PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI

VOL. 103

OCTOBER 1, 1892







"STUMPED!"

(_A WOULD-BE LAUDATORY ODE. BY JINGLE JUNIOR._)

[The young Indian Gentleman, Mr. H. RANJITSINHJI, has "secured
his century" at Cricket no less than eleven times this
season.]

O H.S. RANJIT--(spelling a wild venture is!)
Wielder of willow, runner-up of "centuries"!
What's in a name? A name like RANJITSIN--
(_Can't_ finish it, was foolish to begin!)
How many miles was it you ran, O RAN--
(Bowled out again. Am sorry I began!)
In running out those hundreds, RANJITSINGHJ--
(A man were a patched fool, a perfect ninny,
Who'd try to spell that name, Ask _Bully Bottom!_)
With such a name to carry, how you got 'em,