COACHING 



slowing their pace like machines. Horses gain 

 spirit and flesh at once when changed about, and 

 a general shift every two weeks greatly enlivens 

 matters. 



Above all, a road-coach should go, must go, 

 a good pace, and nothing is more tiresome or 

 less sporting, than the funereal progress pursued 

 by the average public conveyance. As " speed," 

 " speed," and " more speed " are the essentials 

 for a race-horse, so are they for a successful coach, 

 and if this is not to be the characteristic, the 

 whole enterprise is best left alone. Better five 

 miles at a clipping pace with one than twenty with 

 three or four teams at a jog trot; just fast enough 

 to eat your own dust, and the freight praying for 

 the (and your) end. 



Perhaps an approximate table of expenses for 

 running a road-coach for a short season, using three 

 changes (four teams), may be interesting, and the 

 monthly sheet would figure about as follows : 



Keep twenty horses @ ^i.oo . . . . $600.00 



Shoeing, etc 40.00 



Two grooms @ $40 80.00 



Guard 55'00 



Repairs and incidentals 25.00 



$800.00 

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