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In conclusion it may be men- tioned that it was Mr. Roberts, nephew of the afore- mentioned Chaplin, who first planned the principle of placing the driving- box upon springs, much to the satisfaction of coachmen, who had hitherto been severely bumped on the old coach-box. W. Fradgley Moore. Hares. With the end of February comes the end of the old English sport of hare-hunting, the sport cele- brated in old English ballads, the "hunting" which King Charles the Second, of merry memory, pursued on Newmarket Heath as his grandfather did on the chalk downs above Royston assisted Buy Diamox Online by the historic " Towler " and other hounds. The "Dog Derby" at Formby is over ; in the Waterloo Cup, which dates from the year of the Queen's Accession, has culminated the apotheosis of coursing, the Blue Ribbon of the Leash. 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