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Club, as originating at Oxford, and the 

 members performing their first exercises 

 on their own drags on that twelve miles of 

 road ; but leaving the University, and in- 

 creasing in numbers, the name was altered 

 to the Bedfont Driving Club, Bedfont being 

 the place to which they uniformly, twice a- 

 year, proceeded with their teams, in the best 

 style, to partake of some of the most excellent 

 viands and wines to ballot for new mem- 

 bers, and award some mark of distinction, 

 or reward with pecuniary assistance, to a 

 deserving professor in the class below 

 them. 



Their frequent appearance in the Park, 

 and on the road leading from the West end 

 of the metropolis, gained the admiration of 

 the populace, and in a few short years 

 gave rise to another driving club, called the 

 Four-in-Hand by the vulgar, the Bang- 

 up and this also included many noblemen 

 and gentlemen of rank and importance; 

 Lord Hawke, Sir Bellingham Graham, 



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