BLACKWELL FAMILY    KITTY BARRY       FROM Ward, HaroldHay, please return this.
K.B.

10, Hillworton Road,
Rugby

[*Harold Ward*]

Dec. 3d 1893 -

Dear Miss Barry -

Very many thanks for your kind
letter, which was forwarded from home.
I have not heard from or of Aunt Lilly
for a very long time, in fact the only
member of the family I ever do hear
from is Aunt Gwennie.
The run for the big cup (in the photo
you mentioned) is coming off again next
week, but I am sorry to say I am notto run this year.  Father evidently thinks
a new college scholarship is something to
be put in cotton wool, & he seems to have
a great aversion to 'the Crick' - that
is the name of the run; it is about 13 miles
in length, so it is rather a grind.
We have had tremendous frosts the last
few days, but I think it is thawing
nicely now, just in time to avert skating.
We were fearing that all football & hunting
& such like things were at an end
for a long time to come.
It is years since I have seen any of
the Mother's family.  I hope, however,
that I may be in Liverpool next holidays,
& have a chance of seeing Aunt Gwennie.  I enjoyed
very greatly reading your letter about
the mother herself.  I seldom hear so

much about her at a time, and I remember
very little of her myself, & very vaguely.
I only once remember being at Abercarn[e] -
that was some years ago, for one afternoon.
I wish I could see your pointers - I
fear I am not a very keen shot yet (I never
kill anything), but I love horses & dogs -
Father is not doing very well just now
in the horsey line - I fear he [has been] made an
unlucky [in] purchase of a hunter a
year or so ago, & the old ones, good as
they are, are getting old.  We hope, though,
soon to go to Gloucestershire, to live near
Cheltenham in a good hunting country -
but you have probably heard of all that
from Father.
You have probably heard somethingof Rugby from Henry Harvey -- He left,
I expect, a year or two before I came
here, in September '89 -- He would have
left, I suppose, in July '88 or '87 --
I had not heard his name before -- I
wonder what house he was in - I am in
Morice's.  he may have been under [?]
Morice in the VIth form.  I was second
on the list of New College, Corpus, &
Magdalen (combined) scholarships, &
the first was another Rugbeian, & a
great friend of mine __ Rather good for Rugby.
It is post-time now, so I must stop -
I hope we shall meet some day.  Please
let me know if ever you happen to pass
through Rugby & have any time to spend
here,-- Rugby Stadiom is a most objectionable
place to spend time --, & meanwhile
believe me yours affectionately
Harold R Ward