Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-03
Coaching.

Speaking of coaching in England, Don
Piatt writes to the Washington Capital ::
The eventfnl morning when we found
ourself looking at London from the top
OF the Bath hotel, we saw down in Picca-
dilly. in front of Matchett's hotel and
booking office, coach after coach driven
up, filed with passengers, or rather filled
on with passengers. for the coach is all
| outside, and go dashing off from before
an admirins crowd. The points which
struck rs we're First, that the horses
Wore evidently thoroughbreds, beautiful
| " groomed, and harnessed in a way that
would have filled Norfieet's soul with
| delight. And then. secondly, that the
| drivers were singularly we'll gotten up in
| person and apparel, and that they were
helped to their seats, ribbons and whips
by servants in livery. We made inquiry
as to this mystery, and were told by
policeman that these same drivers were
'nobs and losses their own. The
thing seemed so wild and improbable
that We did not pu: the same to record
at the time. fearing a sell. Later inquiry
however vindicates the communicative
conservstor of the peace. These coach
routes from London. some of them ex-
tending fifty miles in the country, are
equipped by the noble gentlemen who,
rain OF shine. warm or cold. serve as
coachmen. When we remember that
horses are changed every stage of ten
miles we can realize what a neat sum is |
required to execute this whim of the no.
bic mind. And TO see one of these |
coaches threading its way at q swinging |
trot through such a crowded street as |
Piccadilly or Regent, while the rich and |
well born coachman toots his horn or |
hourishes long. slender whip, one real
ICES what courage, nerve and practice the |
successful training calls for. 1t is play
ing at coach, however. The Passengers
are generally, like the driver, gentle
folks, who take this mode Of conveyance
in preference to cars, because it is the |,
fashion at this time SO TO do. We con-
fess to the weakness of a ride on the
outside Of one Of these elegantly equip i
ped leathern conveniences. We paid our
way like any other common passenger.
We wanted 10 look closer into this &C.
centricitv, and then 1t was something to
be driven by gentleman who claimed
to have ancestors who came in with VII
liam the Conqueror. The female mind,
that made up the larger half of our as
sortment, seemed 10 be moved by the
same motives. These female passengers
are mostly handsome blondes of tender
age, having bloomed into the early adj
pose OF womanhood SO peculiar to the
British female. As the best specimens Of
the gentler sex here are either upon the
streets or behind the bars, We thought at
first a number Of these had been seized
with q desire TO look at rural life from
the .tep OF stage driven by nobleman,
and to this hour We are not prepared to
make affidavit whtsher our companions
in that short ride were fast women OF
recognized position or representatives OF
the t!eD,i-a0lltIe What al odd lot Of
humanity, Here is ar aristocracy Of high
culture, unquestioned position, and IN
bounded wealth. driving. Or rather being
driven, by within, to acting as common
coachman From a like within We find
them fighting the eternal SHOWS and ice
OF the North Pole, or claHlbering. at tie
risk of their precious recks, inaccessi-
BE mountains.