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CH. XVII 



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but to keep a thong in condition, 

 there is nothing so good as soap 

 and constant use. If it is hard 

 and stiff it will be impossible to 

 catch it up readily or to keep it 

 on the stick. Pipeclay should 

 never be used on a thong ; it 

 makes it stiff and rots it. There 

 is a condition into which a thong 

 gets during the first part of a 

 drive in rain or fog which is just 

 right, but afterward it often be- 

 comes too soft, and finally, when 

 dried, it is stiff and 

 requires soaping or 

 oreasinor. 



When a thonof is 

 worn, it is best to 

 put on an entirely 

 new one, with its quill 

 complete. Thongs 

 are sold by whip- 

 makers put up as 

 shown in Fig. 162, 

 and a coachman can 

 learn, without much 

 difficulty, by examining a finished 

 whip, to braid one on to the stick 

 for himself. The two wide strips 

 of leather, which hang below the 



Fig. 162. 



Fig. 161, 





