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If nothing is broken, nor has hurt or fricditened 

 the horses, a runaway thus managed will not injure 

 them for future driving ; but it will be prudent to 

 take them carefully over that particular bit of road 

 on any future occasion ; they may think that they 

 are expected to repeat the performance, and a horse 

 has a good memory. 



It must be borne in mind that the chance of 

 success in the application of this method depends 

 entirely upon the horses being driven all the time 

 that they are running ; if they are allowed to get 

 out of hand and to gallop along, each one on his own 

 account, a leader or a wheeler may come back on 

 his bar, and get to kicking, with every probability of 

 a general smash up. 



In all this, a clear road has been assumed ; on a 

 crowded road with sharp turns, a regular runaway 

 will usually result seriously, and it is, therefore, far 

 better to avoid it than to make the best of it. This 

 is one reason for the excellent old rule of <joino- 



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slowly off the top of a hill ; since pulling horses are 

 frequently inclined to start off suddenly when they 

 are relieved of the weight of the coach, and then to 

 get beyond control. 



Horses will sometimes run away at a trot ; that is, 

 without breaking into a gallop, they will get beyond 

 the control of the coachman long before it may 

 appear to any but an expert observer that they are 

 so. 



It may be remarked that galloping is not always 



