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selves nor allow others. Therefore my tyro will do well 

 (if he should keep his horses in stalls) to separate the 

 quiet, dolesome, easy-disposed horses from the fidgetty 

 ones ; it will not only be his policy to do so, but an act 

 of justice to his animals. 



CHAPTER XII. 



STREET DRIVING. 



AN experienced driver, with a good pair of eyes, may 

 calculate pretty nearly what space will be sufficient to 

 pass between two stationary objects ; but in street driv- 

 ing he will unavoidably meet many vehicles piloted by 

 reckless and inexperienced drivers, and unless he pro- 

 ceeds with extreme care, and allows them plenty of room 

 to pass, a collision will be the inevitable consequence. 

 The experienced whip is a cool, calculating, even-tem- 

 pered individual, who will always make allowances for 

 the want of skill in others ; he has sharp ears, good 

 eyes, and steady hands in fact, he is, in every sense of 

 the word, an artist, with plenty of common sense. Many 

 people have an idea that Mr. So-and-So is a splendid 

 driver, because he can rattle along a crowded street at 

 the rate of ten miles an hour, and spin round the corner 

 at the same pace, without ever collecting his horses in 

 hand ; and although they have never known him to 



