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accompany the members of the Coaching Ckib to 

 Alexandra Park, which was their destination on this 

 occasion — as, I beheve, was his intention. The Crown 

 Prince of Germany, however, took his seat by the 

 side of Count Miinster, whose beautifully appointed 

 coach and magnificent team of highly-bred chesnuts 

 were the admiration of all beholders. His Eoyal 

 Highness the Duke of Teck, seated by the side of 

 Captain H. Wombwell, was tooled along in first-rate 

 style by that excellent performer. Seated by the 

 side of his sod, Lord Arthur Somerset, was his Grace 

 the Duke of Beaufort ; his well-known team and the 

 excellence of the whole turn-out attracting the usual 

 amount of attention. Then followed Lord Carington 

 who handled his team of browns in a workmanlike 

 form ; Sir Talbot Constable, with his four chesnuts ; 

 Sir Henry Tufton, with his four admirably matched 

 brown horses ; Colonel Murray, with an excellent 

 team of greys ; Lord Bective, handling four capital 

 horses in excellent form; Mr. Mitchell, of Belfast, 

 with a team of very useful bays ; Captain Trotter, 

 with a good-looking team of browns ; Mr. W. Long, 

 with a very smart team ; Mr. Carter Wood, with a 

 handsome lot of roans ; Mr. Banbury, with four ex- 

 tremely lively thorough-breds ; and last, but not 

 least. Colonel Arthur P. Somerset, with his neatly 

 appointed coach and splendid team of chesnuts. 

 These were all that I could take special note of 

 in the ^limited time w^hich was available, as they 

 followed in quick succession ; but it may be said 

 of one and all that they were an exceedingly good 

 lot of coaches, thoroughly well horsed, and driven in 

 capital form; and I could not fail to remark that on 



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