COACHING COMPETITION 103 



an inn in Cheshire, when Sir Peter Warburton's hounds 

 came by in full cry. The four horses which had just been 

 taken out of the coach were standing unattended, and 

 with one consent they instantly started in pursuit of 

 hounds, their harness clattering behind them. One of 

 them, a blood mare, took the first whip for her pilot, 

 and for two hours followed closely in his wake across 

 country. At the end of the run, the enterprising coach 

 horses were recaptured, seeming none the worse for their 

 adventure, and performed their stage back to Congleton 

 the same evening. 



