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CHAPTER XVI. 



TN additioa to the splendid turns-out of the 

 -^ members of the Coachiuof and Four-in-Hand 

 Club, every cavalry regiment and many infantry 

 corps possess a regimental " drag," which is 

 always well horsed and usually well driven. 

 During the time I served in the army such a 

 thing was unknown, and the only opportunities 

 officers had of drivino^ were when travellino' 

 by stage-coach, or when a tandem was impro- 

 vised in the barrack-yard. 



Many a hairbreath escape have I had from 

 one of these breakneck vehicles. When at a 

 private tutor's at Donnington, I and a young 

 companion — alas ! now no more — hired a tan- 

 dem from Botham, of the " Pehcan," Newbury, 

 to take us to Readino^. Safelv should we have 



