eel dog-cart retain
their popularity. Of two-wheeled vehicles the polo-cart and ralli-cart
are most in favour, to which may be added the governess-car, which is
found convenient for many purposes not implied by its name. For a few
years an effort was made, but with very indifferent success, to bring
into fashion the tandem-cart, which may again be considered almost
obsolete in England.

America has long held a prominent position in connexion with the
carriage industry. In all the chief cities manufactories on a colossal
scale are to be found, producing thousands of vehicles annually and
equipped with the most perfect labour-saving machinery; and as vehicles
of any particular pattern--many of small value--are required, not
singly, but in large numbers, much economy is exercised in their
manufacture. It is remarkable that, as a contrast to the popular buggy,
wagon and rockaway of the United States, which are to be found in
infinite variety, carriage establishments of the wealthy are not
considered complete unless furnished with some of a European character,
selected from the most eminent firms of London or Paris, in addition to
others of their own manufacture. In Paris preference is given to an
excess of bulk, with elaborate scroll ornamentation and diminutive
windows, forming indeed, by reason of its exaggeration, a distinctive
class. In respect of workmanship and finish, carriages by the best-known
American builders leave nothing to be desired.

The International Exhibition of Paris 1900 brought together examples
from various continental countries, in some of which a preference for
curvilinear outline was displayed, but the best examples followed very
closely the well-known English styles. In the French section it was
interesting to find a revival of the once all-prevailing chariot,
barouche and britzska, suspended on C and under-springs, with perch, but
with ideas of lightness somewhat out of proportion to their general
character.

_Coach-making_, or the carriage-manufacturing industry, is a
combination of crafts rarely united in one trade, embracing as it does
work in such divers materials as wood, iron, steel, brass, cloth,
silk, leather, oils and colours, glass, ivory, hair, indiarubber, &c.
Many divisions of labour and numerous highly-skilled artisans are
consequently employed in the various stages in the construction of a
high-class carriage. The workmen include body-makers, who build up the
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