CHAPTER XIII. 

 DRIVING. 



Some people's ideas about driving— The result of ignorance about 

 driving— How fast to drive— Kindness and Common sense and the 

 result of using them. 



1 \RIVE a horse? Anyone can do that, one only has 

 -* — ^ to hold the reins and steer straight. This is the 

 opinion of many people. I suppose nothing will offend a 

 person more than telling him he does not drive or manage 

 his horse properly. 



There is far more in driving than most people fancy, 

 and many good horses are spoiled through careless 

 driving. Some horses take a great deal more driving 

 than others, inasmuch as their tempers vary so much. 

 Some are very quiet in harness, good tempered, intelligent, 

 and will go almost without any driving, but it is not so 

 with all horses. Of course it is more difficult to drive a 

 horse which runs than one which only walks, viz., a 

 waggon or cart horse. My remarks in this chapter will 

 therefore be principally confined to those which are 

 driven in carriages and traps and have to trot. It may 

 happen that a horse may be well broken in and sold 



