i82 COACHING IN CEYLON 



ing glory — its appearance at the Colombo 

 Race Meetlncr. 



The first day of the races came. Expec- 

 tation was on tiptoe. The drag arrived. 

 The proud owner, with elbows squared, and 

 whip scientifically caught, pulled up and 

 deposited his load of "fair women and brave 

 men" at the entrance to the stand. In fact, 

 the drag was quite the feature of the meet- 

 ing, and all agreed that Sandown or Ascot 

 could not have seen the thing better done. 



On the second day the coach created less 

 attention, although everything went as well 

 as ever. Scarcely, however, had the horses 

 been removed when the notes of a second 

 *' yard of tin " drew everybody's eyes towards 

 the road once more. This is what they 

 saw. 



A "palanquin carriage" (the ordinary cab 



