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and his colleague was Alfred Tedder. This double 

 venture appears to have been more successful than the 

 former ; and this led to the running" of one of the 

 coaches through the following winter months. The 

 coach ran perseveringly, to be sure, but then Mr. Chandos 

 Pole was the proprietor ; still its pluck and its luck 

 were ill-matched, coachman and guard not seldom having 

 it all to themselves, — no passengers, no boxes, no tips. 

 This was making it a rather expensive luxury. When the 

 spring came (1868), two coaches again started, and for 

 some time one of them was driven by the proprietor 

 himself, Mr. Chandos Pole, who was familiarly known as 

 1 the Squire.' Tedder drove the other coach. At the 

 close of the season an appropriate and no doubt well- 

 merited testimonial was presented to each of the two 

 whips. 



The season of 1869 was to witness a far greater and 

 altogether surprising success. This year, the proprietors 

 of the Brighton coach — Lord Londesborough, Colonel 

 Clitheroe, Mr. Chandos Pole Gell, and Mr. G. Meek, — 

 had the good fortune to obtain the services of Mr. A. G. 

 Scott as their honorary secretary. This gentleman, go- 

 ing to work with a will and determined to have his way, 

 knowing well that Brighton coaches, like all other good 

 things, must be known before they can be enjoyed and 

 appreciated, did ' give it bold advertisement.' By his 

 energetic personal activity and unsleeping vigilance he 

 made the Brighton coach a ' household word ' in the 

 mouths of men at home and abroad. It was everywhere 

 proclaimed and placarded, till it seemed almost as if a 



