THE DIRECT MAIL. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, May 31.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 388, 27 July 1889, Page 3

THE DIRECT MAIL. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, May 31.

THE MEET OF THE FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB. Magnificent summer weather signalised the celebration of the Queen's Birthday on Saturday last, and very smart crowds turned out early to witness the •' Trooping of the Colour " at the Horsoguards and the meet of the Four-in-Hand Club in Hyde Park. This last is one of the many pretty sights which Londoners of all sorts and conditions can witness in perfect comfort, " free, gratis, for nothing. 1 ' The hour of the meet (one o'clock) precludes the possibility of many working nien being pre- ; sent, but what Cook calls "carriage folk '' invariably turn out in strong torce, whilst the middle ola&ses bring their families, and come in tens of thousands. On Saturday, the reunion was specially brilliant and successful, as no fewer than twenty-two drags (out of a possible thirty odd) put in an appearance, and die ladies were all in their freshest summer iincry. Shortly before one tho Prince and Princess, followed by " the two boys and their sisters," in another viotoria, drove swiftly down Ihe cliive, and almost immediately after. Lord Willouohby D'Eresby, tooling four splendid blacks, led off tne long lino of coaches. Lord Charles Beresford, driving gieys (as usual;, had the beautiful Duchess of Leinster beside him, but Boulanger passed wholly unrecognised on Lord Londesboro's box seat. Sir !Sa\ iJe Crossley drove a team of superb bays, which were greatly admired, as were Captain Victor Fergusons dark biowns, Captain YVhitmore's iron greys, and Captain Spicer's "skewbalds."