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is sJiown in the body of this hook, and may be noted 

 again in this place, that the task of writing any- 

 thing in the nature of a History of Coaching is 

 rendered exceeding difficult by reason of the dis- 

 appearance of most of the documentary evidence on 

 lohich it should be based ; but I have been fortunate 

 enough to 'secure the aid of 3Ir. Joseph Baxendale 

 in respect of the history of Pickford 8f Co., of 

 Mr. William Chaplin, grandson of the great 

 coach-proprietor, and of 31r. Benjamin Worthy 

 Home, grandson of Chaplin s partner, for in- 

 formation concerning their respective families. 

 Colonel Edmund Fuluier, also, communicated 

 interesting notes on his grandfather, John Fahner, 

 the founder of the mail-coach system. To my 

 courteous friend, Mr. JF. H. Duignan, of 

 Walsall, ivhose own recollections of coaching, and 

 lohose collections of coaching prints and notes I 

 have largely used, this acknowledgment is due. 

 Mr. J. B. Muir, of 35, Wardour Street, my 

 obliging friend of years past, has granted extensive 

 use of his collection of sporting pictures, and 

 3Iessrs. Arthur Ackermann ^' Son, of 191, Regent 

 Street, have lent p)rints and pictures from their 



establishment. 



CHARLES G. HARPER. 



Peteesham, Sueeey, 

 April 1903. 



