The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-29
THE COMING COACHING SEASON.
From tho Sporting Gazette, Aprnl4.l

From tho Sporting Gazette, April l4.1
| An earlier and moro genial spring than common
makes US look forward with eager anticipation those
pleasant journeys which have become almost part
and parcel OF Londoncrs existence during the spring
and summer months; hut, alas far We can at
present learn from the that havc been ana
taxing place the coaching world outlook Is
tho least brilliant that havo seen for somc few
years.
To commence with the long distance coaches.
the two Oldest roads arc vacant ut present, for
Lord Beehive aud Colonel Chaplin have made no
sign with regard 10 tho Tunbridgc Wells and so TAR
wo have not heard that Mr.. Freeman intends to
resume tho Brighton To these must be added tho
Oxford, which lived for just three months. may
say that thrcc Of the best roads are unoccupied.
Thcn, again, Mr.. John Edcn's death last December
has rendered tho Wycombc road tenantiess. lie
originally started the coach and stuck TO It very
pluckily year. running good season. This adds
another tho list OF vacancies and leaves tcnAntlcss
a route that had become STANDARD and . great
iavorito TO boot.
As some sctof against tho coaches which will be ~
allegiance promised new one to Portsmouth,
The Rocket-whiCh will commence running on April
20, leaving Hatchctts every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at ten NJ, and arriving ut the George Ho-
tel, Portsmouth. at P. NJ, returning IRON thence
tho timc alternate days. In distance this
coach will exceed anything yet undertaken since IN
revival there is doubt that It will run through
the beautiful lines Of country that has yet
been opened up--viz, from Godaiming, Iiphook, Pc
tcrsncd, &c. some good judges think hove ever that
II Is too lar and that the proprietor and Fowncs The
professional viii soon have had enough of tho seventy
Two miles per day Gu that point We can give opinion.
IL proposed 10 do the journey N seven stages allow
Ing hall lunch al Godalmng, tho rst stage
out OF London being all the way to Kingston. on dI
tho propricors OF the Guildord, Mcssrs. Shooibrcd
and Luxmorc, delighted the idea oil the Ports
mouth running over tho road with them evcs.
We fancy they viii ec little, II any, dimnuton in Tho
amount Of their receipts, N tho intermediate traffic
In the present day Is very tring and the Portsmouth
will be seeking Portsmouth aud not Guidiord passcn.
gers Another route, with good stabng, to
GulIdiord, via EPSON, Lcathcrhcad &c, was open to
tho Portsmouth, but that would, IN a measure. have
been troadiDg GU the corns Of tho DorkiDg Having
mentioned the Guildford, may state that
mcnccd its journeys To Gotham Marcn 20, and on
this day tAprii ~ VIII run the whole disce 10 Guild
on the so,h the Windsor rccommcuccs, with Cap.
tain Spicer, Colonel Greenha and Mr Baiy ~ propri
etors. and tue ST. Adams WIN, we hear, DO again
dertakcn by Mr. Parsons on May tho Dorkng
would could say tho same OF It's brilliant fellow
the Afternoon DorkiDg or Boxhiij rccommcnccs with
the same proprietary as last ycarv, Nessrs Pracd
u Brand, and that, lar we know. completes he
list coaches winch at present been arranged
leave London tins season. for the projected Or
leans House scarcely be looked upon as repre-.
associated with the name OF Mr. Z. Wood, has been,
perhaps wisely, abandoned
few words as those that dropped out OF the
list and We may just say that rumor has reached
that Shcatber the horse dealer s likely 10 supply the
vacancy caused by the death OF his friend, Mr. John
Eden and put on the Wycombc.
OF the Tunbrlugc Wells We may ask, win not Mr.
Charles Horace return again 10 hs old love tho
world witness tho contamination OF Of tho most
promising amateur whips the present revival has pro-
ducedY OF tho oxford VIC may surely say that tho
prices obtained ny Mr. Blyth at his sale ut Reading
after bret season should tempt him TO his
quaintaDcc with that road " tho CHER attrac
lion OF the sport Jailed TO do so; and where part
ncr, Mr.. Mansells
Wnn regard TO the king Of roads, the Brighton last
season. we bad strong hopewhich, for reasons whch
VIII be Understood. wc could entirely mako pub
iic--,hat tho Duke Of Beaufort, Colonel stracey-
CiithcrCw, Mr. W. ii. Cooper and Mr.. A. g. Scott
would carry out the promise oI previous year and put
on "A double coach VIA Dorking and Horsham Having
mentioned these names we need not sny TINT " any
men ving could have Insured the thing being vel
done and brought TO PERFECTION they were the men,
Al present. the road adorned by the tate Mr. Chandos
Polc Colonel straccy CIthcrow and Mr. WsH. Cooper