SOMETHING ON DRIVING 227 



Frequently a woman driving a ner- 

 vous horse with a quiet one will hit 

 them both with the whip, when, should 

 she touch the quiet one only, the sound 

 of it would urge the other as much as 

 the blow does the dull one. 



Here is another objection to clucking 

 to horses : one of them needs it much 

 more than the other, yet they hear it 

 with equal clearness, and simultaneous- 

 ly ; therefore the high-mettled horse in- 

 creases his pace sooner and more than 

 his sluggish companion, and does more 

 than his share of the work. Several 

 noiseless touches of the whip, adminis- 

 tered in quick succession to the laggard, 

 will do more to equalize their pace than 

 would a sharp, loud cut or any amount 

 of clucking. 



Sometimes a woman will experience 

 great inconvenience from not having her 

 horses properly bitted and harnessed. 



