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Cellars, "Hatchett's" Hotel, Piccadilly, leaving at ii a.m., 

 arriving at Putney 11.30 a.m., *Putney Vale 11.45 a.m., 

 Kingston 12.10 p.m., ^Hampton Court 12.15 p.m., and "Oat- 

 lands Park" Hotel i p.m. ; returning at 3 p.m., *Hampton Court 

 3.40 p.m., Kingston 3.45 p.m., *Putney Vale 4.10 p.m., 

 arriving at White Horse Cellars at 5 p.m. 



These two coaches ran all through the winter, the 

 Ledbury and Gloucester coach starting as early as 

 eight o'clock in the morning, which, on a dark, raw 

 winter morning, could not have been very inviting. 

 As the following time-bill appeared in the Sporting 

 Gazette of March 13th, 1886, we may take it for 

 granted that they ran all through the winter : t 



Ledbury and Gloucester. — The mail coach leaves the " Feathers " 

 Hotel, Ledbury, every morning at 8, arriving at the " Grey- 

 hound " Hotel, Gloucester, at 10.15 ^•"^- '■> returning at 3.25 p.m. 



Oatlands Park Hotel and London. — The " Old Tmies," a fast 

 and well-appointed four-horse coach (Mr. J. W. Selby pro- 

 prietor), runs daily (Sundays excepted) from the White Horse 

 Cellars, "Hatchett's" Hotel, Piccadilly, leaving at 11 a.m., 

 arriving at Putney 11.30 a.m., *Putney Vale 11.45 a.m., King- 

 ston 12.10 p.m., *Hampton Court 12.15 p.m., and "Oatlands 

 Park" Hotel i p.m. ; returning at 3 p.m., *Hampton Court 3.40 

 p.m., Kingston 3.45 p.m., *Putney Vale 4.10 p.m., arriving at 

 White Horse Cellars at 5 p.m. 



The following interesting letter appeared in the 

 Sporting Gazette, describing the " Defiance " coach, 

 horsed by Carleton Blyth, whom I knew when he was 

 a very small boy, never supposing that he would turn 

 out such an adventurous coachman : 



THE "DEFIANCE" COACH-HORSES. 



To the Editor of " The Sporting Gazette,''^ 



Sir, — The dreadful summer has caused me to postpone a day I have 

 long promised myself with this wonderful coach — the coach of the 

 season — but the weather being hopeless I determined at last to have 



* Change horses. 



t The Bentley Priory coach also runs throughout the winter, very 

 often, I should imagine, going and returning empty. 



