COACHING PETITION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 288, 8 November 1883, Page 3

COACHING PETITION.

i- 1 " "■» ' ; | ;-r i The. drapers an,d clothierf. are" ii<itjkhe; 4 6n^y,e)H8S ampngwhom the spirit of th« keentst competitioii^pw, .rag^ yin 'Woo 4Tille. The cp^chmg fraternity art^ just now, quitft a source of flmusem«<nt;to ti.e, township. Mr J[. Macara haying, put on' a daily .cosch .frpm;N!P r b6d*ille< xo Makato'kn, ; has ardaeed^tn'e owners ;of " veliioles "^to" inore* -''energetic -Measures than m past, i' lOti Saturdiyj evening lust, quite an exoiting raoe : toot . place: between ? C^oob _& L C 0.," and "Jimmy Edwards," from the latter plaop." Jimmy," afterfahard rjinifor ib mariflged by clever work to jpaps his elder! whip at the acbool-house, ; Woodtille,;and we nt down the street jto |Monteith and: Fountaine's store) with flying coloars, to the'amusemenfc of numbers of people who ■ were watching' the r « n « Smith's coach, of MakatokOj ;waa en-« tirely bat of the rannin^f and arrived some; two hourg.atter the other/, with:out a ; single passenger.: Smith, 'last; weeko decked hiflcoachmsn; m. livery, -the very appearance^otiwhichi so enamt oared that functionary, tha l "- heindulged a little to freely uron»;hia! afnval, the consequence of which' was ignominious discharge./ Now that liveryyis awaiting; a better man to display, .its fine qualitiflP; Jimmy, and Hambliu, m. tend{ giving Jonea? 1 ' a' ;run ufor the trade, however, passengers m particular, jand- so we may:expect< to see still »reat~: erJfun m 'the futu^ei' ; On«Vhis last trip ''Jimmy"; says he did eight; miles an : jhojir 4 jfith_nearly^hajyLa.tonjap 1 Jimmy should be careful not to overwork his cat- . tie, or the result/will be more ü b»gs"bf bones" m the