a joke they did not, of course, much relish. The next night they 

 declared they would be in first ; but it was of no use, the old " Telegraph" 

 was not to be beaten. Thus it went on for several weeks ; somehow they 

 were never able to get in first. We did the fifty miles several times in 

 three hours and twenty-eight minutes (that is, at the average rate of a mile 

 in four minutes and nine seconds, including stoppages), and for months 

 together, we never exceeded four hours. 



Still, in every contest, one party must ultimately give in ; that one, 

 however, was not the " Telegraph." We settled our differences, and 

 went on quietly for the remainder of the time, occasionally having a 

 little " flutter," as we used to call it in those days, but we were always 

 good friends. Should this narrative chance to meet the eye of some of 

 those who used to travel with us in bygone times, they will doubtless 

 well remember the pace we used to go. 



After a few years, the railway opened to Plymouth, and many 

 gentlemen asked me to start a fast coach into Cornwall, promising to give 

 it their patronage ; I accordingly started the " Tally Ho !" making it a 

 day coach from Truro to London, joining the rail at Plymouth ; this was 

 a very difficult road for a fast coach, but we ran it, till Government offered 

 the contract for a Mail; we then converted the "Tally Ho!" into a 

 Mail, and ran it till the rail opened to Truro. It will have been seen that 

 I kept to coaching nearly as long as there were any coaches left to drive. 



I had for some years given up driving regularly, having taken the Horse 

 Bazaar at Plymouth, where I used to supply officers of the garrison with 

 teams, and give them instructions in driving ; this I still continue to do, 

 and in every variety of driving. It gives me, indeed, much pleasure to 

 see many of my pupils daily handling their teams skilfully ; not a few of 

 them giving me good reason to be really proud of them, as I know they 

 do me credit. In my description of my driving career, I stated that I 



