CHAPTER XXIV 



DRIVING 



This subject is inexhaustible — one far too wide 

 to attempt to make more than a passing sketch 

 in such a work as this. Hundreds of first-rate 

 works have been written on it, all carefully 

 chronicled by Huth {vide Index). 



Again it is necessary to draw attention to the 

 Badminton Library, re driving. 



But the average reader, with only a small stud 

 and without having had the chance of being 

 coached by a first-rate whip, perhaps only wishes 

 to learn just a few hints, not gathered so much 

 from books which they have already perused, 

 but from practical experience. 



It may safely be stated that for every man 

 who can drive well, you can find a score who 

 can ride well and who drive indifferently. They 

 are certainly not so good with the reins as they 

 are in the saddle. 



The best advice it is possible to give the 

 would-be whip is to request him to serve an 

 apprenticeship under a stern but good coachman, 

 who can drive a team, catch his whip without 

 any difficulty, and who can superintend the har- 

 nessing of a young horse who is put in for the 

 first time. 



