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MEETS OF COACHES 



CH. XXIV 



The same is true, of course, of any vehicle, 

 under similar circumstances, and I once saw a 



woman, who was standing on the 



seat of a buggy, thrown off by the 



k=~J sudden start of the horse as the 



<* o racing horses passed, receiving in- 



j) juries which caused her death in a 



few hours. 



After the coach has been pushed 

 to its place, the coachman puts on 

 the brake as hard as possible, and, 

 taking three or four loops of the 

 bight of his whip thong, round the 

 stick at the ferrule, he hangs the 

 whip on the handle of the brake, 

 as shown in Fig. i 74. 



The whip may be strapped along 

 the pole, instead of hanging it as 

 just described, but this is a more 

 troublesome way of disposing of 

 it. It must not, under any circum- 

 stances, be put into the whip socket, 

 where it will be not only in the way 

 but almost certainly broken. 



If at the termination of a meet- 

 ing, the rope or rail in front of the 

 coaches is taken down, it is neces- 

 sary only to put the horses to, and 

 Fig. 174. , . . , Tr . • 



to drive straight out. 11 this can- 

 not be done, the coach must be backed by hand 



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