I20 ' Tally ho, 



looks listlessly on, as if she were utterly unconscious 

 of being the liandsomesb and most admired woman of 

 the day. 



But a truce to such useless recollections. It is 

 time to speak of the living performers of the period, 

 rather than of those who, having strutted their brief 

 hour upon the stage, have shuffled off the mortal coil, 

 for Hyde Park corner is reached, and a well-appointed 

 drag, drawn by four stylish and useful-looking greys, 

 is just turning into the Park. A motley lot are the 

 frequenters of Hyde Park. Superb equipages, hack 

 carriages, lovely horsewomen, dowdy pedestrians, 

 noble steeds, sorry hacks, aristocratic men, and gallop- 

 ing snobs are in juxtaposition ; whilst not a few, 

 taking their pleasures sadly, ^^ seated beneath the 

 melancholy boughs, lose and neglect the creeping 

 hours of time.''^ 



^^ How are you ? " says an old friend. " Can I 

 assist you with any information as regards things in 

 general, and the Coaching Club in particular ? " 



"Well,^^ I replied, "if my memory serve me rightly, 

 you were concerned in the establishment of the club, 

 ably assisted by Lord Carington ; hence the success 

 of the undertaking, which now numbers in its ranks, 

 I believe, as many as one hundred and nineteen 

 members.^' 



"Be that as it may, what do you think of the 

 twenty-seven coaches assembled together to-day ? '^ 



" I have seen a better lot, I must admit,'' was my 

 reply ; " but that team which is so well handled by 

 Lord Macduff steps and goes well together ; and those 

 four chestnuts so admirably matched and well driven 

 by Mr. Arthur Byass are in every respect entitled to 



