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THE PRIVATE COACH. 



COLOR. Only one other color with black is now generally 

 used. Black and maroon, or dark green or dark blue pro- 

 duce the best effects. The following enumerated parts 

 should be always painted black: the upper panels, sides 

 of boots,* front of front boot, steps, seat rails, standards, 

 ladder, skid and chain, hub-bands, and roller bolts. The 

 quarter panels, the entire door, the back panel of the hind 



FIG., 46. 

 THE SKID. 



boot, the under side and rim of the footboard and the 

 risers of the box seat, the pole, the main and lead bars 

 should be painted the same color as the under carriage, when 

 only one color is used in combination with black. Black 

 striping may be introduced around the doors, on the box 

 seat risers, in the form of a rectangular panel on the under 

 side of the footboard, on the rims of the wheels and at base 

 of the spokes. The crest, monogram, or badge of the owner 

 should be painted on the narrow panel under the window 

 (called the crest panel) and in the centre of the panel of the 

 hind boot. The badge or device of the leading coaching 



* Boot. The name is derived from the term applied to the basket frequently 

 carried on the side of vehicles in the I7th century and in which the feet were placed. 

 * Somewhat later a basket was attached to the hind axle for the accommodation of inferior 

 passengers and dependants. In the gradual evolution of the coach a smaller basket was 

 carried over the front axle and was designated a "boot" although the word had in this 

 case lost its true significance. 



