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DRIVING. 



"Tis the pace that kills." 



The term Driving seems, as a rule, to be mis- 

 understood by the amateur whip, and by many whose 

 daily business it is to sit behind a steed. We often hear it 

 said that "a good horse requires no driving"; so it is that 

 the holder of the ribbons should take his position with a 

 view to steer or guide the horse, and not with the express 

 purpose of "driving" it, which term may be, and is, often 

 misconstrued into frequent floggings, constant shoutings, 

 pulling or jerking at the reins, and other demonstrations. 



Before taking charge of your " Turn Out," the first 

 business is to learn how to pick up the reins — mount 

 the vehicle — and keep your own side : — for — 



" The rule of the road is a parodox quite, 

 As the carriages jog it along; 

 If you keep to the left you are sure to go right, 

 If you keep to the right you are wrong." 



The reins should be taken in hand before the vehicle 

 is mounted, therefore the responsibilities commence at 

 that moment. If there are any other occupants the driver 

 takes his place last, (unless an attendant is at the 

 horse's head) and that without the least hurry or ex- 

 citement, by stepping lightly and firmly to his place, 

 the reins being already in hand the proper length, and the 

 ivliip in the socket. The horse should be allowed to start 

 itself by a gentle movement of the reins between the 

 fingers, without the slightest flourish or noise on the part 

 of the driver, he at the same moment moving his weight 



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