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Hill, to do the 109 miles in 11 hours, the 

 success of her enterjorise had roused the jealousy 

 of William Horue, who speedily started the 

 " Indejiendent Tally-IIo ! " — ^setting out an hour 

 and a quarter earlier, in order to intercept the 

 bookings of the original conveyance. Numerous 

 other " Tally-Ho's ! " were then estahlished, and 

 the racing betAveen them on the London and 

 Birmingham road grew fast and furious, much 

 to the advantage of the sloAver coaches, Avhose 

 bookings Avere AvonderfuUy increased by timid 

 passengers refusing to go any longer by these 

 breakneck rivals. 



Benjamin Worthy Home had at one time 

 seven mails : the old Chester and Holyhead ; 

 the Cambridge Auxiliary ; the Gloucester and 

 Cheltenham ; the Dover Poreign Mail ; the Nor- 

 Avicli, through NcAvmarket ; the Milford Haven ; 

 and the Worcester and Oxford ; in addition to the 

 Hastings, a tAVo-horsed affair, af terAvards transferred 

 to the "Bolt-in-Tun" office in Meet Street. 



Urged on, perhaps, by the partial success of 

 the competitive " Tally-Ho ! " he started in 1831, 

 in alliance a\ ith Robert Nelson of the " Belle 

 Sauvage " and Jobson of the " Talbot " at ShrcAvs- 

 bury, the " Nimrod " London and SlircAvsbury 

 coach, to compete Avith that pioneer of long- 

 distance day coaches the "Wonder," a highly 

 successful A^enture established so early as 1825, 

 by Sherman of the " Bull and Mouth,'' and Taylor 

 of the "Lion" at ShrcAVsbury. The bitterness 

 and bad blood thus stirred up Averc almost 



