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some of the staunch supporters of coaching, such as 

 Colonel Tyrrwhit, Sir Henry de Bathe, Major Dixon, 

 Captain Hargreaves, Dr. Hurman, etc., and some 

 would-be patrons of the art of coachmanship, who 

 assume a knowledge if they have it not. Then follows 

 the " Old Times/' described in the advertisements as 

 being a fast four-horse coach, running all the year 

 round to Virginia Water, by way of Richmond, Bushey 

 Park, Hampton, Shepperton, and Chertsey, starting 

 at 10.45 A.M., and arriving at 1.30 P.M., leaving again 

 at 3.40 P.M., thus allowing a little over two hours for 

 a capital luncheon at The Wheatsheaf, and a saunter 

 amidst the pleasant scenery in the vicinity. This day 

 the coach is worked by "Selby," whose skill as a 

 workman on the bench stands in high repute. After 

 the departure of the " Old Times," the enlivening 

 tones of the horn are again heard, and from different 

 directions are seen approaching the ft New Times/' of 

 which Mr. Walter Shoolbred is now the sole proprietor, 

 and the "Defiance," the property of Mr. Carleton 

 Blythe, and worked solely by him throughout the 

 whole of the long journey via Tunbridge Wells to 

 Brighton. This, though a large venture, requiring 

 over sixty horses to cover the ground extending over 

 a distance of 72 J miles, is nothing to his performance 

 of last year, when he worked his coach from Oxford, 

 through London, to Cambridge, making 120 miles in 

 all. Admirably appointed, capitally horsed, and well 

 coached by the proprietor, assisted by Fownes, is the 

 " Defiance/' and it starts from Hatchett's sharp to 

 time, the four spicy chestnuts going merrily along 

 Piccadilly on its downward journey. The "New 

 Times/' which does the pleasant journey through a 



