At the present day coaching is confined almost exclusively to such great centres and cities of the world as are most frequented by the wealthy and leisure classes, as London. New York, Paris, Ber lin, Vienna, etc., and is generally employed in connection with racing and other recreational meetings. The following is a list of the principal road coaches of New York, London, and Paris. past and present. together with their routes and time taken. New York: Brunswick Hotel to Pelham Bridge, 13.5 miles in hours; Bruns wick Hotel to Yonkers, 18 miles in 1'34 hours; Holland Douse to Ardsley Casino, 25.8 miles in hours. London: Northumberland Avenue to Box Hill, 25 miles in 3 hours; Northumber land Avenue to Virginia Water, 20.5 miles in 31/4 hours: Northumberland Avenue to Windsor, 30 miles in 4 hours. Paris: New York Herald Office to Cernay-la-Ville, 29 miles in 3 hours; New York Herald Office to Pontoise, 26.3 miles in hours; New York Herald Office to Maisons Lafitte, 19.4 miles in 2 hours: New York Herald Office to Versailles, 14.5 miles in lay hours. Of the `two-day' trips, or routes which require an entire day each way. the most important in the nited States is that from the Plaza Hotel, New York, to Tuxedo Park, 47.5 miles, which is covered in hours. In England, the journey from the White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, to Brighton (54 miles) is accomplished in 6 hours; while in France the distance from the New York Herald Office. Paris. to Fontainebleau
(60 miles) is accomplished in 7 hours. Stages: Under the best conditions a change of horses would be made every seven miles, but ordinarily it has to be done to suit the available stabling accommodations of the route. The best authori ties agree that a fast coach, running out. and in, is best served by having a horse to each mile of the road. Thus 30 horses would be necessary to run a coach out and in once a day, between points 30 miles apart. An illustration of the distance between stages under normal conditions, ever a route 2S miles long, would he as follows: First stage 7, second stage 8, third stage 7, fourth stage 6 miles, each team serving one stage each way. On hilly roads longer stages are frequently made, but at a greatly reduced rate of progress. It is common experience that 'pace' rather than 'pull' is responsible for the disablement of the average coach-horse. The bibliography of coaching is somewhat limited, but the following works are both interesting and comprehensive: Nimrod (C. J. Apperley). ERsays on the Road (London, 1876) ; the Duke of Beaufort, Driring (London. 1887) ; Rogers. A Manual of Coaching (Philadelphia. 1900).