VI 11 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XL 



THE TURNPIKE GATE AT HYDE PARK CORNER — SUBURBAN 

 AND PROVINCIAL TURNPIKE-MEN — THEIR REFLECTIONS — 

 PANORAMA OF THE ROAD — THE " OLD WHITE HORSE 

 CELLAR," PICCADILLY — GROUPS OP ITS FREQUENTERS 181 



CHAPTER Xn. 



AMATEUR DRAGSMEN— THE LATE FITZROY STANHOPE — THE 

 OLD DRIVING CLUB OF 1808— THE HON. LINCOLN STANHOPE 

 — THE WHIP CLUB — DESCRIPTION OF THE CARRIAGES — 

 SONG OF THE WHIP CLUB — OUTREE DRESS OF THE DRIVERS 

 RIDICULED BY CHARLES MATHEWS AND JOE GRIMALDI — 

 FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB OF THE PRESENT DAY . . 195 



CHAPTER Xni. 



OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE MEN— ADVENTURE ON THE FAR- 

 FAMED " TANTIVY " COACH— GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE 

 GUARD — MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT DRIVING — JEM REVELL OF 

 " THE pelican" — MY UPSET— TANDEM DRIVING — THE OSTLER 

 — COUNTRY INNS— HOTEL CHARGES . . . 209 



CHAPTER XIV. 



NOBLE AND GENTLE DRAGSMEN — JOURNEY TO NEWMARKET — 

 LORD GRANTLEY's TEAM— A REFRACTORY WHEELER — USE 

 AND ABUSE OF THE BEARING REIN — THE RUNNING REIN — 

 HARNESS OF THE PRESENT DAY— THE ROYAL MAIL— GENERAL 

 REMARKS ON DRIVING ..... 22^ 



