COACHING 



horses at I500 each, liveries, etc., at high rates, 

 figures may run to huge proportions. 



This expenditure is quite unnecessary, how- 

 ever, and a second-hand vehicle at ^400 to ^700, 

 harness at j^ioo to J 150, and horses at $100 to 

 ^250, liveries, etc., those on hand (or even stable 

 clothes if desired), will afford quite as much en- 

 joyment and be just as practically useful, while 

 one's lead harness answers perfectly for pair-horse 

 work, as will the wheel at a pinch ; or if one has 

 two sets of double harness, one set can be easily 

 arranged with the proper spare lead terrets for 

 pad and bridle, and the others provided with an 

 extra set of traces with cockeyes, etc., for lead work. 

 The horses may be four odd ones (two pairs, or the 

 carriages-horses at wheel, and the saddle horses as 

 leaders). One's vehicle also will bring at any 

 time, and in any reasonably fair condition, about 

 what it cost ; $500 or thereabouts being a staple 

 buying or selling price for a second-hand coach 

 or break, and readily obtainable in any market. 



How much polo or hunting can one enjoy for 

 the same, or less, money ? and again, while these 

 two, or the road driving of fast horses, are purely 

 selfish amusements, a four-in-hand enables from 

 one to twelve others to enjoy most agreeable out- 



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