INDEX. 



421 



NOT 



Notabilities (cont. ) : 



Witherington, Jimmy, 191, 



224 



Withers, H., 297 

 Withington, Colonel, 281, 



282, 285-288 



Wombwell, Capt. H., 265 

 Wombwell, Sir George, 273, 



274 



Wood, Joseph Carter, 270 

 Wood, Thomas, 270 

 Wormald, H. , 290-292 

 Worcester, Marquis of, 265, 



37 



Wright, 245, 277, 284 

 Wright, C. B. E., 303 

 Wyndham, 302 

 Wyndhain, Wadham, 180, 



191 

 Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, 



223, 260 

 Wynne, L. M., 270 



OATS, 74 



Oat straw, 74 



Old Coaching Days, 171 ; the 

 most fashionable road and 

 the drivers, 172 ; from Frome 

 to London, 172 ; runaway 

 coaches, 172, 173; Mr. 

 Dawnay's four-horse coach, 

 173 ; Ringrose's accident, 

 173 ; procession of mail 

 coaches, 174; 'shouldering,' 

 1 74 ; the Bedfont Driving 

 Club, 175 ; the Bath road, 

 175; coaches, 175; opposi- 

 tion between the Age and 

 the Royal William on the 

 Oxford road, 176 ; driving by 

 night, 176 ; on the Gloucester 

 road, 177; the Exeter mail, 

 177, 178, 1 80, 181 ; smart 



OLD 



guards, 178; imitation not 

 always excellence, 178; the 

 calf in the boot, 179; practice 

 in variety of teams, 179 ; the 

 Basingstoke coach, 179, 180 ; 

 an eyeless team, 180; cele- 

 brated amateurs, 180; the 

 parson in the boot, 180 ; 

 judgment of pace, 181 ; the 

 Sud bury barrow, 182 ; the 

 patent pressure drag, 183- 

 185, 194 ; Brighton day mail, 

 185 ; pleasure drives, 186 ; 

 end of the road, 187 ; the new 

 coaches, 187 ; coaching songs, 

 187, 1 88 ; accidents on the 

 road, 188-191 ; the best 

 coachmen between 1830-40, 

 191 ; starting in coach-driv- 

 ing, 192 ; advice to beginners 

 in coaching, 192-194; build 

 of a coach, 195 ; driving in 

 the streets, 195 ; on the old 

 North Road, 196-198; the 

 Bull and Mouth Inn, 196 ; 

 advent of railways, 197 ; story 

 of the two brothers, 198 ; 

 requisites for driving, 198 ; 

 Philip Carter's reminiscences, 

 198-204; ' swearing ' at 

 Highgate, 199; accident to 

 the Brighton coach, 200 ; 

 awkward incident near Stone- 

 henge, 203 ; Charles Ward's 

 sketch of his coaching career, 

 204-212 ; racing of rival 

 coaches between Exeter and 

 Plymouth, 206 ; some nar- 

 row escapes in driving, 208 ; 

 difficulties in foggy weather, 

 209 ; accident to the Exeter 

 mail, 209 ; a good plan for 

 driving on a foggy night, 209 

 note ; on the wrong road in 



