Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-01-10
A GRAND COACHMAN,
-E IS IT TIE -EaO OF The LORD
MAYOR c. -CNCcN's sTasLE.
A Big Man Physically and In Other Re-
spect.-The Carriage and Horse%-Lord
Mayors Nay Come and Go, but the
CoachmAn I. Fixture.

spec..-The Carriage and Horse.-Lord
CoachmAn 1. q Fixture.
Al anres;:lrviaa spectacle was pre-.
pared fo- me il the stables Of TIE lord
mayor q London. In vast courtyard
III eno-mous carriage made q gold, %
which ware harressed six magn;foan.
brown horses; harness ornaneated with
massive copper, cbiseied BIZ an artist,
Il not with taste az least with a grea.
deal q care, and multitude Of ribbons
and c1,kades Of Z che-ry color.
On the seat, SIX feet above the earth.
the c'1achman, but what a coachuan,
ny friends. > coachuau the breed q
which has teen lost since the tine Ct
Louis XIV. He wo-e wig with sax.
tup,e line q c1rls s!nuerically az
ranged, had t:cornered Rat on his
had. ard he were his i!ve-: as yelling.
ton after Y acer.o'1 must have wo-u h;s
Uniform. His liver? has grand air Il
Is black and gold. The frocE is too or.
namentaL The black veivet Ct il d!sap-
r<ars unde- thick embroidery Of gold
whea. and field flowers Ct purple silk,
but the chez. On which il IS opened is
% ample, and tire large epau,et=, with
gold fringes, fall with nobility 50 in.
posing on arms 50 fat and Sd firm. tina,
one cannot find this exhibition Of
wealth excessive.
The carriage is pceu. I. is Of the
pu-esr rococo style. Massive in the low.
CT part, the panels Of which are orna.
men.ed with allegoric paintings, the
box IS exclusively formed Q: looking
glasses held together by light frame
work q gilded wood Everything is
gilded, from the Cupids which hold the
box 70 the ch;merical figures which OF.
nanent the platform where the grooms
stand; from the Tritons which hold
with their strong arms the sat where
the co-puienr Phaethon is enthroned to
the shell where be PLACES his feet; from
the hub 70 the tire Of the wheels. Only
the interior Of the carriage is not gilt.
Il is oruauented with red cushions
Have you sean eve-yth;ng:" asks
the IA. man. say Yes and Master
Wrigh. descends from his perch. he
puts aside with sacerdo.al slowness one
By one his bicornered hat, his wig and
his frocs;. As he becomes simple NOR.
tai he talks and smiles. I smile, too,
because be strangely resembles CoQue-
lin. His trumpet zhaped nose is part!cu.
larry a success.
Master Wright is not too proud Of
it He is proud only Of bis size. Re
talks Of it with evident conceit.
Do you know" be says condden.
TALLY, that measure from shoulder
to shoulder - inches: To become a
member Q; the Royal guard, where
there are splendid men, you need only
~ inches. Some ot them measure 43.
There are some who measure II, but
there IS not one who measures A."
In the harness r0om-!n special
room Of which the first coachman alone
has the key-Wrighr hands to me one
Of the sets of harness. It's weight is
fabulous. Each horse carries 10
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 il advance in order to
find the six horses destined 70 drag dur
ing this memorable parade the formida.
bic machine The rest Of the year there
are only six horses in the stable They
are all beautiful, bur Of smaller size.
-Four Of than are harnessed 10 the sec
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 ara rented BY the year. The
price is very high, as the coat Of arms
and the painting on the panels must be
changed every year. The second car.
riage costs $500
The arms Of the 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 octagonai lanterns at the four cor.
ners The panels are black and gold.
The coachman 5 seat is covered with
black and red velvet.
The service Of the stables is composed
Of head coachman, Of second coach.
man, more especially devoted 70 the
lady mayoress; Of a private coachnan,
footman, groom and two stable boys.
Their total wages are el0 week
II would wager" said Wright, with
a mocking smile, that you will ask
what the cost Of my livery is. Well,
this uniform was paid for by the lord
mayor only recently Its cost was
600"
fortunately" said, you do not
renew it every year.
You are mistaken Every lord may.
or has livery different from that
chosen by his predecessor. We change
livery every year.
And does the lord mayor have to
pay for all this:'
Certainly, sir. 1t is dignity every.
body may not have. But you must re.
member that the most parsimonious Of
lord mayors never spent less than e20,-
coo year. Do you know how much
the city allows him: No: Well, the
city allows him only el0, 600 year"
''How is it," said I, that you are
not changed as we'll as the lord mayor"
Master Wright stood up with infexi.
bic rigidity. He said:
"Sir, we are officers Of the city Of
London Appointed by the city to our
modest functions, we serve it in the
person Of its first magistrate, and we
serve it faithfully, but we are not the
servants Of the lord mayor. Lord may
ors come and go. We remain.
After this solemn phrase Master
[Cr;oLt corIia1Iv- ev-eOdad his hand t0