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are looped at one and tlie same time, as in driving four, 

 and illustrated in li*^'. 12. The easiest and best way to 

 sh-orten any individual rein or take tkem up is to pull 

 them through the fingers of the left hand with the 

 right, which shodld at all times be fi^ee. Keiver 

 separate the reins from the left hand. Coachmen who 

 can drive a team well and ^ho possess nerve, good 

 hands and judgment will not find it so difficult as might 

 be imagined to drive six-in-hand with ease and safety. 

 Amongst my readers there are some no doubt who have 

 had the good fortune to enjoy a ride on the six-horse 

 coach " Mohican, '^ running from Kichfield Springs to 

 Cooperstown. commencing in 1888. It is OTOJed by Mr. 

 Eugene Eai^le of the "Hotel Earlington," formerly the 

 "New American," and although running as a public 

 coach, was used almost exclusively by his guests and was 

 a pronounced success. The following season, 1889, it 

 was again put on the road, but through unforseen cir- 

 cumstances and bad management on the part of those 

 interested in the contract for supplying the horses, it was 

 speedily taken off. The next season, 1890, the coach, 

 having undergone a comi)lete renovation, it was again 

 started, and considering the short time it ran, was well 

 patronized. This was only natural; for a more pleasant 

 and enjoyable trip than that from Kichfield Si)rings by 

 way of the little lakes, then through a fertile and lovely 



