122 RIDING, DRIIVNG AND KINDRED SPORTS 



his collar. As you reach the crown of the hill 

 or just before it, you loop back the leader's 

 reins. 7'he clink of the bar and chains tell 

 you the leader is no longer drawing-, and you 

 go steadily down the descent. It is evident 

 that one of the danoers of tandem-drivino- is 

 that a too free leader wnll pull the wheeler on 

 to his nose. The leader ouoht never to be 

 really at work save up a rise or in very deep 

 ground. The wheeler of course does most of 

 the work, but it is wonderful what a great 

 difference to his power of work the leader 

 makes. At the hardest points of the road 

 there are two instead of one. Besides horses 

 go much more gaily when there are two than 

 when there is only one. My last stage in, on 

 one of my frontier journeys was about ten 

 miles, part of which was over a deep and sandy 

 road. On one occasion after the change the 

 syce let the leader from the last stage go, and 

 she came galloping up and ranged along- 

 side the leader with a whinny. She trotted 

 beside him all the way, having of course, not a 

 stitch of harness on. Never had my team 

 gone so pleasantly or easily. Alw^ays after 

 that the mare was let loose over that last staore 

 and always trotted home with the team, 

 seeming to encourage and cheer those at 

 work. I found in practice that I averaged 



