240 HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE 



the pleasure of handling the reins them- 

 selves. 



Some women there are who drive bet- 

 ter than most coachmen, and a few of 

 these may desire to display their skill 

 and their well-appointed traps when the 

 spectators are most numerous. They 

 may be competent to make their way 

 through such a maze as one finds on 

 popular carriage roads, but they do it 

 in defiance of the condemnation they 

 will receive from people of more refined 

 ideas. 



The majority of women who drive are 

 unable to control their horses, and they 

 need not flatter themselves that their 

 immunity from accidents is the result 

 of their skill. They owe their safety to 

 the fact that men, appreciating the un- 

 certainty of their movements, give them 

 plenty of room, and keep as far as they 

 can from anything driven by a woman. 



