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world, Sherman started the Manchester ' Telegraph ' 

 day-coach, doing 186 miles, or twenty-eight miles 

 farther than the ' Wonder.' 



Other proprietors followed in his wake, after this 

 coach had suggested the idea of trying what was the 

 greatest distance a coach could travel in a day, as an 

 opposition was started to the ' Wonder ;' and the 

 Exeter coach was not put on by Sherman, though 

 probably he was allowed to have a share in the 

 concern in order to prevent his putting on an oppo- 

 sition. 



In another respect Sherman was unlike Chaplin : 

 I never heard of his driving a coach, and I rather 

 think he could not do it ; but his yellow four-wheeled 

 headed chaise, with a small cob, and a double pair 

 of reins, driven by himself, a boy or man generally 

 accompanying him, was a familiar sight in the city. 

 AVhy he had the double pair of reins I don't know, 

 as the animal always seemed to be the most steady, 

 quiet -going one possible, never evincing the slightest 

 propensity to bolt. The turn-out altogether was 

 imique, and one sure to attract attention, principally 

 from the unusual colour of the carriage, the body 

 and wheels, like those of nearly all his coaches, being 

 yellow. There was nothing whatever ' down the 

 road ' or horsey in Sherman's appearance, but there 

 was one thing about it then most unusual, although 



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