THE TAIs'DEM. 



THE TANDEM. 



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" Oh, what delight a tandem ride, 

 A high wheel cart with three inside; 

 The wheeler steady, and leader free, 

 If the whip is clever it goes merrily." 



I have ofttimes heard the remark, "It is harder to 

 drive tandem than four," and have repeatedly been 

 asked by gentlemen who drive tandem my opinion npon 

 the subject. Driving tandem or four are similar only 

 in regard to holding the reins. Tavo horses under eoual 

 conditions cannot possibly be as hard to manage as 

 four. There is a great difference between a coach and 

 a cart, without taking into consideration the difference 

 in weight when each Is loaded. I know several gen- 

 tlemen who drive tandem well who could not drlAe 

 four, but I have yet to find a good four-horse coach- 

 man who cannot drive tandem. I have on several oc- 

 casions seen gentlemen make turns Avith a tandem 

 that to do the same with a coach would turn it over. 

 With tandem there is no danger of a leader kicking 

 over the bars or a wheeler getting a leg across the pole ; 

 neither is there three tons of weight to steady down 

 hills or a brake to be applied every now and then, 

 besides the responsibility of having perhaps 

 a dozen valuable lives entrusted to your care 



