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hurry backward, but step for step. Lines and wMp 

 must assist eacli other. If one horse gets fixed, and 

 refuses to back— frequently the case with young or 

 not sufficiently trained horses — the coachman must 

 loosen it first by light touches of the whip^ 

 then, as soon as one or two legs begin to move, the 

 horse will yield immediately to the renewed pulls 

 on the reins. Backing in a small space, or in nar- 

 row passages, for the purpose of giving the carriage 

 some other direction, must be done, very carefully, 

 by turning the horses on the spot toward that side 

 where the hindpart of the carriage is intended to be 

 placed. 



For instance, you are compelled to drive up to a 

 house-door upon your left hand side, the street be- 

 ing blocked up by other carriages, and you see no 

 other chance but to back your carriage in to the door. 

 Turn your horses to the left, as far as there is room 

 to do so, let them then step back so far until your 

 left hind wheel reaches the spot where you 

 intend to place the carriage ; then, swing your 

 horses slowly to the right, the same as you turned 

 them before to the left ; let them back slowly, which 

 will bring the left fore wheel to the desired spot in 

 front of the hind wheel, and finally turn your horses 

 straight before the carriage, and you are at the in- 

 tended place. 



