FOX-HUNTING JEHUS i8i 



Show introduced a new and attractive contest 

 styled " The Coaching Marathon," from Hampton 

 Court to Olympia. The coaches, leaving Hampton 

 Court, cover a specified route, reaching Olympia 

 within an hour and a half, the judges considering 

 the condition in which the horses arrive. Such a 

 contest is very popular, and should do much to 

 make driving attractive. 



Any evening during August the arrival of the 

 " Venture " coach is awaited with keen interest by 

 a crowd gathered around the steps of the Grand 

 Hotel at Scarborough. Punctuality is one of the 

 points of good coachmanship, coming next to safety 

 and dispatch, the '' Venture " owned and driven by 

 Mr. Lewis Priestman, master of the Braes of Der- 

 went hounds, being the best of time-keepers. On 

 the tick of half-past six the silvery notes of the 

 " yard of tin " may be heard echoing down the 

 narrow crowded streets, as with rhythmical trot 

 the team of sporting greys swing into view and pull 

 up opposite the fine hotel, looking out across the 

 Bay of Scarborough. The last stage in, of eight 

 miles covered in fifty minutes up and down hills, 

 is a severe one, and the team stand with their necks 

 stretched and tails quivering, glad to catch the cool 

 evening breeze from the sea. Measuring 15 hands 

 2 and 3 inches, they look exactly the stamp of horse 

 for work, quick and active hunters, built close to 

 the ground, with good round feet. Compact horses 

 always look well in harness, doing their work easier 

 than leggy ones, and are pleasanter to drive. The 

 team of greys, it was evident, had done a spell of 

 work together ; they looked very level, and their 

 action was equal, the wheelers having rather more 

 substance than the leaders. 



As might be expected, a coach owned and driven 



