THE SPORTING "WORLD. 19 



I could no more convince a Sailor that 

 going to Brighton by a four-in-hand was as 

 pleasant (unless it was for the novelty of it) 

 as going to Spithead by a vessel, than I could 

 fly. As to any merit in the coachmanship, that 

 would all (in his mind) depend on how many 

 " knots an hour she went," and the greatest 

 pleasure we could afford him would be per- 

 mission to stand on the roof, (alias deck) and 

 huzza to the persons we passed. He would 

 hurrah if on the road we encountered a pack 

 of Fox Hounds in full cry near it ; so he 

 would if a flock of Sheep took fright and the 

 Shepherd in fall pursuit of them, he would 

 probably think the latter event produced the most 

 fan ; he would hurrah at a race as the horses 

 passed him, but would turn on his heel before its 

 finish, though Alfred Day, Sim Templeman, 

 and Job Marson were shewing finished jockey- 

 ship in a "set to," as I should probably do 



if the Clipper Yachts True Briton and America 

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