A YEAE'S COACHING. 



One of tlie most noteworthy enterprises of tlie past 

 season was tlie working of well-appointed four-in-hand 

 stage coaches by gentlemen^ who, at considerable cost, 

 put thoroughly well-appointed vehicles on the road, 

 combining business with pleasure, and giving the 

 public the opportunity of journeying on a first-rate 

 coach drawn by four slapping good horees, tooled by a 

 workman, through various parts of the prettiest 

 scenery in the vicinity of the metropolis. Although 

 at the close of the season the number was diminished, 

 there are yet several of the best of these stage 

 coaches still running from Hatchett^s White Horse 

 Cellar, Piccadilly. First on the list is the Rocket, 

 owned and usually coached by Captain Hargreaves, 

 with E. Fownes as assistant, an excellent whip, who 

 takes charge in the absence of his chief. 



There can be no doubt that railway travelling is 

 expeditious and well adapted for business people and 

 purposes; but even business people have sometimes 

 leisure enough to compound for a little loss of time 

 by a great gain of healthful and pleasurable enjoy- 

 ment. Having a strong predilection for travelling 

 behind four good horses, which I consider compen- 

 sates in some measure for the loss of hunting, and 

 having tried my wing on several occasions at those 

 flights, making the Star and Garter the haven of rest. 



