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-LSB- 35 -RSB- In the thirties Harrow boys played `` Jack o ' Lantern , '' or nocturnal Hare and Hounds . They used to attend Kingsbury Races and Pinner Fair . Lord Alexander Russell , when he was a boy at the Grove , kept a pack of beagles at the foot of the Hill . _ `` Lord 's '' _ `` There we sat in the circle vast , Hard by the tents , from noon , And looked as the day went slowly past And the runs came all too soon ; And never , I think , in the years gone by , Since cricketer first went in , Did the dying so refuse to die , Or the winning so hardly win . '' `` My dear Jonathan , I 'm delighted to see you . You know my father , I think ? '' It was the Caterpillar that spoke .