THE GROOM'S GREATCOAT, BODY COAT, ETC. 343 

 THE groom's greatcoat. 



This coat is made the same as the coachman's greatcoat, 

 but with the following slight exceptions : 

 No pockets at the sides. 

 Length, skirt should extend only to the top button of 



breeches leg. 

 Buttons, 3 behind on each skirt, lowest button 4 inches 



from the bottom. 

 (See plate.) 



THE groom's body COAT. 



This coat only differs from the coachman's body coat in 

 the following respects : 



No pockets at the sides. 



Length, skirt extends only to within about 6 inches 

 of the top button of the breeches. 



Buttons, 3 behind on each skirt, lowest button 4 inches 

 from the bottom. 



(See plate.) 



The greatcoats and body coats of servants serving in 

 attendance together, but neither driving, are usually cut as 

 grooms' coats and are the exact counterpart of each other in 

 every respect. 



THE PAD groom's COAT. 



The coat of a pad groom, i. e., the servant who accom- 

 panies a person on a horse, is the same as that of a groom in 

 attendance upon a carriage, with the exception that the body 

 is made longer and the skirt only falls to within about 12 

 inches of the top button of the breeches. A brown leather 

 belt, about 2 1-2 inches wide and fastened with a square bar 

 buckle of the same metal as the livery buttons, is worn around 



