DRENCHES — DRl VI NG 



by the drawincj knife having been improperly applied to the 

 frogs and bars. (See Shoeing^ 



Drenches. — The term applied to fluid medicines. 



Drenching. — The act of administering liquid medicines. 

 (See Administering Physic^ 



Drenching Horn. — The horn or horn-shaped vessel used 

 for the purposes of administering drenches. 



Dressing. — See Grooming, Heated Horses. 



Driving. — In all cases, no matter how much confidence a 

 master may repose in his groom or coachman, he should 

 satisfy himself that the harness is all right and every strap 

 properly buckled before he takes his seat. He should always 

 mount from the off side, with his reins in his right hand, but 



(Single horse or pair.) 



The way to hold the reins. 



(Tandem or four-horse team.) 



they should be changed to the left as soon as he sits down, 

 which ought to be at once. No matter how many horses a 

 man may be driving, he must always sit well up, with his 

 elbows close to his sides and his eyes fixed on his horses. 

 Nothing looks much worse than to see a coachman perpetu- 

 ally staring about him, unless it be some of the grotesque 

 poses adopted by certain of the drivers who appear at shows 



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