190 THE COACHING ERA 



So Jackey Snip, his wife and all, to Dobbin's back are strapp'd on, 

 In one horse chay to spend the day, with neighbour Snip at 

 Clapton. 



Some push along, etc. 



Thus 'tis with all who in London are striving 

 Both high and low at something are driving. 

 A peer and a prentice now dress so much the same 

 You cannot tell the diff'rence, excepting by the name. 

 On Epsom Downs, says Billy-Zounds, that cannot be Lord Jackey. 

 Egad! but now I see it is — I took him for his lackey. 



Some push along, etc." 



A foreigner who witnessed the performance was 

 immensely taken with it, and wished to express his 

 appreciation to the adlor, but, unfortunately, he could 

 not recall the name of the piece. Matthews feigned 

 ignorance also, and the foreigner endeavoured to explain 

 himself by personalities: "Cott (coat) viteV (Mr. 

 Matthews shook his head). "Large caps? (capes). De 

 man vis de large buttons, viteV (still Mr. Matthews 

 pretended not to recognize Hit or Miss). "Large 

 hat, vitet Noss-gay?" (no sign of intelligence from the 

 aftor). "Long veep! (whip). Oh, so droll at long veep! — 

 Ah, now I know, I recolle£l in French de nom. It is 

 'Frappe ou Mademoiselle.'" 



The literature of the early part of the last century 

 made occasional mention of driving amateurs. In Vanity 

 Fair Sir Pitt Crawley took Becky Sharp down to Queens 

 Crawley by coach, and told the coachman to keep the 

 box-seat for him. 



"Yes, Sir Pitt," replied that worthy, with a touch of 

 his hat and rage in his soul, for he had promised that 



