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did much to make the art of driving Four-in-hand 

 popular. Both in appearance and reahty that gentle- 

 man was my beau-ideal of a thorough coachman. 

 Cool, calm, and decided, it was a treat to see how 

 cleverl}' he tooled his gallopers along the road ; all the 

 time chatting pleasantty with his companions on the 

 box-seat, or over his shoulder to his passengers. He 

 could blow the Horn, too, and drive at the same time ; 

 rather a dangerous feat, which requires practice ; and 

 I would not recommend m}' readers to tr}" it, although 

 I have seen him do it. 



Other gentlemen also identified themselves with 

 " the Road " out of London, amongst whom are to 

 be mentioned General T3^rwhitt, Colonel Clitherow, 

 Captain Cooper, Mr. Freemian, and Mr. Challoner 

 Smith, who were all accomplished " Whips " and 

 thorough Coachmen, studying their passengers as 

 well as the horses the}' drove. 



This brings me down to about the time when 

 Mr. Tiffan}', a New York gentleman, and a pupil of 

 Charles Ward, came to England and worked the 

 Brighton Coach with his celebrated skewbald team, 

 and Tom Tims as Guard, scenes carried down to 

 posterity by the three pictures so cleverly painted b}- 

 Mr. Sturgis. 



I remember this gentleman (Mr. Tiffau}-, not 

 Mr. Sturgis) calling when our old workshops were in 

 Covent Garden, and after sounding several Coach- 

 horns (and hearing me blow them), he startled me b}^ 

 sa3-ing, " Well, now, I want a Guard for m}- Coach, 

 and I guess j'our're just the man I want. Now tell me 

 what would vou ask for the season, sav three months, 

 till the end of September? " I said this offer would 



