Drivinor loi 



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woman jerking and tugging at the reins to 

 persuade the animal onwards. 



It is really remarkable to see a man who 

 may spend the best part of his life in his 

 gig driving in the aforementioned fashion. 



No surer means exists of makine a horse 

 become a sluo^o-ard in harness. 



There should be no pulling, neither 

 must the reins be held too tightly nor yet 

 too slack. The first fault, in driving 

 prevents the animal from having full con- 

 trol over the fore-hand, whereas the latter 

 one will probably be the means of allowing 

 the horse to come to the ground, if it 

 stumbles. When shoi^tening the reins to 

 'pull up J pass the right hand over and i7i 

 front of the left one. 



It indicates bad driving when the hands 

 have to be pulled up to the face, and the 

 head thrown suddenly back in order to 

 shorten the reins suddenly. The reins 



