24 COACHING. 



London to Shrewsbury the distance is one hun- 

 dred and fifty-eight miles, and the number of 

 horses kept for the "Wonder" coach was one 

 hundred aud fifty. 



The average price of horses for these coaches 

 was about £28. Fancy teams, and those working 

 out of London, were rated considerably higher ; 

 but, taking a hundred miles of ground, well 

 horsed, the above was about the mark. In 

 these days it would be nearly if not quite 

 double. The average period of each horse's 

 service did not exceed four vears. 



