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bv ear. This will not be found such an uninteresting 

 occupation in agreeable society on a pouring wet day, 

 or when locked up in the house by frost and snow ; 

 and the result, I hope, will prove in very many cases 

 satisfactory- to all the parties concerned. Assuming 

 the pianoforte to be pretty well up to concert pitch, 

 the notes played will be found to harmonize exactly 

 with those which can be sounded on either of the 

 celebrated Coach-horns, the " Beaufort " or the 

 " Heavy Mail," made by Kohler & Sox, the tirm 

 already alluded to. 



And now I will preface the following remarks by 

 stating that I have recently returned from a trip — a 

 most enjoyable trip — to America, and I was surprised, 

 as well as delighted, to see the splendid array of 

 Coaches in connection with the New York Coaching 

 Club. The horses, too, are fine, well bred and power- 

 ful animals ; and I was particularly struck with a team 

 of fine ba}-s, driven, I believe, b}- Mr. Bronson, which 

 went up town from the Brunswick Hotel at a spanking 

 rate. 



May I be allowed to express the opinion that we 

 owe a great deal of the revival of four-in-hand driving 

 to our transatlantic cousins ; for in 1851 there were 

 few, very few, what I ma}' call " swell " Stage Coaches, 

 to be seen, at any rate, anywhere in the neighbourhood 

 of London or the Parks. 



Years ago, poor Alf Teddar drove the Brighton 

 Coach in conjunction with Cracknell, as servant to the 

 Duke of Beaufort, the noble President of the Coaching 

 Club, and Mr. Cherry Angell, I think. But the late 

 Mr. Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole, of Radbourn, 

 in 186(v, revived the Derby and Brighton Coaches, and 



