CH. XXIV MEETS OF COACHING CLUBS 515 



park, for instance ; so that the members may see 

 each other's coaches ; if this cannot be arranged, 

 a manoeuvre adopted some years ago by The New 

 York Coaching Club serves nearly the same pur- 

 pose. At an appointed spot, the leading coach, 

 and of course the whole column, halts on the rio-ht- 



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hand side of the road ; the rear coach then drives 

 out, passing to the left of the column and takes up 

 its place at the head ; the coach which has now 

 become the rear one does the same, and they 

 all make the movement in succession, until the Presi- 

 dent, in so doing, resumes his original leading posi- 

 tion and then continues the drive. At times, the 

 drive occupies an hour or so, and the coaches return 

 to the point of departure and there separate ; at 

 other times the coaches go to some out-of-town place 

 for lunch or for dinner, and return independently. 



The latter is the custom usually followed at the 

 Meets of both the London Clubs ; in Paris, the 

 coaches, after meeting on the Place de la Concorde, 

 drive out together to La Marche or to the Auteuil 

 races, and come home independently. 



In the early days of the Coaching Club in New 

 York the Meet took place late in the afternoon, and 

 after a drive over the whole length of the Park, the 

 members and their guests returned to the Bruns- 

 wick Hotel for a formal dinner. In the last few 

 years, the Meets have been earlier in the day, with 

 a drive to Clermont for lunch. 



Where there are Coaching Clubs, it is usual, 



