CHAPTER XII.

AMATEUR DRAGSMEN--THE LATE FITZROY STANHOPE--THE OLD DRIVING CLUB OF 1808--THE HON. LINCOLN STANHOPE--THE WHIP CLUB--DESCRIPTION OF THE CARRIAGES--SONG OF THE WHIP CLUB--OUTRÉE DRESS OF THE DRIVERS RIDICULED BY CHARLES MATHEWS AND JOE GRIMALDI--FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB OF THE PRESENT DAY 195