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expensive equipages. Raising tlie liands to the eyes wlien obliged to pull up suddenly, instead 

 of shortening the reins by passing the right hand before the left, is the very worst form of driving. 

 Equally oftensivc and equally frequent is the vile trick of bending the body and poking out the 

 nose towards the horse's ears, instead of sitting squarely, not stiffly upright, in an easy com- 

 manding position. Every day in the London season you may see as many well-dressed 

 persons of both sexes making pitiable exhibitions of their driving capabilities as you do of 



FOUR-IN-HAN'D, GOING EASY. 

 No. I, Near-side Leader ; No. 2, Off-side Leader ; No. 3, Near-side Wheeler ; No. 4, Off-side Wheeler. 



crippled screws, lapped in gorgeous-crested harness, driven by richly-liveried servants in carriages 

 conspicuously emblazoned not un frequently with coronets. 



" The rationale of driving may be compared to steering a boat. There must be no pulling 

 and hauling first on one side and then the other; the slightest movement will be felt 

 (on a well-broken, well-bitted horse) and anticipated : just as much pressure as is needful to 

 keep the head straight ; this pressure on either rein is, or should be, very slight. 



" Steady old .stagers jog along in single harness without any particular guidance, except 

 when pulled out of the wa>' of something, and free horses press forward naturally in a straight 



