HOW TO DRIVE TANDEM AND FOUR. 



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should not be done, unless you find it necessary to shorten 

 all the reins at once. 



Driving a team is very similar to Tandem, both as re- 

 gards the position of the reins in the hand, excepting 

 v/hen taking them in hand to start, when having 

 the reins in the left hand, as in fig. 7, and before 



putting them into the right. With the right hand then 

 take hold of the two off-rems^ and pull them out (fig. 20) 

 until the length f lom the buckles on the wheel reins to 

 the hand are of equal distance, this will leave them 

 hanging loose, whilst the two near reins are taut, but 

 when they are put into the right hand and you have be- 



