The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-11-21
A GRAND C0ACHMAN.
HE is AT THE HEAD OF THE LORD
MAYOR OF LoNOoNS STABLE.

spccts-Thc Carriage aud Horses Lord
Mayors May Come and Co. but the
Coachman Is "A Fixture.
An antediluvian spectacle was pre-.
pared for me in the stables of the lord
mayor of London. In vast courtyard
an enormous carriage made of gold. to
which were harnessed six magnificent
brown horses; harness ornamented with
massive copper, chiselcd by an artist,
il not with taste at least with great
deal of care, and n multitude Of ribbons
and cockades of a cherry color.
On the seat, six feet above the earth,
the coachman, but what coachman.
my friendsl A coachman the breed of
which has been lost since the time of
Louis XIV. He wore u wig with sex.
tuple line of curls symmetrically ar
ranged, had bicornered hat OH his
head, and he wore his livery as yelling.
ton after Waterloo must have worn his
uniform. His livery has grand air. II
namcntal. The black velvet of it disap.
pears under thick embroidery of gold
wheat and field flowers of purple silk.
but the chest on which it is opened il
so ample, and the large epaulets. with
gold fringes. fall with a nobility so inn
posing on arms so fat and so firm. that
one cannot find this exhibition of
wealth excessive.
Tho carriage is poem. It is Of the
purest rococo style. Massive in the low
er part, the panels Of which are orna-
mented with allegoric paintings, the
box is exclusively formed of looking
glasses held together by a light frame.
work of gilded wood. Everything is
gilded, from tho Cupids which hold tho
box to tho chimerical figures which or
nament the platform where the grooms
stand; from tho Tritons which hold
with their strong arms the seat where
the corpulent Phaethon is enthroned to
the shell where he places his feet: from
the hub to the tire of the wheels. Only
the interior of the carriage is not gilt.
1t is ornamented with red cushions
Have you seen everything?' asks
the fat man say YES and Master
Wright descends from his perch. He
puts aside with sacerdotal slowness one
by one his bicornered hat, his wig and
his frock. AS he becomes n simple NOR
tai ho talks and smiles. l smile, too.
because he strangely resembles Coque-
lin. His trumpet shaped nose is particu-
larly success.
Master Wright is not too proud of
it. He is proud only of his size. He
talks of it with evident oonceit.
"Do you know" he says confiden-
TALLY, that l measure from shoulder
to shoulder AZ inches? To become a
member of tho Royal guard. where
there are splendid men, you need only
AZ inches. Some of them measure 43.
There are some who measure A. but
there is not one who measures AZ"
In the harness room-in n special
room of which the first coachman alone
has the key--Wright hands to me one
of the sets Of harness. It's weight is
fabulous. Each horse carries 40
pounds. Add to this the enormous mass
of the car. and you may understand
why it is that ordinary horses will not
do for the annual parade. The livery
man who has charge of the stables Of
the lord mayor is compelled to search
for two months in advance in order to
find the six horses destined to drag dur.
ing this memorable parade the formida-
BILE machine. The rest Of the year there
are only six horses in the stable They
are all beautiful. but of smaller size
Four Of them are harnessed to the SEQ.
ond carriage, the lord mayors dress
carriage. Two are harnessed to the semi.
state carriage.
The carriages are not the property of
the lord mayor, but of the city of Lon
don. They are rented by the year. The
price is very high, as the coat of arms
and the painting OH the panels must be
changed every year. The second car.
riage costs $500.
The arms of tho city of London are
OF chiseled copper. An elegant and fine
gallery at the top Of the wagon is made
of the same metal. There are four beau.
tiful octagonal lanterns at the four COR
ners The panels are black and gold,
The coachman's seat is covered with
black and red velvet.
The service of the stables is composed
OF head coachman. of q second coach.
man. more especially devoted to the
lady mayoress; of private coaohman,
footman, "a groom and two stable boys.
Their total wages are fl0 a week
III WOuld WaQar ~ snid Wripht with