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DRIVING. 



OF ONE HORSE — A PAIR OF HORSES FOUR 



HORSES HOLDING AND USING REINS AND 



WHIP. 



The harness having been fitted to the horse 

 or horses, and put on with judgment and se- 

 curity, and the horses properly placed in the 

 carriage, the next consideration is Driving, 

 which requires practice according to the strict 

 rules of theory, as well for the economy and 

 duration of the horses' labour, as for guidance, 

 comfort, and safety. 



When the driver has ascertained that all is 

 correct in horses, harness, wheels, linch-pins, 

 etc., (a momentary examination every person 

 should make) he may place himself in his seat 

 with the driving-reins and whip, and sit straight 

 to his front, not sideways. The driving-reins 



