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gigs are rather more expensive, their price being from 25 

 guineas to double that sum. Polo gigs are somewhat more 

 finished, and may be estimated at from 30 guineas to 60 

 guineas. Dogcarts, for horses from 15 hands i inch to 16 

 hands, cost from 25 guineas to 60 guineas, tandem-carts from 

 40 guineas to 70 guineas, and gigs proper, stanhopes, tilburies, 

 and those varieties with lancewood or ash shafts, are from 

 50 guineas to 70 guineas. All these are two-wheeled. 



Four-wheeled pony-carriages of the simplest kind without 

 heads may be bought from a good maker for as little as 

 28 guineas, ascending to 80 guineas ; with heads, for one pony 

 or a pair, from 60 guineas to 140 guineas. A light road phaeton 

 for one horse will cost from 40 guineas to twice that sum, and 

 T-carts for the same. Victorias, or as they are more properly 

 called Victoria phaetons, vary considerably according to manu- 

 facture. The cheapest kind begins at about 80 guineas ; if 

 fitted with C springs and other luxuries, they may come to as 

 much as 220 guineas. 



We have now to speak of the coach, and we propose to go 

 into this question in detail, because some of the figures will 

 be generally serviceable as regards other vehicles and their 

 appointments. It is assumed that the master desires every- 

 thing to be turned out in a thoroughly efficient manner, with 

 no mistaken effort at economy, but on the other hand with no 

 unnecessary expenditure, and it may be remarked that the 

 figures here given are taken from an actual average, calculated 

 over a period of several years, of the cost of a coach belonging 

 to a member of the Four-in-Hand and Coaching Clubs. The 

 probability is that a coach will be wanted in London for the 

 four months of the season and will be used in the country 

 during the remaining eight months of the year. The original 

 cost of coach may be set down as 22o/., but it is impossible 

 to say what the team may cost, so much depending upon cir- 

 cumstances, and we shall, therefore, not speculate on this head. 

 As regards maintenance the figures follow. It will be seen that 

 six horses are included, for a spare leader and spare wheeler are 



