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The Book of the Horse. 



Horses strapped too close to the pole are sure to throw out their huid-quarters when 

 suddenly stopped ; they cannot help it, and yet they are often flogged for an ungraceful 

 position produced by the mode of harnessing. 



In every kind of harnessing the driver must remember to use his brains as well as his 

 hands. When driving in streets he should look at least twenty yards ahead, and when on a 

 country road as far as he can see, so that he may be prepared for any obstacle or anything 



TURNING TO THE RIGHT. 



that may make his leaders shy, and not be compelled to pull up unexpectedly, and of course 

 start again with a jerk. 



No matter whether it is the most unpretending single pony carriage or the most costly 

 pair, the driver who desires to be safe, not to say elegant, in dri\ing, should start on correct 

 principles, listen to those competent to instruct, and study the best examples ; for, to repeat a 

 simile already quoted, the most elaborate instructions will not teach any one half as well 

 how to use a wiieelbarrow as to see a navvy wheel one. 



DRIVING FOUR-IN-HAND. 



The fashion, recently revived after a long interval, of driving four horses in hand is not 

 a century old, although when every country gentleman was obliged by the state of the 



