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and in 1862 by the Duke of Beaufort; and others 

 run in 1866, and afterward, by a band of amateurs, 

 among them Messrs Angell, Haworth, Chandos- 

 Pole, and Hoare, whose names appear frequently 

 in coaching- annals. 



About 1869 and 1870, at the time of what is 

 usually called the 'Coaching Revival,' amateur 

 coaching increased in England, and has since then 

 spread to America, and to the Continent. 



Although four horses were used a great deal in 

 America in Colonial days and later, both for public 

 coaches and for private travelling, there does not 

 seem to be any mention in the memoirs of the period 

 of driving as an amusement. The roads were too 

 bad to make driving much of a pleasure, and lovers 

 of the horse preferred to enjoy themselves in the 

 saddle. 



In 1^60, a coach, built by May & Jacobs, of Guil- 

 ford, England, was sent to Mr Bigelow Lawrence, 

 of Boston ; this was probably the first regular Eng- 

 lish coach in America, unless some had been sent 

 out in Colonial times. This coach afterward went 

 to New York. 



It was not until after 1865 that a few four-in-hands 

 driven to brakes or barouches were seen at races in 

 the neighborhood of New York and Philadelphia ; 

 but from that date they rapidly increased in number, 

 and the establishment of 'The Coaching Club,' at 

 New York, in 1875, aided materially in increasing 

 the taste for the sport. 



