226 HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE 



The left hand must not relax its hold, 

 so that when the right is removed the 

 reins will be even, as they were be- 

 fore. 



In stopping, the body is not to be bent 

 backwards, suggestive of an expected 

 shock, and the hands raised to the chin. 



It cannot be too strongly impressed 

 on the woman-'s mind that the less per- 

 ceptible effort she makes, the more skil- 

 ful will she appear. Therefore, if she 

 take hold of the reins with her right 

 hand as far in front of the left as she 

 can handily reach, and then draw them 

 back, she will have accomplished her 

 purpose in a quiet and easy manner. 



Driving a pair is much the same as 



driving one horse; but allowances should 



be made for the peculiarities of 



each, and they should not be 



treated as though machines of identical 



construction* 



