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which is occasionally seen, it does not, as a rule, find favor 

 among our wealthiest citizens, although some have adopted 

 it. There are many styles of these turnouts, and all are 

 more or less elegantly and expensively gotten up. 



Tandem is a style of driving not often seen and not much 

 admired. It is difficult to manage, and our streets are no 

 place for its use. It requires a good macadamized road, very 

 little crowded. The harness for this drive, like the four- 

 in-hand, is a mere duplicate of that on the wheel-horses, the 

 traces and reins and whip being of suitable length, with the 

 addition of a person who knows how to use them. 



Care of Harness. — The harness, like the carriage, 

 requires, when dirty, to be washed with water and dried 

 with wash-leather, and finally blackened with blacking and 

 polished with a brush. 



The following is a valuable receipt for the making of 

 harness paste or blacking : — 



Beeswax 

 Crown soap 

 Ivory black 

 Indigo . 

 Oil of turpentine 



J pound. 

 ^ pound. 



2 ounces. 

 IJ ounces. 



3 tablespoonfuls. 



Dissolve in a vessel over a slow fire, and stir till the mixture is 

 perfectly cold. 



The above should be all that new or soft harness should 

 get, not only as a polishing agent, but as a softening com- 

 pound. If the harness be very hard and stiff, soften it 

 with the following mixture : — 



