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CHAPTER V 



VARIOUS HINTS IN RIDING AND DRIVING — contifiued 



Most people imagine they know how to ride when 

 once they get beyond the falHng-ofT stage, but 

 sticking to the pigskin is not a knack to be 

 acquired in a day, and a man cannot pose as a 

 fine horseman when he has not even learnt to 

 preserve his balance. With driving it is different, 

 and any one, who has ever sat behind a horse, may 

 delude himself with the idea that he is a fine whip. 



I am not going to write about fancy driving, how 

 to hold your reins and your whip, or the exact 

 angle at which you should be seated on the box ; 

 so that if you want to be a smart driver you must 

 go elsewhere for a lesson. 



There is, to my mind, too much show and pre- 

 tence about driving in England. The primary 



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