COACHING IN CEYLON i8i 



term — that is, driving four horses — is 

 unknown in Ceylon. Tandem-meets, on the 

 principle of "you've got a horse and I've 

 got a horse, and Smith's got a pair of long 

 traces," were common enough in my day, 

 and I daresay they are still, though I doubt 

 if anybody has since then driven a tandem 

 of ponies ten hands and a half, as I did one 

 year. 



There w^as once, however, a drag in Ceylon, 

 and the story will perhaps bear repeating. 

 Wild horses shall not drag from me the 

 name of the owner of that coach. Suffice 

 it to say he is my very good friend, and an 

 influential member of the Badminton Club 

 Committee. Well, he imported a drag from 

 England, horsed it, and drove it. The 

 drives, however, were of a secret nature, a 

 mere rehearsal of what was to be the crown- 



