Calydonian hunt (a wild boar).
ACTÆON, the famous huntsman who was transformed by Diana into a stag, because he chanced to see her bathing.
ADONIS, beloved by Venus, slain by a wild boar while hunting.
ADRASTOS, who was saved at the siege of Thebes by the speed of his horse Arion, given him by Hercules.
ATALANTA, who promised to marry the man who could outstrip her in running.
CAMILLA, the swiftest-footed of all the companions of Diana.
LADAS, the swiftest-footed of all the runners of Alexander the Great.
MELEAGER, who took part in the great Calydonian boar-hunt.
ORION, the great and famous hunter, changed into the Constellation, so conspicuous in November.
PHEIDIPPIDES, who ran 135 miles in two days.

Hunting of the Hare A comic romance, published in Weber's collection. A yeoman informs the inhabitants of a village that he has seen a hare, and invites them to join him in hunting it. They attend with their curs and mastiffs, pugs and house-dogs, and the fun turns on the truly unsportsmanlike manner of giving puss the chase.

Hunting the Gowk (See April Fool .)

Hunting the Snark A child's tale by "Lewis Carroll," a pseudonym adopted by C. Lutwidge Dodgson, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with its continuation, Through the Looking-glass, etc. (See Snark.)

Hunting two Hares He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other. No one can do well or properly two things at once. "No man can serve two masters."
French: -
   "Poursuis deux lièvres, et les manques" (La Fontaine).
   On ne peut tirer à deux cibles."
Latin: -
   "Duos qui sequitur lepores, neutrum capit."
   "Simul sorbere ac flare non poseum."

"Like a man to double business bound
I stand in pause where I shall first begin,
And both neglect."
Shakespeare: Hamlet

Huntingdon (called by the Saxons Huntantun, and in Doomsday Hunter's dune) appears to have derived its name from its situation in a tract of country which was anciently an extensive forest abounding with deer, and well suited for the purposes of the chase.

Huntingdon Sturgeon (A). An ass's foal. Pepys, in his Diary, tells us that during a high flood between the meadows of Huntingdon and Godmanchester something was seen floating on the water, which the Huntingdonians insisted was a sturgeon, but, being rescued, it proved to be a young donkey.

Huon de Bordeaux encounters in Syria an old follower of the family named Gerasmes (2 syl.), whom he asks the way to Babylon. Gerasmes told him the shortest and best way was through a wood sixteen leagues long, and full of fairies; that few could go that way because King O'beron was sure to encounter them, and whoever spoke to this fay was lost for ever. If a traveller, on the other hand, refused to answer him, he raised a most horrible storm of wind and rain, and made the forest seem one great river. "But," says the vassal, "the river is a mere delusion, through which anyone can wade without wetting the soles of his shoes." Huon for a time followed the advice of Gerasmes, but afterwards addressed Oberon, who told him the history of his birth. They became great friends, and when Oberon went to Paradise he left Huon his successor as lord and king of Mommur. He married Esclairmond, and was crowned "King of all Faerie." (Huon de Bordeaux, a romance).

Hurdle Race (A). A race in which the runners have to leap over three or more hurdles, fixed in the ground at unequal distances.

Hurdy-gurdy A stringed instrument of music, like a rude violin; the notes of which are produced by the friction of a wheel.

Hurlo-Thrumbo A ridiculous burlesque, which in 1730 had an extraordinary run at the Haymarket theatre. So great was its popularity that a club called "The Hurlo-Thrumbo Society" was formed. The author was