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feel by handling his mouth that you have him somewhat 

 in hand, begin to let him know you rather like that run- 

 away business, and put the whip on him sharp and 

 heavily, make him go faster than before ; but keep a 

 steady bearing on your rein, not a pull; but feel his mouth 

 sensibly, move his bit a little, now and then, from right to 

 left to keep his mouth alive ; let him feel your whip at 

 every jump until he begins to tire of it, then let him up, 

 and he will not want to try it again. Of course you could 

 not do this near a large city. 



2d. Double Team Driving. The same general rules 

 apply as in single. Be particular that your reins are so 

 adjusted as to have a fair bearing all over the horse's 

 mouth. I observe a practice, however, that I must depre- 

 cate. I mean gentlemen driving with heavy curbs and chains 

 and heavier hands. But before commencing to talk about 

 driving, a word on the subject of hitching a double team. 

 Pole-straps should first be buckled to the collar or ring at 

 bottom of collar, for the reason that if the traces are fas- 

 tened and no breast-straps buckled there is nothing to 

 hold back by. And if anything starts the horses, the 

 carriage is at once on them, and, if at all nervous or fall of 

 fun, up go their heels and the carriage is knocked to pieces 

 in the twinkling of an eye, and horses ruined. Pole-straps 

 only being attached, this cannot occur. All being rightly 

 adjusted, and the gentleman driving, his family inside, he 

 on the box with coachman, heavy curb bit and chains on 

 his horses (which is the fashion), it just strikes me what 

 would our ancient friend Archimedes have thought to 

 see the application of his favorite motto ? He wanted 

 strong ground for his fulcrum, and a strong lever on which 

 to work the same, to move the world ; here you have the 

 lever in the bit, the fulcrum in the chain, strong enough to 

 stand the pressure of a ton or more: and this applied to 



