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whole weight in front, makes it positively unsafe when 

 driving over rough roads or making sharp turns. 

 Coaches and drags not being altogether suitable for those 

 who may wish to take a tour through the country w^e 

 must look for something with enough seating capacity 

 sufficient to accommodate eight to twelve persons with 

 enough room to store the necessary outfit required on a 

 long trip. 



The outing coach I consider a really great improve- 

 ment upon the old-fashioned drag for outing trij^s. It 

 looks equally well in the Park, and is much better 

 adapted to American roads, having strength and light- 

 ness combined; each and every passenger gets a front 

 seat, that is to say, they can all see the way they are 

 going. 



There is a boot in front and behind; a door at the 

 back to give access, in fact the whole length of the body 

 being hollow gives unlimited space for everything neces- 

 sarily required for the comfort externally and internally 

 of the coaching party — ^luncheon case, hand-bags, valises, 

 dressing cases, hat boxes, rugs, wet weather coats and 

 aprons, horse-clothing, head collars, extra harness col- 

 lars, hame straps, a box containing monkey wrench, 

 screw nuts, clips, oil can, extra washers, package of 

 pearline, which will be found not only useful to wash 

 grease off the wheels, but as a pickle in which to put 



