FIRST-HAND BITS OF STABLE LORE 



around the carriage or horses, before he can ap- 

 pear at the door where we sit ; nor when in mo- 

 tion can we readily, from our seat on the right 

 side, get at this servant, who sits upon the left, 

 the place of all others where he is not wanted. 

 Wherever traffic tends to the left, the coachman 

 sits upon the right for the very excellent reason 

 that his seat-mate may then alight upon the side- 

 walk, or doorstep, wherever he pulls up, and be- 

 cause thus placed, he can see his outside wheel, 

 gauge distances, detect and avail himself of open- 

 ings far away in the tide of travel constantly 

 drawing nearer him, his horses meanwhile winding 

 smoothly in and out, never suddenly checked, 

 sharply turned, or quickly started. For the same 

 identical and excellent reasons he should, where 

 traffic is to the right (as in America), sit upon the 

 left, and there is absolutely no logical reason for 

 sitting elsewhere. Remember, also, that as you 

 (and your servant) are constantly hindered in city 

 streets, because from your (and their) seat on the 

 wrong side you cannot avail yourself of the 

 chances offered, you yourself further obstruct 

 traffic, as do the thousands of others who adhere 

 to this utterly unreasonable custom. 



Originality is something. It at least shows that 

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