ABOUT DKIVING. 



ONE HORSE OR A PAIR — FOUR-IN-HAND OR TANDEM. 



Driying a Pair. 



The horses should be properly matched, in every 

 point, properly bitted and harnessed. They should 

 be of the same height and disposition, have the same 

 action, and carry their heads alike. 



Keins and whip are the means whereby the driver 

 communicates with his horses. Short sounds and 

 words complete the correspondence between them. 

 The right hand may properly be called the assisting 

 hand ; first, because it holds the whip, and gives the 

 summons to start ; second, because of its assisting 

 the left hand in stopping and turning the horses, in 

 shortening and lengthening the reins held in the 

 left hand. Fig. 26- 



The left, or guiding hand, holding the left line be- 

 tween thumb and first finger, the right line between 

 second and third fingers, should be rounded off 

 somewhat inward, and be carried with the under arm 

 at right angles with the upper arm. As in riding, the 

 wrist should be kept loose, not rigid, the hand stand- 



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