COACHING 



selected the road from Hyde Park Corner to Staines, 

 and started at six in the morning. He failed 

 to accompHsh his undertaking, but only by three 

 minutes twenty seconds. 



There was more originality about the competition 

 arranged in May 1805 between Mr. Charles Buxton, 

 inventor of the bit known by his name and one of the 

 founders of the Whip Club, and a horse-dealer : — 



' One of our most celebrated whips Charles 

 Buxton, Esq., has concluded a bet of 500 Guineas 

 with Mr. Thomas Hall, the dealer in horses. The 

 object of the wager is to decide which of the two 

 is the best driver of four unruly horses. The 

 wager is to be decided by two friends of the 

 parties, who are to pick out eight horses from 

 Spencer's, Marsden's, and White's. Lords Barry- 

 more and Cranley are chosen as the umpires. The 

 horses selected are only to be those which have 

 not been broken in. The friend of each charioteer 

 Is to pick the horses alternately until the number 

 agreed on is selected. The parties are then to 

 mount the box and proceed to decide the wager. 

 The bettings already are said to be considerable. 

 Neither the scene of action nor the day when the 



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