WHIPS 



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horses will agree 

 that in life a man 

 who can disturb a 

 fly, apart from actu- 

 ally hitting it, with 

 the point of his 

 lash, is not an un- 

 handy whip ; for 

 whoever can give 

 one of his team a 

 reminder on the ex- 

 act spot he wishes 

 to can usually drive 

 with his reins. On 

 the other hand, it 

 by no means fol- 

 lows that a coach- 

 man who can turn 

 a difficult corner 

 with leaders that 

 run well up to their 

 bits, is able to 

 neatly use his whip 

 over hot wheelers 

 and jibbing leaders. 

 The famous 

 Newmarket Chal- 

 lenge Whip, to 

 which passing re- 

 ference was made 



THE NEWMARKET CHALLENGE WHIP 



on a previous page, 

 was originally the 

 property of Thomas Lennard, Lord Dacre, 



