APPOINTMENTS: RUN-ABOUT AND ROAD WAGON. 89 



cent. Servants' Liveries, etc., 20 per cent." From the Catalogue of the 

 National Horse Show Association, 1898. 



RUN-ABOUT. 



Color, body, dark ; running gear, red (preferably) or yellow. 

 Fittings. A lamp, box of matches, tie strap, blanket and 

 wheel wrench under seat. Robe folded outside out 

 and placed on driving seat if not used. Whip, with 

 lash, not the straight whalebone type. If a servant 

 accompanies the carriage he should be in whipcord 

 breeches and leggings. 

 For type of horse, see p. 132. 

 For type of harness, see p. 205. 

 For description of livery, see under Chapter XIII. 

 " Horses and Run-abouts. Horses to count 50 per cent ; run-about and 

 appointments, 50 per cent. Horse should have conformation, style, all-round 

 action and good manners. Horses must stand without being held." From 

 the Catalogue of the National Horse Show Association, 1898. 



ROAD WAGON. 



Color, body, dark, preferably black ; running gear, pfreferably 



dark red or black with light stripe. 

 Fittings. 



" At the recent Horse Show at Madison Square Garden exhibitors in 

 best appointed road rig class were notified that only the following articles 

 should be carried in the wagon : Blankets, robes, whip, harness punch, 

 oil can, goggles, watch, hoof pick, wagon wrench, monkey wrench, hammer, 

 scraper, one pair pincers, one lamp (not electric), and copper wire and 

 cord. The latter, neatly coiled, takes up very little room, and is very useful 

 in case of accident to wagon or harness. The tendency to multiply articles 

 grew until equipment really became burdensome, and the directors of the 

 Horse Show Association put on the brakes. Omitting tie rein and shoes 

 from the list has led to discussion, but the theory is that the man who jogs 

 through the park for a spin on the speedway has no use for either. If he 



