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behind falls well in with it. The spring beneath the shaft is 

 also well adapted to the line.' Mr. Adams, who has a some- 

 what stern eye, declares the step to be unsightly, but this is a 

 matter of opinion; there would certainly seem to be something 

 wanting without the step. The shafts are curved so that the 

 point may be at the level of the horse's shoulder, while the 

 hinder part does not prevent easy access to the vehicle. A well- 

 appointed cabriolet, such as was driven by Count d'Orsay and 

 the Earl of Chesterfield about 1840, was an equipage worth 



Lord Calthorpe's cabriolet. 



looking at. It necessitated a handsome and expensive horse, 

 a good and neat driver, and above all a well-bred 'tiger,' for 

 such was the name of the lad who stood behind while his 

 master held the reins, and who waited at the horse's head in 

 stately watchfulness when he alighted. The species seems now 

 extinct unless the present race of jockeys claim them as 

 ancestors for they were miniature men of good figure, smail 

 and muscular, full of courage, and mostly well up to their 

 duties. 



Contemporary with the cabriolet were the Stanhope and 



