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DRIVING AS I FOUND IT. 



Wliat makes driving taii(iem so distressing to many is 

 the absurd manner in which the outfit is put together, 

 neither taste, appointments nor the general i)rinciples 

 which constitute a tandem being considered. In some 

 cases, even when the turn-out is complete as to the 

 size of the horse, make of the harness, and cart of 

 correct pattern, there is an utter lack of knowledge 

 how these are to be brought together so that every 

 strap is in its right place, the cart balanced perfectly, 

 so that it will ride easily and coinfortablj , the horses 

 bitted and reined so tJiat tliey work like one. Unless 

 these points are considered worth knowing something 

 about, it is almost useless to attempt to learn how to 

 drive tandem. A cloclv will not go correctly if it is not put 

 together properly and an ill-fitting tandem will make a 

 fool even of a good coachman. The tandem illustrated in 

 the foregoing page is that of Mr. Burton Mansfield, to 

 whom I believe is accorded the distinction of being 

 the first exponent of driving tandem as it should be 

 done in New York. He is a professor on the subject, 

 and has done more than any other one person to assist 

 begimiers in acquiring this style of driving. He was 

 one of the original founders of the Tandem Club, which 

 includes among its members T. Suiiern Taller, Esq., 

 whose artistic abilities as a whip were deservedly no- 

 ticed at the last horse show at the Madison Square 



