322 SOME GENERAL REMARKS. 



you ride, the objection, I think, is often 

 exaggerated and overdone. " Oh dear no ! 

 he's much too good for leather," is often 

 the contemptuous reply to the question asked 

 (perhaps of a most moderate animal) : " Does 

 he go in harness ? " As a matter of fact it 

 does not in the least degree harm the best 

 of hacks or hunters to be driven, so long as 

 they are not required to lean forAvard and 

 really pull. AVe should indeed be most 

 unwilling to use the horse Ave habitually 

 ride singly in a family waggonette, or the 

 wife's Victoria ; but as one of a pair in a 

 light phaeton, or singly in a Ralli car, two- 

 Avheeled dogcart, or American trotting Avaggon, 

 his action and spring remain unimpaired. 

 Many men noAV drive their hunters for light 

 work in double harness ; and in cases where 

 they do not require absolute rest, it is one 

 of the best Avays of summering, as possessing 

 the advantage of not letting them out of 

 condition. 



