Coaching Club of New York

[1] "Requisite for membership was the ability to handle a coach and four horses with a single group of reins.

The annual meet of the New York Coaching Club ... was a thrilling and colorful event.

The prettiest women in town, in crisp summer gowns and leghorn hats, with bouquets of cornflowers, daisies or buttercups, flowers to match the racing colors of the host, sat atop the coaches.

The men wore the Coaching Club uniforms, green coats with gray top hats, and boutonnieres.

Driving four-in-hand requires the whip (driver) to hold the reins of all four horses in one fist.