Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-11-24
A GRAND C0ACHMAN.
EE ~ AZ TtlE hEAU or THE LORD
MAYOR OF LoNDOWS STABLE.


spccts-The Carriage and uorses--Lord
Mayors May Come and Go, but the
Coachman IL Fixture.
An antediluvian spectacle was pro-
pared for me in the stables of the lord
mayor of London. In vast courtyard
an enormous carriage made of gold, to
which were harnassed six magnificent
brown horses; harness ornamented with
massive copper, chiseled by an artist,
IL not with taste at least with great
deal of care, and multitude of ribbons
and cockades of cherry color.
On the seat, six feet above the earth,
the coachman, but what a coachman,
my friendsl A coaohman the breed of
which has been lost since the time of
Louis XIV. He wore a wig with sex
tuple line Of ourls symmetrioally ar
ranged, had bicornered hat on his
head, and he wore his livery as Yelling
ton after Waterloo must have worn his
uniform. His livery has a grand air. It
is black and gold. Tho frock is too or
namental. 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 is
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
The carriage is poem. 1t is of the
obs In fhfa 1nxny
or part, the panels of which are orna-
mented with allegoric paintings, the
box is exclusively formed of looking
glasses held together by light frame
work of gilded wood. Everything is
gilded, from the Cupids which hold the
box to the chimerical figures which or
nament the platform where the grooms
stand; from the 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 froclS As he becomes a simple NOR
tai he talks and smiles. / 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 conceit.
"Do you know" he says conflden-
TALLY, "that measure from shoulder
TO shoulder AZ inches? To become a
member of the Royal guard, where
there are splendid men, you need only
AZ inches. Some of them measure 49,
There are some who measure Al, but
there is not one who measures AZ.
In the harness room-.in special
room of which the first ooaohman alone
has the key-Wright hands to me one
of the sets Of harness. Its weight is
fabulous. Each horse carries 10
pounds. Add 20 this tho enormous mass
of the car, and you may understand
why il il that ordinary horses will not
do for the annual parade The livery
man who has charge Of the stables Of
the lord mayor IL compelled TO search
for two months In advance in order 20
find tho six horses destined 10 drag dur
ing this memorable parade the formida-
bio machine, The rest " the year there
arc only six horses In the stable They
are all beautiful, but OF smaller size,
-Four of them are harnessed 10 tho sec
0nd carriage, tho lord mayors dress
carriage, Two are haTneased ~ tho semi
state carriage
The carriages are not the property Of
the lord mayor, but " the city Of Lon
don. They are rented by tho year The
price Is very high, a. the coat u arms
aud the painting op tho panols must be
changed every year Tho second ear'
Tiage costs $500
Tho arms ~ the city u London are
Of obiseled ooppor, Al elegant and hne
gallery a. the top u the wagon ~ made
~ tbe sane netal lhere aFe four beau
iiful odagoaal lanterns at the fouF oor'
neIs Tho panele arc black and gold,
Tho noachmau's sest u covered With
blaok apd red YeFot
ghe service ~ lhe stables II composed
~ . bead o0Rchuan, ~ q second o0ach'
man, moro especially devoted ~ iile
lady maymeas ~ . pTiFste oqaehman,
b f0olulap, y gT0Qm aud tBo eisbie boys
Thoir t.tal Nages sle $40 . eooh
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