CH. XIV 



POSITION OF HAND AND ARM 



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' and never have to alter them in his left hand till 

 ' he throws them down at the end of it. Some 

 ' drivers I have seen, appear to think it a sign of a 

 1 light hand to be constantly fiddling with their reins. 

 ' I believe it is more a sion of a fidoretino- hand, and I 

 ' am quite sure, from experience, that hot-tempered 

 ' horses settle down much better without it. The 

 'less their mouths are meddled with the better.' 



This subject has been treated here at some 

 lenoth because there are excellent coachmen who 

 hold views opposite to those here expressed, and 

 who advocate a constant playing with the reins and 

 shifting- of them. 



Position of Hand and Arm. — According to the 

 instructions given for getting up, the reins are 



Fig 



shifted from the right to the left in the same posi- 

 tions in which they were held in the right hand ; that 

 is, the near lead-rein on top of the fore-finger, the 



