British sport past and present . COACHING Club, otherwise the Four Horse Club, came to an end in Defiance Club, for members who had been lately per-mitted to retire from the other two, was projected in 1809,but it does not appear to have come to anything. TheRichmond Drag Club was founded in 1838, but it did not sur-vive for many years ; the members to the number of fifteenor sixteen used to meet at Lord Chesterfields house. Thesewere the principal clubs. Some of the amateur whips of a century ago were addictedto coach matches. Here is the account of such a race from theSporting Magaz
British sport past and present . COACHING Club, otherwise the Four Horse Club, came to an end in Defiance Club, for members who had been lately per-mitted to retire from the other two, was projected in 1809,but it does not appear to have come to anything. TheRichmond Drag Club was founded in 1838, but it did not sur-vive for many years ; the members to the number of fifteenor sixteen used to meet at Lord Chesterfields house. Thesewere the principal clubs. Some of the amateur whips of a century ago were addictedto coach matches. Here is the account of such a race from theSporting Magazine of 1802 :— Mail Coach Match.—On Thursday, May 20th, theLondon Mail, horsed by Mr. Laud, of the New London Inn,Exeter, with four beautiful grey horses, and driven by Browne, of the Inniskilling Dragoons, started (at thesound of the bugle) from St. Sydwells for a bet of FiveHundred Guineas against the Plymouth Mail, horsed by , of the Hotel, with four capital blacks, and driven byMr. Chichester of Arling
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