2l6 HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE 



damages, it should be credited to the 

 ministering care of her guardian angel. 

 She may indeed escape accident ; she 

 may learn to start without dislocating 

 the neck of every one in the trap, and 

 get around the corner without an up- 

 set ; but she will never learn to drive. 

 There is something more for her to 

 know than that she must pull the off 

 rein to turn to the right and the near 

 one to go to the left, though this ap- 

 pears to be the extent of knowledge 

 deemed necessary. 



Women, even more than men, require 

 a thorough understanding of what they 

 are doing, for they lack the strength 

 to rectify a miscalculation at the last 

 moment. The ignorance, indecision, 

 and weakness frequently displayed by 

 women in driving are what so often 

 render them objects of apprehension 

 to experienced whips. 



