CH. XXI COACHING CLUB TRIPS 487 



This trip was repeated in 1887, the route and the 

 time being the same, with the exception that the 

 time taken out for lunch was one hour, thereby 

 reducing the driving time to eleven hours, and that 

 there were twelve teams instead of nine. Many 

 other trips have been made since then in all direc- 

 tions from New York, but the Philadelphia trip has 

 been described because it was the first. The longest 

 trip was made in June 1 894, from New York to ' Shel- 

 burne Farms,' Vermont, the residence of Dr Webb. 

 This required four days ; on the first day, June 6th, 

 the coach went from New York to Poughkeepsie, 

 82 14 miles ; on June 7th to Troy, 83*^ miles; on 

 June 8th to Rutland, 89 miles ; and on June 9th to 

 ' Shelburne Farms,' 63 miles; a total distance of 

 317^ miles. There were twenty teams, the horses 

 used on the first day being sent forward by train the 

 second day to be driven on the third. Those used 

 on the second were again driven on the fourth day. 

 All the horses were sent back to New York by rail 

 on the fifth day, the drive having been made in one 

 direction only. The time was kept throughout accu- 

 rately, no accident happened to any horse and not a 

 man was out of his place, — proofs that the arrange- 

 ments had been carefully made and that the disci- 

 pline was good. 



The arrangements for these trips are briefly as 

 follows : a route having been decided upon in re- 

 sponse to an invitation of a member to visit him, 

 every member is asked whether or not he will 



