292 THROUGH STABLE AND SADDLE-ROOM. 



For any other coloured tops, Propert's Powder is the best 

 preparation. 



To Clean Scarlet Coats. 



A preparation for this purpose is, or used to be, sold by 

 Messrs. Truefitt, in the Burlington Arcade. It is applied with 

 a short, stiff brush (a toothbrush answers the purpose), and 

 dabbed on the coat, not scrubbed. Mr. Cooper the saddler, 

 in York, used to sell a similar preparation. I have no doubt 

 but that it can be obtained elsewhere. It is a very useful 

 preparation to have by one, as it so often happens that a new 

 hunting coat gets stained with black mud, etc., and the stain 

 will not come out properly. 



A solution made of the following will be found also useful 

 for the purpose of ordinary cleaning, whether of red or black 

 coats, viz. : 



Liquor ammonige fortis, diluted with five times 

 its quantity of water. 



The coat should be well sponged with the above. 



To Clean Drab Coats. 



Coachmen's drab driving coats, and such coloured cloth, 

 may be cleaned by using bran, rubbed well into the cloth. 

 The cloth should be well brushed previously. If very dirty, 

 the bran may be wetted, and the cloth finished up with plenty 

 of dry bran. 



To Clean a Hunting-Hat. 



Brush it well with a hard brush, dipped in clean cold water, 

 and then use a soft brush to finish with when dry. If the hat 

 is very dull, about 2 drops of sweet oil placed on a silk hand- 

 kerchief, and passed round the hat several times, will restore 

 its appearance ; but if more oil than this is used, it will give a 

 sticky and over-shiny look. 



I may as well caution the reader not to give his hat to a 

 hatter to iron if it has been oiled. The hatter will scarcely 

 feel grateful if he finds his irons and brushes spoiled by the oil 

 on the hat. 



