MOUNTED INSTRUCTION 159 



Distances between — 



Pairs in column, 1 yard. 



Teams in column, 2 yards. 



Hitched carriages, about 2 yards, or such that, when moved by the 

 flank the intervals will be as above. 



Other intervals and distances are as prescribed in llie Battery 

 Mounted, F. A. D. R. 



TURNS IN DRAFT 



In all turns in draft each horse of the team should be doing his share 

 of the work. Each pair of the team should turn on the same ground. 

 This means that the team is convexed outward during the turn and that 

 each inner horse of a pair is ahead of the outer horse. The traces in all 

 but sharp turns should be taut. 



Each driver has to keep his pair outward on the turn and especially 

 the wheel driver. In order to keep the pole outward the driver must 

 make his inner horse do most of the work for the wheel pair during the 

 turn, as it is comparatively easy to pull the pole around but very hard 

 to push it over. In making sharp turns to the right where it is neces- 

 sary to keep the teams bowed outward, it is often necessary to use the 

 coupling rein of the ofif horse in order to lead the off horse forward and 

 to the left. The off horse, when very far behind, may also be led for- 

 ward by the coupling rein, but as soon as he is up in place the coupling 

 rein should be dropped and the reins taken. These are the only two 

 instances in which the coupling rein should be used. Do not drive with 

 the coupling rein. 



Following teams must make the turn on the same ground as the team 

 ahead. This means that the lead driver goes outside the track of the 

 carriage ahead as the rear wheels of this carriage turn on an arc of 

 much smaller radius than the team. This also means that the inner 

 horse of each pair moves on an arc about one yard outside of the track 

 of the outside rear wheel of the carriage ahead. 



In making sharp turns where there is little room and the pull is 

 severe the pairs will be unable to move on the same ground and the turn 

 must be made as follows : The lead driver moves straight to the front 

 until the wheel driver arrives at the place to turn ; the lead driver then 

 turns in the proper direction at an increased gait in order to keep the 

 traces taut, the swing driver follows the lead driver and must keep his 

 traces in draft. The necessity for the increased gait of the lead horses 

 in making- the turn is that the lead animals turn on an arc of greater 

 radius than the wheel horses and therefore must cover greater distances 

 than the wheel horses and in the same interval of time. This applies to 

 sharp right angled turns where it is necessary to go through a very 

 narrow place. 



THE LIMBER TURN 



The limber turn should be made as follows : As the lead driver 

 comes across the trail he should look back and as soon as the heads of 

 the wheel horses come opposite the end of the lunette, he swings his 



