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HINTS ON HORSES 



Uphill traces should all be taut. 



Downhill the reverse. 



In a tandem notice the same points. 



If the team is coming round a corner place 

 the whip in the coachman's hand as if ready 

 for immediate use on either wheeler. If the 

 wheelers are cutting the corner too fine, a 

 touch on the inside horse will send him up 

 to the front, and force the point of the pole 

 outwards. If not coming round sharp enough, 

 a touch on the outside horse will swing the 

 pole inwards. 



In coming round a corner the hind wheels 



will travel on a smaller circle than the front 

 wheels, so care must be taken to leave enough 

 road on the inside of the inside front wheel 

 for the hind wheel, unless th'e draughtsman 

 desires to suggest that the coach is about to 

 foul the corner. 



In some countries it is the custom to drive 

 teams of six, eight, or ten mules or horses 

 from the box (Fig. 51). At first it appears as 

 if no man could be strong enough, but if the 

 relations which traces and reins bear to each 

 other be noticed, the solution of the difificulty 

 will be discovered. 



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