500 FOUR-IN-HAND. 



less likely. The leader's reins should be carried through 

 the terrets on the wheeler's bridle and the top section 

 of the wheeler's pad-terrets. Owing to the danger of 

 the lead-reins catching, in case the leader breaks away, the 

 buckle on the hand-piece of the lead-reins should be 

 omitted, and the ends held together by means of one or 

 more keepers on one rein and the end of the other passed 

 through them. The off wheel rein should be held between 

 the second and third fingers, the near wheel-rein between the 

 third and fore finger; the off lead-rein on top of the near 

 wheel-rein, and the near lead-rein over the forefinger. If 

 the driver is on the box when the leader is put in the ser- 

 vant should run the leader's reins through the terrets and 

 hand them to the driver, before fastening the traces, and 

 when taking the leader out under similar conditions, the 

 traces should be unhooked before the driver allows the lead- 

 reins to be withdrawn. When a servant is left in charge of 

 a tandem he should stand on the off side at the head of the 

 wheeler and hold the lead-reins at this point. 



FOUR-IN-HAND. 



The putting to of the wheelers is similar to pair-horse 

 work, except that if the inner roller bolt is not made a trifle 

 larger than the outer one, the inside traces should be made 

 half a hole shorter than the outer ones. 



" The wheelers should be poled up so that they do not come far enough 

 back to touch the footboard when stopping the coach or holding it back 

 going down hill, but to place them more than a foot beyond entails waste 

 of power. The leaders, when standing up to their collars, should be so far 

 in front of their bars that their tails, if long enough, should just clear them 

 when in action." Major Dixon, " Driving" Badminton Library, p. ///. 



