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much as possible with one hand, and he will 

 have either acquired a fairly light hand or 

 given up tandem-driving- in disgust. More- 

 over, he will know how to handle his whip ; 

 and thouoh it is of course easier to hit one 

 leader than two, yet all that there is to learn 

 will come with practice, patience, and perse- 

 verance, and at all events he will know how 

 to catch his thono-. 



As a matter of fact the tandem-driver will of 

 necessity know nothing of the art of putting 

 four horses into a coach. In harnessing four 

 horses to a coach, and in doing so properly, 

 lies one-half of the art of coaching. No book 

 can teach this, for it is made up of many things 

 of which perhaps experience is the first and 

 most important. No two horses go exactly 

 the same way in harness — nay, more, the same 

 horse does not go every day in the same form. 

 Thus the intending driver of a team should 

 take every opportunity of sitting on the box 

 seat by the side of a good coachman. While 

 there keep your eyes open and see how the 

 harness acts. If the horses are well put 

 together and well driven, you will find the 

 coach run steadily behind you, while the horses 

 in front will trot easily and comfortably, appa- 

 rently going about six miles an hour, but really 

 doinof nine or ten. This means that the team 



