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only be stopped by pulling up and starting afresh at a trot. 

 A canterer in double harness may be controlled by putting 

 on him a pair of single harness-reins, as well as the double 

 ones. 



Tandem. — I am not an admirer of tandem, but it is a 

 good way of exercising saddle-horses in the summer time, 

 and keeping them in condition. They should be always 

 placed as leaders. Steady, powerful harness horses will be 

 best to use as wheelers, the comfort and safety of the driver 

 being dependent upon their paces and behaviour. A leader 

 should be full of courage, and go always in the collar and 

 up to the bit. An improvement that I have been told of 

 for tandem-harness is to have three bars fastened to the 

 shafts : an effectual means of preventing the leader from 

 stepping over the traces. 



Position when Driving. — I strongly object to the 

 standing position — as though merely leaning against the 

 box-seat of the vehicle — which many gentlemen-drivers 

 adopt. I believe that such an attitude must leave the 

 driver almost powerless to assist or resist his horses. The 

 position when driving should be firm, upright, and decided ; 

 the elbows hanging at ease, close to the hips, but not laid 

 against them ; the arms nicely rounded, and the hands held 

 at a moderate distance from the body. Nothing can be 

 worse than seeing the arms of the driver dragged forward 

 by the action of the horses that he is meant to control ; 

 nor can anything be much more objectionable than flinging 

 up the wrists when coming to a stop, instead of shortening 



