68 DKIVING. 



Where a narrow gateway has to be entered with four 

 wheels, having brought your vehicle fairly in front of 

 it, place your pole directly over the centre or bolt stone ; 

 in the absence of this guide, mark with your eye some 

 object in the centre, and bring your pole right over it. 

 The wheels will take care of themselves if there is at 

 all room for the carriage. 



With single harness the horse is brought direct at the 

 gate, and kept very straight, his hind feet passing over 

 the centre object. 



In driving through crowded streets or in a narrow 

 way, esjDCcially with vehicles coming rapidly towards 

 you, and every prospect of a collision, take a stronger 

 hold of your horses, and moderate your pace, remember- 

 ing that, if you cannot avoid grief, the less the impetus 

 the less the crash, if it should come. This result is 

 amusingly exemplified by the stage-coachman's defini- 

 tion of the difference between the results of road and 

 rail accidents. Coachey says, " If even an upset occur 

 on the road, there you are; but if an accident takes 

 place by rail, where are you ? " 



Remember to collect your horses well in hand before 

 you alter your course on the road, or to cross it, in 

 order to have them alert and handy for any emergency. 



When travelling in damp weather, the roads being 

 sticky, half wet and dry, your horse requires saving 

 and consideration, no matter to what extent the wind 

 may be blowing, if it goes only in the same diredion 

 as himself. When the roads are perfectly dry, with a 

 light Avind blowing againd your horse, he travels under 

 the more favourable circumstances. 



Neither blinkers not bit should ever, upon any con- 

 sideration, be removed from a horse while he is attached 



