BY E. D. CUMING WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY G. DENHOLM ARMOUR   THE BRITISH SPORT SERIES HODDER AND STOUGHTON The many boons conferred by Mr. John Palmer upon his generation faded before the advance of the railways; but he has deserved well of posterity, if only for that he altered the coach team from three horses to four. Until that enterprising man undertook to demonstrate that the coach could carry letters more rapidly and safely than could the post-boy, our ancestors had been content with the unic

Tandem Painting by G. D. Armour. It is said, but I must confess failure to trace authority for the statement, that tandem driving was invented as a convenient and sporting method of taking the hunter to the meet. History has not handed down to fame the name of the man who first hit upon the idea of driving tandem; it was in vogue over a century ago, and at Cambridge ranked as a grave offence: witness the following edict dated 10th March 1807:— ‘We, the Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Colleges, do h