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turned to follow him, and then they 

 must both be made to proceed in the 

 direction desired by the driver. If the 

 leader, instead of being exactly in front 

 of the wheeler, gets too far to the right, 

 his near rein should be shortened ; but 

 the wheeler must be made to meet him 

 half-way by pulling his off rein at the 

 same time. In the opposite case the 

 off-lead and near-wheel reins must be 

 shortened. 



To turn a corner, say to the left, with 



a tandem or a four, the near-lead rein 



should be looped by taking up 



Turning . 



several inches, pushing it back of 

 the forefinger, and holding it there in 

 this shape with the thumb. The right 

 hand must be placed on both off reins, 

 to guard against the turn being made 

 too sharply, and the cart or coach being 

 brought into contact with the corner. 

 To turn to the right, the reverse tactics 



