2i8 THE COACHING AGE. 



work in the Opposition ; but there being a sufficient 

 majority of the English stock to dispense with the 

 Irish altogether, this has ceased to cause any alarm or 

 anxiety, and it is not expected that there will be any 

 serious obstruction to the working of the coach. 



' To get all the teams of a coach into harness and in 

 their places is an undertaking requiring much time 

 and patience, and there will be a good deal of 

 sivearing in getting all the stock of this coach into 

 their places ; but to prevent any disorderly conduct or 

 any irregularities on the road after it has started, 

 a person has been agreed upon by both the proprietors 

 of this and the Opposition to speak if he finds it 

 requisite at any time to stop such improprieties, and 

 it will therefore be the duty of the speaker to put 

 down any attempts there may be to cause obstructions 

 such as occurred on more than one occasion last 

 season, when the coach was so hindered and harassed 

 by the Opposition that it was kept at work all 

 night. 



' In order to be prepared for any contingencies that 

 might arise, on all the teams being first brought 

 together, an official was present with, not exactly " a 

 short Tommy," but a blackthorn stick, or black rod, or 

 something of that description ; but there was not any 

 occasion to make use of it, though some of the unruly 

 Irish ones may require hitting below the bar if they 



