. Riding and driving. PLATE XXXVI. —TANDEM OF MR. McCANDLESS. PLATE XXXVIL—TANDEM OF MR. T. SUFFERN TAILER Driving Tandem 405 doubtless owing to its being the pattern adoptedby builders, but it has since yielded place in theestimation of tandem drivers to the dog-cart de-scribed (Plate XXXIV.); though both are, and willcontinue to be, regarded as the highest types oftheir respective kinds. The Whitechapel cart derives its name from alocality in the East End of London, not nearlyas aristocratic as Belgravia, and was originallyintended for some practical purpose, such ashawking vegetables or mil
. Riding and driving. PLATE XXXVI. —TANDEM OF MR. McCANDLESS. PLATE XXXVIL—TANDEM OF MR. T. SUFFERN TAILER Driving Tandem 405 doubtless owing to its being the pattern adoptedby builders, but it has since yielded place in theestimation of tandem drivers to the dog-cart de-scribed (Plate XXXIV.); though both are, and willcontinue to be, regarded as the highest types oftheir respective kinds. The Whitechapel cart derives its name from alocality in the East End of London, not nearlyas aristocratic as Belgravia, and was originallyintended for some practical purpose, such ashawking vegetables or milk, for example. It isrude in character, and, like the hansom cab, notsusceptible of much refinement, and its primitivestyle is by no means improved by rails, lamps,and fittings of shafts, in bright metals. Well horsed, with appropriate harness, aprons,and a smart servant, and driven by an accom-plished whip, made up in sympathy, a White-chapel tandem is a most audacious varmintturnout. The shafts of a Whitechapel being straight, inkeeping with its sharp,
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