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the well-built drag, and the four useful coaching- 

 looking nags, who stepped and went well together, 

 and were admirably handled by Lord Arthur Somerset, 

 must have been admitted by every judge of coaching 

 to have been a thoroughly workmanlike turn-out ; the 

 horses doubtless having been accustomed to go 

 together for some considerable time, and having been 

 well selected for the work they have to perform, not 

 chosen for fashion or appearance only, and giving one 

 the idea of being able to go the pace and to maintain 

 it for any reasonable distance. 



Next in rotation of those entitled to honourable 

 mention was the team driven by the Earl of 

 Macclesfield. A more complete turn-out cannot be 

 found than his lordship exhibited on the occasion, the 

 four dark-brown horses, admirably matched, very 

 handsome, stepping well together, showing signs of 

 possessing both pace and endurance. The blue-and- 

 red coach, built by Hollands, the neat and well- 

 appointed harness and well-dressed grooms, betokened 

 the eye of a master who has had the experience of 

 years to guide him in the selection of his cattle and 

 equipment; and if such indications of a workman are 

 not sufficient to satisfy any ordinary critic, then he 

 must acknowledge that it is an artist who sits on the 

 bench and handles his team right well ; and if that 

 does not satisfy him, then I should have no hesitation 

 in saying that he knows nothing of such matters. Of 

 the same school of first-class performers and veterans 

 of the F.H.D.C. is Colonel Tyrwhitt, who displayed 

 the excellence of Lord Sefton^s turn-out to the fullest 

 advantage ; and had no previous opportunities been 

 aSbrded me of judging of his efficiency, his appearance 



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