546 THE TANDEM AND FOUR-IN-HAND WHIP. 



the body. Opposition may be exerted by bending the left 

 knuckle in toward the body. ( See fig. 3. ) 



In turning to the left, place the thumb and forefinger of the 

 right hand over the near rein and grasp the rein between 

 the middle and forefingers. Opposition may be exerted on 

 the off rein by the little and second fingers of the right hand. 



(See fig. 4.) 



THE TANDEM AND 

 FOUR-IN-HAND WHIP. 



Before taking your 

 reins into your hand, it is 

 absolutely necessary that 



NEAR REIN yQU should become prQ . 



OFF REIN , ficient in handling a tan- 



FIG> 4 dem or four-in-hand whip. 



One of the simplest 

 methods of learning to catch a double thong is as follows : 



Hold the whip horizontally in front of you with the end 

 of the thong held between the handle of the whip and your 

 fingers. Face a wall or the side of a building and with the 

 quill end of the whip describe a letter S backwards. Begin 

 with the lower tail of the letter following its form to the upper 

 end. Don't move the arm, keep the elbow easily by the side, 

 and direct the movement of the whip by turning the wrist. 

 Continue to increase the speed until the thong falls in place. 

 At first a short downward movement at the end will facilitate 

 the accomplishment of this somewhat difficult feat. 



Another method is to catch this thong over the head in- 

 stead of in front or to the side. This is done virtually by the 



