The Landau (Plate XCII).
Next to the brougham as a useful carriage for family purposes the landau should be mentioned, for it is the most practical city carriage extant for four passengers.
In ordinary stables it is well to have this carriage built somewhat in miniature, for this admits of using the same harness, general appointments, etc., as are required on a full-sized brougham. But when the fullsized landau is used, the horses, harness, servants, etc., should correspond with those described for the chariot d'Orsay.
Eight or "C" bprinq Victoria (Plate XCIII).
This carriage is an adaptation of the old cabriolet
phaeton, and first came into use as a fashionable one I
during the French empire. It belongs properly to the class of "grand carriages," and should be used only for formal calls or for the promenade on wheels." When full sized it requires a pair of horses over sixteen hands high, perfectly matched, and with much quality and action. The harness admits of a little more elaboration than that of the brougham, bottle-shaped pads being the more correct. The horses' tails should be a trifle set up, and either banged so that they hang
