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DRIVING FOR PLEASURE.
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THE DRAG.
should be of the same colour as the undercarriage.
The body of the drag and the panel of the hind boot should correspond in colour.
The `door of the hind boot should be hinged at the bottom, that it may be used as a table when open.
The skid and safety hook (if carried) should be hung on the off side.
It is customary to trim the outside seats in either pigskin or cloth, and the inside of the drag in morocco or cloth.
The coachman's driving apron, when not in use, should be folded on the driving cushion, outside out. Passengers' aprons, if carried, to be folded and placed on the front inside seat.
A watch and case are not essential, nor is the pocket in the driving cushion.
There should be no luggage rails or straps on the roof between the seats.
THE COACH.
the box and hind seat, should be of the same colour as the undercarriage.
The body of the coach and the panel of the hind boot should also correspond in colour.
The door of the hind boot should be hinged on the off side, to enable the guard to open it from the near hind step when the coach is in motion.
The skid and safety hook must be hung on the off side in countries in which it is customary to drive on the off side of the roadway ; for the skid should be on the outside wheel, or the coach will slide toward the ditch.
The trimming of the outside seats should be of carpet or any other suitable material, not leather. The inside of the coach is usually finished in hard wood or leather.
The - coachman's driving apron, when not in use, should be folded on the driving cushion, outside out.
A footboard watch with case should be provided. The driving cushion should have a pocket on the near side.
The iron rails on the roof between the front and the back seats should have a lattice or network of
