CHAPTER VIII. 



AMATEUR COACHING. 



Coach-building and harness-making trades — Coaches versus covert- 

 hacks — Do foxes Hke being hunted? — Light coaches — Holland 

 and Holland — All should take their share of work — Amateur 

 coachmen — Mad Mytton — The Four-in-Hand Club — Mr. 

 Morritt, of Rokeby — The Coaching Club — A professional 

 opinion — Randolph Caldecott — Time-bills— Winter coaches — 

 The "Defiance" coach — The Brighton coach — A sale of coach- 

 horses — The " Perseverance " — The "Old Times " — The 

 " Nonpareil"— The "New Times"— The " Defiance"— The 

 " Wonder " — The Brighton coach — Coaching a luxury. 



I INCLUDE under the head of amateur coaching all 

 coaching which is not strictly carried on for the purpose 

 of pecuniary profit. Under this heading I denominate 

 coaches placed upon the road for the purpose of re- 

 viving, in some measure, the habits of the old coaching 

 days ; insomuch as long journeys are undertaken 

 daily by these coaches, seats are booked and paid 

 for, parcels frequently conveyed ; whilst the horses 

 are changed at stated intervals, in exactly the same 

 manner as in the days when coaching was a necessity ; 

 and yet it is not for the sake of profit, but for 

 pleasure, since no profit can be made sufficient to 

 cover the outgoing expenses. 



There is another phase of coaching which I include 

 under the heading of amateur coaching, and this is, 

 the driving of a private coach by gentlemen for the 



