The Harness Horse 



straight forward. It is quite unnecessary to have 

 a particularly high cart, in fact the only thing 

 that matters, and even that is not indispensable, is 

 a sufficient breadth between the axle boxes. A 

 cart sufficiently broad runs more smoothly, and 

 even if in itself a little heavier is easier for the 

 horses. I have said that it is not necessary to sit 

 particularly high, indeed the seat should be easy 

 and firm, and there should be sufficient bend in 

 one's knees to give the extra pull which is occa- 

 sionally required. A tandem indeed requires very 

 little strength, and even if you are run away with, 

 which has twice happened to me, you are more 

 likely to come out safely by playing one horse off 

 against the other than by setting to work to pull 

 them up. The danger of a runaway tandem comes 

 when the two horses become mixed up. The 

 great thing to do is to keep the leader clear of the 

 wheeler and prevent him from pulling the wheeler 

 over. You have with the length and leverage of 

 the leader reins a great chance of steadying the 

 leader when the wheeler will probably steady too. 

 Once you have got them in hand drive very 

 steadily. Horses that have once bolted are very 

 apt to start off again on very slight provocation, 

 and the second bolt is generally worse than the 

 first. 



But I have gone a little fast, carried away by 

 the subject. There is one thing everyone who 

 drives tandem must learn to do, and that is to use 



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