Coaching days and coaching ways . ?Vil J & r^ - «^r P^ lfi\ —Mi j -v V\T: iigi 13*55* -II I ? ;%:?? 4. r Saracens Head, St. Albans. THE HOLYHEAD ROAD 347 seven hours thirty minutes—a feat which altogetherbeats the record in Coaching Annals ; though on MayDay, 1838, the Shrewsbury Greyhound came a goodsecond by travelling the 153 miles two furlongs at therate of twelve miles an hour, including as an irreproachable coaching authority repre-sents that eleven miles an hour, including stoppages,stands for galloping at least the greater part of the way,an easy calculation may be made a
Coaching days and coaching ways . ?Vil J & r^ - «^r P^ lfi\ —Mi j -v V\T: iigi 13*55* -II I ? ;%:?? 4. r Saracens Head, St. Albans. THE HOLYHEAD ROAD 347 seven hours thirty minutes—a feat which altogetherbeats the record in Coaching Annals ; though on MayDay, 1838, the Shrewsbury Greyhound came a goodsecond by travelling the 153 miles two furlongs at therate of twelve miles an hour, including as an irreproachable coaching authority repre-sents that eleven miles an hour, including stoppages,stands for galloping at least the greater part of the way,an easy calculation may be made as to what extent thecoachmen of the Tallyho sprung their cattle. Flying Machines these, indeed ! Of a different kindthough to those which in the year of Grace 1742 hadalready made the North-Western Roads famous for head-long speed, when the Oxford Machine used to leaveLondon at 7 (the weather, Providence, and a varietyof other factors permitting), arrived at Uxbridge (fourteenmiles seven furlongs) from Tyburn Turnpike at midday,and at High Wycombe (twenty-eight miles seven fur-longs) at 5 P
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