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ones ; and, considering the scenic attractions within easy reach 

 of the most popular tourist resorts, and the number of tourists 

 brought down by train, it is surprising that coaching should 

 not have become a favourite means of locomotion in the pro- 

 vinces, and have proved a remunerative undertaking. Still, as 

 will be gathered from the subjoined sketch, at one time and 

 another a fair number of coaches have been started in various 

 parts of England. 



The younger generation have perhaps never heard of ' Mad ' 

 Wyndham, who, before the coaching revival was planned, com- 

 mitted what was then deemed the eccentricity of running the 

 Cromer coach. The same vehicle it weighed 30 cwt. is, or 

 was a few years ago, running between Bude and Holsworthy, in 

 the West of England. 



Prior to 1875 Mr. Platt ran a coach from Doncaster to 

 Rotherham, his professional being F. Page, who, however, left 

 to go with Mr. Lowther on the Scarborough and Bridlington 

 Quay road. Mr. Hargreaves later on took up the road between 

 Margate and Canterbury ; Colonel Somerset, formerly master 

 of the Hertfordshire hounds, used to drive his chestnuts 

 between Enfield and Luton, his coach being named the 

 Hirondelle ; Mr. W. W. Crawshay was responsible for the 

 Newnham and Gloucester coach ; Mr. Carleton Blyth ran 

 between Reading and Windsor ; while Manchester and 

 Altrincham were afforded coach communication by Messrs. 

 Belcher, Mewburn, and C. Belhouse. Mr. Pryce Hamilton, 

 who often turns out with the Coaching Club in Hyde Park, 

 ran from Malvern to Ross ; Mr. Nat Cooke a well-known 

 sporting character in Cheshire started a coach between 

 Woodside and Chester, with Purcell as professional ; and 

 Lord Mayo, with Ike Simmons as guard, ran between Brighton 

 and Arundel. Captain Otway's coach joined Llandrindod and 

 Kington, with H. Cracknell, formerly of the Windsor, as 

 professional ; Mr. Crawshay Bayley and Mr. T. Rosher ran 

 between Brecon and Abergavenny, and Mr. Edwardes from 

 Barmouth to Dolgelly. 



