COACHING DAYS AND WAYS. 



St. Albans, Guildford, and other places within an 

 easy day's journey are maintained by small syndi- 

 cates of subscribers, who take turns on the box. 

 American visitors patronise these vehicles extensively, 

 and no doubt to their support may be traced Mr. 

 Vanderbilt's venture on the Brighton road. 



The modern coach travels quite as fast as its 

 predecessor when required : as witness James Selby's 

 famous performance on 13th July 1888. He left 

 the White Horse Cellar at 10 a.m. ; arrived at 

 the Old Ship, Brighton, 1.56 p.m. ; turned and 

 reached town at 5.50 ; the journey out and home 

 again being accomplished in 7 hours 50 minutes ; 

 part of the way between Earlswood and Horley 

 he travelled at a rate of twenty miles an hour. 



Nor are modern horse-keepers less * nimble 

 fingered ' than those of whom Nimrod wrote. At 

 the International Horse Show of 1908 Miss Brockle- 

 bank's grooms won the Hon. Adam Beck's prize 

 for *Best coach and appointments and quickest 

 change of teams ' : the change was accomplished 

 in forty-eight seconds. During James Selby's 

 Brighton drive horses were changed at Streatham 

 in forty-seven seconds. 



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