Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1910 — COSTERS IN COMPETITION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COSTERS IN COMPETITION

American visitors at the recent international horse show at Olympia, London, were especially interested in the novel costers’ competition. The donkeys, costers and donahs, attired in dresses of bright-hued colors, entered the arena to the tune of “Knocked ’em in the Old Kent Road." Many of the drivers had their clothes literally covered with “pearliest,” recalling a type which is now rapidly dying out. Their presence certainly added to the picturesqueness of the show.