An advertisement in The Warminster Herald, Saturday 29th November 1873:
FREDERICK UDELL (Late of the Royal Horse Guards), CLIPPER AND SINGER, CORSLEY, WILTS, Most respectfully announces to the Nobility and Gentry that he has received a sound and experimental knowledge of his Profession, and humbly hopes that if any Nobleman or Gentleman having any horse or horses to be clipped or singed, he can be engaged. He has a Clipping Box in a Yard at the bottom of Sambourn Hill, Warminster, where he will be in attendance on Saturdays and Mondays. N.B. – F.C. can show testimonials (if required) of his skill.