human
Bull and Mouth out of London, and was driven by H. Liley, who had long experience on the
gpt
Wonder over the lower ground. At Redbourn, he was replaced on the box by my before-mentioned friend as having driven both the
human
Independent Tally-ho and afterwards the
gpt
Nimrod, and he drove till he met the up coach tooled by Jonathan Morris, when they changed, each one returning to the place from which he started, and it was taken into Birmingham by T. Liley, a brother of Harry. He had previously driven the
human
Eclipse Tally-ho, and Jonathan Morris had had his experience upon the
gpt
Hibernia, already mentioned as running between Liverpool and Cheltenham. He was pitted on that coach against Jordan, who drove the
human
Hirondelle, and was noted as a
gpt
but was possessed of great strength and had adamantine nerve, and only a first rate practitioner had a chance with him. Jonathan was quite a different class of coachman, and saved his stock as well as the pace and load would allow him, and I have myself seen him trot by Jordan in ascending the Wyle Cop in Shrewsbury, when the latter had nearly flogged his horses to a standstill. Perhaps I should add, in fairness to Jordan, that, though he had a beautiful team, it was composed of light horses, and that the other coach was drawn by horses possessing more size and power for enabling them to get a load up a steep ascent. I have been particular in giving the antecedents of these coachmen, as, of course, they were picked out as especially qualified for the great pace at which this mail was timed, and it was a feather in their caps. Indeed, it may be said that, as at that time the end of coaching was within measurable distance, they represented