The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-01
.R0YALTY's
PREFERENCE
FOR HORSE
King and Queen Choose Car
Tiage Over Car During
Coronation Events
fRy AssocIated rraas.l ]


London, July THE horse again
lcame into his own during the corona.
tion ceremonies, the presence OF
/ liz hem llandehors
hurse-drawn carriages and formal tit,
cries being marked Ia tae narades.
THIS revival is largely due " the ex.
lample OF the king and queen, who on
public occasions. iayasiably prefer
the carriage to the ear.
! The royal carriages and live,ies,
however, are modest affairs cOmpar-
Ell with those affected by some Of
their mapesties subjects and by a
flew OF the continental ambassadors
and wealthy visitors 10 London. Ex-
cept en- state occasions, when either
tie gold coach or the landaus with
brilliant accounterments. and acconIs
Panied by outriders In royal liyeries,
are used, the members of the royal
family Invariably drive out iii unas-
Stunning carriages, the only dlstln-
geishing features OF which are tine
British coat-of-arms painted en- the
doors. The coachmen wear plain
dark blue or light grey liverics. Some
pf the coaches OF the afistocracy this
year on the other hand are most
guady. more so than those which
were in vogue during the Victorian
era, but which went ont oi fashion
after tie coronation OF King TdwaFd
NlI CoaehmeA are again wearing
wigs and fOotmen and grooms are
again being clad in elaborate livery
These dress coaches. some new, butt
most of them old ones, renewed and
redecorated made heir first appear
aEce at the unveiling ot the Victoria
memorial.
The motor car remains the favorite /
vehicle for rapid travelling. weekend |
visits and the theatre at night, but I
FOR ceremonial occasions and the at-l
ternoon drive Ia the park. the open
and pair with coachmen
and footmen IN livery has returned
70 favor
British shipbuiidlng supremacNsl
which received a severe shock whenl
American firms captured the contract
.0r two Argentine battieships has as
serted itself again and the press ss
.ull Of SELF congratnlation There is
now being built in on ordered from
British yards, one battgeship for Bfa-
III, In addition TO two recently com
pleted, one for Japan and two forl
Turkey, and il is expected that two
Gillian dreaanaughts will be CON
in England
Besides the work this gives to Eng /
ish mechanics and the money II
ilaces in the pockets OF British ship-l
1 has the advantage OF keep
ng the yards up to their standard a
lseful thing II England should find j
i necessary at any time 10 accel ]
late her own naval program Naval
sriters also point out that the build !
Gg OF foreign battleships places Eng. ]
and in possession OF a considerable fl
eserve force, In addition TO fifteen II
feadnaughts building for the British I
ieet. there are on the stocks a dread Il
ought for Brazil and dread nought I
l,iiser for Japan. both Of which could y
9 rushed forward and oOmmandeered I
y England II necessary tn few g
onths the Turkish and Chilian ships &
III be under construction, SO that /
ith these alone England coudd com
audeer ships equal to the Whole
eadnought strength Of Italy and =
ustria
Outside OF the dreadnough buiidingR
home, British constructors are as
sting in the rebuilding OF The Span /
q fleet and doekyards, have secured =
similar contract from Russia, ana
negotiating with Portugal 10
lid new arsenal and reorganize
g navy,