. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. \<o2 COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS that one celebrated occasion chronicled, when he sat by him on the box-seat and saw him deal with a team comprised of the engag- ing attributes of " Three blind 'uns and a bolter," or in the coachman's own words " Four horses, but they've only got two eyes among 'em, and it would be quite as well if that horse had not any so far as I know—for he makes shocking bad use of 'em at all times I can tell ; A differently organize
. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. \<o2 COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS that one celebrated occasion chronicled, when he sat by him on the box-seat and saw him deal with a team comprised of the engag- ing attributes of " Three blind 'uns and a bolter," or in the coachman's own words " Four horses, but they've only got two eyes among 'em, and it would be quite as well if that horse had not any so far as I know—for he makes shocking bad use of 'em at all times I can tell ; A differently organized team was equally success- fully coped w^ith by one known to fame as Old John Scott. He drove the Chester and Holyhead Mail, and remarked to Mr. Reynardson, who was using all his art to boil up a trot going up Pen- maenmawr (thirty - six miles from Holyhead), "Hit 'em sly—hit 'em sly!" And on being asked the reason for this dark advice alleged that if this particular team heard the whip before they felt it, they would never be got up Penmaen- mawr at all. Nor was " hitting 'em sly" with the whip the ingenious Old John Scott's sole method of dealing on heavy ground with this extremely sticky. Ford's Hospital, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941; Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 1864-1949. [London] : Hodder and Stoughton
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