100 DRmNG AS I FOUND IT. 



near reinj^iii fact, it was driving one horse — ^tbe jiear one 

 and letting the other horse trot on. Now to bring 

 the pair together and make them easy to drive was tlie 

 work of a few moments. First, I bnckled the near 

 horse's Tein in (the middle bar, shortened liis 

 coupling rein three holes, tightened the curb a lit- 

 tle, and left the off horse in the cheek ring; let ont the 

 near ontside trace one hole longer than the other and 

 tightened the pole piece one hole shorter, so that if the 

 near horse had been pulling the phaeton by himself it 

 would go straight; then handed the reins to the lady, 

 and we drove on. After going some distance I asked 

 her how they drove, and she answered: "Splendid; in 

 fact, they drive like one horse, as they should have done 

 at first." 



As we seldom get two horses of the same disposition — • 

 action, gait or temper — we should find out the faults of 

 either and trj^ in a practical way to remedy them. 



While upon this subject of pah- horse driving I must 

 call my readers' attention to the most important part 

 of the harness — the reins. Any one who drives a pair 

 knows that the coupling rein (inner rein) has a buckle, 

 which buckles on the outside rein (draft rein), but how 

 few know or ever give it a thought what that buckle is 

 for, and why so many holes are punched. I have seen 

 reins that have been used for several years and used on 



