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fear to his mate. When the panic is serious then 

 serious trouble is likely to ensue. With a runaway 

 horse or a runaway pair the circumstances of the 

 moment must control. If the road is clear and the 

 driver can keep the horse straight all may go 

 well; but horses nearly always choose to get 

 frightened when the conditions are nearly the 

 opposite of this. Then the circumstances of the 

 moment must guide the driver. If he keeps his 

 head cool and can prevent collisions, he will prob- 

 ably come out safely. But the best of them have 

 been run away with. This comes sooner or later 

 to every man who uses horses constantly. Eternal 

 vigilance will prevent most all of the accidents 

 that might happen; but human nature is fallible 

 and horses are very uncertain. Carelessness in the 

 driver, however, is responsible for ninety and 

 nine of every hundred driving accidents that 

 happen. The flying automobile, in recent years, 

 has been responsible for a great many. I must say, 

 however, that I never met but once with anything 

 but the greatest consideration from automobilists 

 that I have encountered when driving. The 

 discourteous one proved to be a dentist, and 



