56 COACHING. 



The subscription was limited to ten shillings, 

 the actual half sovereign subscribed by the late 

 Duke of Wellington was let into the bottom of 

 the vase. The cup was presented to this first- 

 rate " dragsman" after a dinner at the 

 " Thatched House," presided over by Sir Henry 

 Peyton. 



Among the numerous anecdotes the road 

 have furnished, perhaps one of the most 

 amusing ones is the story of the Oxford " De- 

 fiance." 



Term was over ; the coach was full of 

 young Oxonians returning to their respective 

 colleges ; the morning was cold, wet, and 

 miserable, when the well-appointed " drag " 

 drove up to the " White Horse Cellar," Picca- 

 dilly. 



"Have you room for one inside?" asked as 

 pretty a girl as you would wish to see on a 

 Summer's day. 



" What a beauty !" exclaimed one. 



" Quite lovely !" said another. 



" Perfect !" lisped a third. 



" Quite full. Miss, inside and out," replied the 

 coachman. 



"Surely you could make room for one," per- 

 severed the fair applicant. 



