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temper, decision, quickness, strength and clearness of sight, 

 flexible hands, and good staying power in the arms and 

 back. I have seen but one woman in my life who was able 

 to drive a team of full-sized horses in best English style ; 

 and I can only recall the names of seven or eight men who 

 could do so. Hundreds, of course, attempt it, and satisfy 

 themselves that they are doing splendidly ; whereas, the 

 contrary is, as a rule, the case. Team-driving is not 

 suitable work for ladies. The mere exertion of holding 

 four free-going horses for even an hour at a stretch is 

 so great that, unless the muscles of the arms have been 

 strengthened by sculling, practising with dumb-bells, or 

 other gymnastic exercises, the driver will be thoroughly 

 done up, and at the mercy of any mischance that may 

 occur, before half the journey has been got over. A strong, 

 firm-handed, full-muscled man, with a cool nerve, a quick 

 eye, and his heart in the work he is engaged at, will make 

 the best driver of a dashing four-in-hand. The "golden 

 youth" who stand bolt upright against sloping cushions, 

 curling and uncurling their whips, touching up leaders 

 that need no touching, or letting them get out of hand — 

 and double-thonging steady-working wheelers, are simply 

 objects to laugh at, or to pity, or both. 



To WIELD THE WHIP in a workman-like manner may 

 be practised without horses, by sitting at ease on an 

 elevation, with a good instructor close at hand. There are 

 correct uses for every part of it, down to the very point : 

 a proper position for the stick, and proper ways of using it 



