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This terminates my chapter on amateur coaching. 

 Should a new edition of this work be ever called for, 

 I may, possibly, have something further to say on 

 the subject which will be of more interest than the 

 facts already recorded ; but a book that is, to a certain 

 extent, on a technical subject requires constant and 

 prolonged familiarity with all that refers to that sub- 

 ject. By obtaining such knowledge, facts worth re- 

 cording may be mentioned with a certainty of arousing 

 interest ; but the subject is one that requires revision, 

 and addition, and very possibly omission of certain 

 passages of doubtful interest. 



Coaching may be regarded as a pastime not within 

 the reach of any but rich men, and, therefore, I am 

 aware I can only rely upon a small number of readers ; 

 but driving, in the more modest acceptation of the 

 word, is a subject regarded with interest by all classes 

 of the community without restriction; and, consequently, 

 I entertain the most sanguine hopes with regard to 

 my second volume, which treats of Driving, in the 

 widest sense of the word. 



