The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-18

driving will become more necessary.
Those who remember thirty years ago
know that in those dsys our present
crowded streets would, five had not i'm
proved our. driving methods. become one
continual block, and az this crowd in
creases so will reforms ksve to be intro
duced that will facilitate Seaffic.
The rapid growth of Coaching since its
introduction in 1876 demonstrates how
earnest and energetic fsstion we are in
our pleasures and sporSs. When Col.
De Lancey Kane broughtSover his ''Tally-
Ho" in that year he had 20 idea that the
progress would be 80 greas
The colonel was at thatfime . most en-
thusiastic lover Of coaching, for the year
before he ran q coach liz England from
London to Virginia Wate1. He took his
lessons from Edwin Fowses, ST.. q cele-
brated whip, who acted - coachman or
guide, and after the seasosl was over the
colonel was sufficiently expert to drive
of England. Many ting had such old
whips as the Duke of Beaufort paid the
highest compliments to the father of
coaching in this country. =
1t was during the next season, 1876. that
the colonel brought overehe first coach,
which he appropriately Aamed "Tally-
Ho," and with him came sTthur Fownes,
one of the sons Of Edwin 0wnes. to act
as guard. This coach. al-nough an en-
tirely new institution, caHght on right
away, and the crowds tEat waited its
starting and arrival on Fiftl avenue. near
the Brunswick, are well rsmembered by
all lovers and admirers OF coaching. 1t
ran from the city to Pelh.< I'm, .making as
its stopping place the wer-known Arcu-
larius hotel. !.
The success of the first years expert
ment induced Col. Kane tosextend its trip
the next season to New Reehelle, putting
up at the Neptune housZ After that
year, 1877, it may be said that coaching in
America had taken root, ana it has bios
somed into one of the most popular pas
times of the country.
Many people regard drivis-g a horse as
one of the simplest thing. imaginable,
but driving in its true sense - an art that
cannot be acquired without practice and
a thorough knowledge of hoss to manage
the horse, manipulate the reins and use
the whip. Let any one view the pa
rade of carriages and hssrses of all
kinds which is to be gsen in our
fashionable driveways ane it will not
take long to convince him Iaat there are
drivers and drivers: Some cork away as
if their lives depended upor how tightly
they held their relns, while ;snother driver
sits perfectly erect, but Mt tie same time
quite at ease. With grace, that is posi-
lively taking" he handles Iis whip and
puffs his cigar in complete cetnfort
The one is driver who regards driving
as labor, while the other is s3ne who takes
it as pleasure, knowing tha. he is master
of the situation.
To drive well and with gaaceful ease it
is necessary that the rudimeztary rules of
good driving should be wets known, and
while it is practically impossible to ac-
quire the art Of driving without practice,
thorough knowledge of manipulating
the reins can be obtained by.tudying the
illustrations, and if necessity dummy
rig could be put up in order t<practice the
use of the reins.
An easy and graceful seat upou the box
is absolutely necessary to GOD driving.
Give yourself ample room, sig in an up