i82 GOOD SPORT 



by a master of hounds is sure to be turned out in 

 the most workmanHke style possible. Of the four 

 teams that do the daily journeys between Scar- 

 borough and Bridlington, the distance being twenty 

 miles each way, most of the horses are of hunter 

 stamp. Half the pleasure of coaching consists in 

 sitting behind fresh young horses in the full vigour 

 of life, free-goers that put heart into their work, 

 the teams driven by Mr. Lewis Priestman being 

 five and six year old, with the advantage of a 

 season's condition and hard corn. On occasions 

 when, owing to accident and indisposition, it was 

 necessary to make up the team with a hireling, 

 the change was at once apparent. A hireling is 

 nearly always a seasoned, aged horse, a good, 

 honest worker, no doubt, ready to slog along in his 

 own slave-like way, but a most dreary, uninte- 

 resting horse to sit behind. A coach team of 

 hirelings, all nodding their heads to a different 

 tune, would be even less exhilarating than riding 

 stale hunters. The teams that work the '' Venture " 

 coach match well in colour, stamp, and action, look- 

 ing '' varry like the road " ; they at once pleased the 

 eye as a whole, without being extravagant in any 

 detail. 



Yorkshire is a county of critics where horse-flesh 

 is concerned, and the appointment of the " Venture " 

 coach, with its black and yellow body, scarlet wheels, 

 and blue cushions, delighted the eye of the experts 

 there to see the departure and arrival each morning 

 and evening. The harness with brass mountings 

 was of the very best make and beautifully cleaned, 

 the latter point being thoroughly characteristic of 

 a hunting stable. Free from ornamentation, the 

 badge of the Braes of Derwent hunt, in the shape 

 of a fox's mask in brass on the bosses of bridles, just 



