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Whip Club,' a contributor wrote: 'The Vis landau will be 

 the fashionable carriage among the members of the Whip 

 Club this season. This carriage differs from the vis-a-vis in 

 respect to its size ; the former carries four, the latter only 

 two. It is round on one side, with a single sweep from elbow 

 to door-rail, the roof is less round than heretofore ; the joints 

 are of Prince's metal, or plated ; the crests in raised silver 

 in a garter on the head-plates ; arms on door and end 

 panels. The Vis landau differs from the barouche by reason 

 of the former being divested of the sword-case behind, and the 

 sweep in the fore-panel, which latter gains another seat or two. 

 There are two lamps in front. The body is yellow, between a 

 patent and a king's yellow ; the carriage is red picked out with 

 black ; its length is 8 feet, and the body is hung 4 feet from 

 the ground on German instead of Polignac springs. It has 

 a barouche box instead of a fixed or Salisbury one, and is 

 hung to the body with open fore- end The lining is of dark 

 blue, with blue and yellow lace. Lord Sefton, Lord Saye and 

 Sele, Lord Hawke, the Hon. M. Hawke, Messrs. Butler, Best, 

 and Buxton will exhibit a splendid appearance.' The club rules, 

 however, merely said that the barouches should be yellow 

 bodied, with ' dickies,' the horses bay, with rosettes at their 

 heads, and the harness silver-mounted. Inasmuch as Mr. 

 Annesley drove roans, and Sir Henry Peyton greys, however, the 

 stipulation as to the colour of the horses does not appear to 

 have been strictly enforced. 



Equally particular were the Four-Horse -men about their 

 personal appearance. The uniform of the modern driving 

 clubs is very simple ; but eighty years ago far greater attention 

 was bestowed upon matters of detail. The prescribed dress 

 consisted of a drab coat reaching to the ankles, with three 

 tiers of pockets, and mother-o'-pearl buttons as large as five- 

 shilling pieces ; the waistcoat was blue, with yellow stripes an 

 inch wide ; breeches of plush, with strings and rosettes to each 

 knee ; and it was de rigueur that the hat should be 3 \ inches 

 deep in the crown. Making all allowance for the whims of 



