92 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. 



<5a Outside Fittings. Lazy-backs of the middle 



^|Q seats (gammon * and backgammon) covered with 



^1 _ patent leather and turned down. The standards 



fTF>^ or iron supports for the backs should be hinQ:ed 



infUa above the cushions. There should be no backs 



tr^^ to the rumble seat nor should there be any lusf- 



|-.:V^ g^gG I'^ils or straps. Seats lined with dark cloth 



|:'r\^ or pigskin. A foot box for ladies should be pro- 



cU-A^ vided. The covering of the upper surface of the 



\^id^^ boots and footboard should be a solid color, oil- 



FiG. 47. cloth, kemptulicon, or india rubber. Main and 



THE STICK \^2A bars fastened to the back of hind seat, bar 



BASKET. Ill 1-1 1 



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

 ladder huns^ 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 Drive?- 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. 



