420 DRESS OF THE MEN CH. XVIII 



a livery coat, where they lap over, should be sewed 

 together for a distance of about five inches below 

 the buttons, to prevent them from spreading apart 

 when the man is seated. The overcoat is double- 

 breasted, with two rows of buttons, and should be 

 long, — half-way between the knee and the ankle. 

 It is usually of the same colour as the other coat, 

 but it is perfectly proper to have it of drab cloth, 

 whatever the other coat may be. 



The men should always have india-rubber coats, 

 preferably black and with a cloth finish, not with a 

 rubber surface, which looks common. 



For ordinary carriage purposes, the men have 

 trousers of the same colour as the coats, but trousers 

 should not be worn on a coach, with livery coats ; 

 always breeches and boots. 



In a well mounted establishment the men should 

 have, in addition to their liveries, morning suits, 

 consisting- of a sack coat, waistcoat, and trousers, of 

 grey or light brown material, that known to tailors 

 as ' Chipping Norton tweed,' being the most suitable. 



These clothes are worn when the coach is taken 

 out in the morning, or on a journey, or for trying a 

 team. Instead of ordinary trousers, breeches and 

 gaiters, all of the same stuff, may be worn, but 

 trousers are the best on a journey, not being so con- 

 spicuous when the men are walking about a town. 



The hats worn with these suits are Derby or 

 pot-hats, either of the colour of the cloth, or black, 

 but both of exactly the same shape. The white tie 



