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in the days of yore, would be to show that your 

 memory was defective ; not to notice the skill and 

 perfection of the art of driving of Lord Londes- 

 borough, would be evidence of your incapacity to 

 speak upon the subject ; whilst the audacity of 

 making individual selections where all are excellent, 

 betokens a hardihood that is only excusable on the 

 score of senility. Of all the twenty-five coaches 

 appearing on the scene this day, no less a number 

 than seventeen have been turned out by Messrs. 

 Holland & Holland; three by the well-known firm 

 of Barker ; and the remainder by Peters, Hooper & 

 Ivall. More perfect specimens of coaches, I may safely 

 assert, have never been turned out by any makers than 

 those that were exhibited on this occasion. With 

 regard to the teams, a marked superiority is notice- 

 able, as far more than average excellence was visible 

 when compared with those 1 have seen in former 

 years. Leaving the Park at 12.25 P.M., the numbers 

 diminished after passing the Marble Arch, only nine 

 in all pursuing their course to Alexandra Park, which 

 was the rendezvous on this occasion. The weather 

 having fortunately cleared up, a pleasant drive of one 

 hour and five minutes landed the members and their 

 visitors at their destination. Those who were not 

 deterred by the unfortunate state of the weather 

 were the Duke of Beaufort, Lord Arthur Somerset, 

 Lord Tredegar, Sir Henry Tufton, Lord Castlereagh, 

 Lord Av eland. Lord Bective, Lord Londesborough, 

 and Captain Anstruther Thompson, who, with their 

 numerous guests, amounting to between fifty and 

 sixty amongst whom were many ladies, sat down to 

 an excellent luncheon, in a handsome and elegantly 



