Costume of Carriage Servants. 



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two sets of liveries of sober colours should look well on a coachman or driving-groom for a 

 year. If they are to be his own at the end of the year, he will have an additional induce- 

 ment for keeping them in good condition. The modern white mackintosh overcoat preserves 

 a coachman's suit through a wet season very usefully, and is a fine conspicuous object lighted 

 up by the carriage-lamps at night. 



Liveries should always be obtained from tailors who make them the subject of a special 

 department. It is not every tailor who knows how to cut servants' breeches as they should be 

 cut, or how to harmonise the coat and waistcoat of a new colour or pattern. 



The following are the correct costumes for the daily wear (not court dress) of carriage 

 servants : — 



" The coachman's great-coat and frock-coat must have flaps at the sides ; the waistcoat 



may be of a bright 

 colour, or a stripe, or 

 the same colour as the 

 coat ; the breeches of 

 dra'o kersey, finished 

 with top-boots. Where 

 cotton or silk stockings 

 display the coachman's 

 calves, the breeches 

 may be blue, brim- 

 stone, scarlet, or any 

 other fancy colour. 



" The footman's 

 great-coat has long 

 skirts almost touching 

 the ground ; under it, 

 or without it, he wears 

 a coatee ; waistcoat same as coat, or of the 

 same colour as the coachman's. 



" By a modern innovation in undress 

 black or Oxford mixture trousers are per- 

 mitted to replace the invariable shorts of 

 the footmen of our grandfathers. 



" The groom's costume is exactly like 

 the coachman's, except that the coats are 

 more frequently Oxford mixture than any 

 gay colour, and that neither great-coat nor 

 frock-coat has flaps at the side." But both 

 grooms and coachmen may wear trousers 

 now, when not in full dress. 



STABLE VICES. 



Crib-biting and wind-sucking are most 

 annoying habits, as they generally prevent 

 HIND QUARTERS— A WELL-BRED WEIGHT-CARRYING HORSE. a horse froHi getting into condition, and 

 



