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which was tooled along by Sir Vincent Cotton, whilst 

 others preferred Charley Tyrwhitt. On the Holyhead 

 and Oxford, and the Bath and Bristol roads, Lord 

 Harborough, Lord Clonmell, Sir Thomas Mostyn, Sir 

 Charles Bamfylde, Sir Felix Agar, Sir Henry Parnell, 

 Sir Bellingham Graham, Mr. Clutterbuck, Sir John Ladd, 

 and other members of the Four-in-Hand Club were seen 

 either driving the coach or sitting cheek by jowl with the 

 coachman, talking about horses or matters relating to 

 " life upon the road." One of the members of the Four-in- 

 Hand, Mr. Vickers, was so determined to be looked upon 

 as a regular coachman, that he had his front teeth so filed 

 that a division between them might enable him to expel 

 his spittle in the true fashion of some of the most know- 

 ing staee coach drivers ! ' 



April 1856 saw the formation of the present ' Four-in- 

 Hand Driving Club' (F. H. D. C), a proof of the undying 

 love of coaching on the part of many distinguished 

 leaders of fashion. To the late Mr. William Morritt (a 

 dragsman whose roans and yellow coach will not easily 

 be forgotten) is the starting of this club due. The fol- 

 lowing is a list of the original members of the club : — 



The Duke of Beaufort, Marquis of Stafford, Earl 

 Vane, Lord Edward Thynne, Lord Henry Thynne, Sir 

 Watkin W. Wynn, W. Morritt, C. Leslie, Captain Baillie, 

 R.H.G., W. Cooper, W. Craven (1st Life Guards), W. P. 

 Thornhill, J. I. Jones, R.H.G. ; J. L. Baldwin and L. 

 Agar Ellis, Secretaries. 



By the rules of the F. H. D. C. no coach is permitted 

 to pass another unless the latter be standing still. The 



