CHAPTER II. 

 Driving 



TO dignify this accomplishment by classing it 

 among the arts and sciences is to concede 

 only its due, and it is to be regretted that more 

 pains are not generally taken to acquire genuine 

 proficiency. The mere steering of one or more 

 horses along the highways and byways of town and 

 country, and the fortunate avoidance of passing or 

 stationary vehicles, lamp-posts, and pedestrians, is 

 not driving by any means. There is more to it than 

 the mere pulling of one rein harder than the other 

 to turn to the right or left, or the hauling upon both 

 to prevent progression, although we are prone to 

 advance no farther than these rudimentary acquire- 

 ments. 



It is largely for these reasons that our native 

 horses are not better mannered and more lightly 



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