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THE PRIVATE COACH. 



club, of which the owner is a member, may be placed on the 

 panel of the door. 



CONSTRUCTION. The fore and hind axle should be joined 

 by a perch. The axles should be of the Collinge pattern, 

 or they may be Mail. The risers of the hind seat should 

 be iron braces. The hind boot is hinged at the bottom. 

 The pole hook and furniture on main and lead bars are of 

 burnished steel. For detail measurements see p. 94. 



OUTSIDE FITTINGS. Lazy-backs of the middle 

 seats (gammon * and backgammon) covered with 

 patent leather and turned down. The standards 

 or iron supports for the backs should be hinged 

 above the cushions. There should be no backs 

 to the rumble seat nor should there be any lug- 

 gage rails or straps. Seats lined with dark cloth 

 or pigskin. A foot box for ladies should be pro- 

 vided. The covering of the upper surface of the 

 boots and footboard should be a solid color, oil- 

 cloth, kemptulicon, or india rubber. Main and 

 lead bars fastened to the back of hind seat, bar 

 and trace hooks down, and main bar on top ; the 

 ladder hung beneath the rumble. 



The stick basket used on a coach measures about two 

 feet three inches in length and ten inches in diameter. 

 Narrower ones are sometimes used on other vehicles, but 

 strictly speaking its use is limited to the coach. It should 

 be carried on the near side. 



In regard to carrying a stick-basket when the coach is turned out the Duke 

 of Beaufort is quoted by a correspondent to the Rider and Driver as saying : *' I 



* A form of seat devised to meet the requirements of an Act of Parliament limiting 

 the number of roof passengers. The bill was introduced by a Mr. Gammon. 



FIG. 47. 



THE STICK 

 BASKET. 



