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With regard to the driving itself, it 

 seems to deteriorate in this country, j)ro- 

 bably from the fact that nowadays more 

 people keep carriages than formerly, many 

 of them uninterested in horses, and unable 

 to give proper directions to their servants, 

 while the latter, from want of supervision, 

 frequently remain untutored, or V>ecome 

 careless. 



There are several rules which should be 

 invariably followed by coachmen. They 

 should sit with their feet well in front of 

 them and so be ready to recover a horse if 

 he stumbles rather than be pulled off the 

 box by him. Nothing more surely indicates 

 a bad driver than the position with feet 

 drawn back instead of planted forward. 

 The reins should not be either slack or 

 tight but should preserve a sympathetic 

 feeling of the mouth, by which the horse 

 is kept in touch with the wish and intention 

 of the driver. The whip should be used 

 sparingly, and more as an aid than as a 

 punishment. Never start suddenly. 



Never race ; it is a far superior line of 

 conduct to let people pass you on the road 

 than to compete with them. Their business 

 may be urgent, in which case they are 



