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so badly patronised by the soldiers at Aldershot that they 

 brought their first season (1873) to a premature end, and never 

 put their coach on the road again. On May 12 Mr. Angell 

 ' Cherry ' Angell as he was called, from the colour of his 

 racing jacket died. He had, as is well known, won the 

 Grand National with Alcibiade in 1865. 



The Tunbridge Wells made an early start on April 20 under 

 the former proprietors, and, before starting on its first journey 

 from Piccadilly, a whip was presented to Colonel Hathorn. 

 James Selby was still professional, and Cracknell acted as guard, 

 Mr. Sedgwick once more worked the Watford Tantivy ; but 

 the locals were sparing of their patronage ; the fears entertained 

 at the outset as to the chance of non-success were realised, and 

 the proprietor had a very poor season. Lord Macduff having 

 retired from the Dorking coach (which at one point in the 

 journey used to be regularly raced by a team of four boys in 

 hand, driven by a fifth), Colonel Withington had for partners 

 the Marquis of Blandford (the present Duke of Marlborough) 

 and Mr. W. M. Praed, whose coach, as surely as the Epsom 

 Summer Meeting comes round, is seen in his private ' pew ' 

 opposite the stand. No change took place in connection with 

 the High Wycombe coach, which had a circus-like team of 

 skewbalds out of London, nor with the Westerham, except 

 that the route was altered so as to include the Crystal Palace 

 and Beckenham. Mr. Cooper remained faithful to the after- 

 noon Dorking, which now stopped short at Box Hill, going 

 via Sutton, and, in order to meet the convenience of his up- 

 passengers, ran straight to the Royal Exchange in the morning, 

 so as to land City men at the doors of the places wherein the 

 golden calf had to be worshipped till the coach started in the 

 afternoon. General Dickson took the Guildford, vice the late 

 Mr. Angell ; Mr. Tiffany was succeeded on the Brighton road 

 by Captain Haworth, who, during the early part of the season 

 ran to Rochester, as in 1873, but. becoming disgusted with the 

 road, changed to Brighton ; the Windsor route was revived 

 under Mr. Williams (late of the Virginia Water), and Mr. 



