CH. XIV 



STOPPING 



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done, it shows that the reins have been too loose 

 before commencing to pull-up. 



With very free leaders it is sometimes well to 

 bring- them back a little before making - a halt, since 

 the wheelers can then more readily stop the coach 

 at the last moment ; but this must be done with 

 caution ; if the leaders stop too soon, the pole will 



Fig. 146. stopping. 



run into them, the coachman not always remember- 

 ing that the coach keeps running on. This should 

 be especially borne in mind at a place where the 

 horses expect to stop, as at a change, or at the 

 end of a drive, when the leaders will often want 

 to stop before the exact spot is reached, and the 

 slightest check to them then will precipitate their 

 action. Pulling-up with the leaders huddled back 



