| PAGE | ||
| Introduction | [1] | |
| Chap. | ||
| I. | Harness | [5] |
| II. | Driving—Single Harness | [23] |
| III. | Driving—Double Harness | [45] |
| IV. | Curricle and Cape-cart | [58] |
| V. | Driving Four Horses—Position of Coachman | [75] |
| VI. | Four Horses—The Reins | [82] |
| VII. | Four-in-Hand—The Whip | [101] |
| VIII. | Four-in-Hand. Starting—Pulling up—Turning | [119] |
| IX. | Four-in-Hand. Various Useful Hints—What Spare Articles to Carry, etc. | [131] |
| X. | Tandem Driving | [161] |
| XI. | Tandem Harness | [187] |
| XII. | Breaking to Harness | [197] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| FIG. | PAGE | |
| Curricle | [Frontispiece] | |
| 1. | Single Harness on Horse | [1] |
| 2. | Single Harness—Position of the Hands | [24] |
| 3. | Single Harness—Right Hand in wrong Position | [27] |
| 4. | Shortening Reins | [31] |
| 5. | Shortening Reins by sliding Left Hand up to Right | [33] |
| 6. | Dog-cart | [38] |
| 7. | Double Harness on Horse | [44] |
| 8. | Coupling Reins properly fitted—Horses’ Heads straight | [49] |
| 9. | Coupling Reins of equal Length | [51] |
| 10. | Off-side Coupling Rein fitted for Horse which Pokes his Nose, near Coupling Rein fitted for Horse which carries Head in Chest | [53] |
| 11. | Pole fitted with Spring for Curricle | [61] |
| 12. | Curricle Bar and Roller Bolts | [63] |
| 13. | Cape-cart Harness | [69] |
| 14. | Springing a Hill | [74] |
| 15. | Practising Driving with the Weights | [77] |
| 16. | Four Weights and Pulleys for practising Driving | [78] |
| 17. | FOUR-IN-HAND—How to hold Reins | [83] |
| 18. | Steadying Team with Right Hand | [89] |
| 19. | How Loop should be taken up | [90] |
| 20. | Looping near-lead Rein under Thumb | [91] |
| 21. | Looping off-lead Rein under Thumb | [92] |
| 22. | Looping off-lead Rein under First Finger | [93] |
| 23. | Right Hand on off-side Reins to prevent Wheelers cutting Corner | [95] |
| 24. | Opposition Point to the Right | [97] |
| 25. | Opposition Point to the Left | [99] |
| 26. | Result of holding Whip in wrong Position | [103] |
| 27. | Preparing to catch Thong | [105] |
| 28. | Thong caught up before Loop has been taken off | [107] |
| 29. | Taking off Loop | [108] |
| 30. | Securing Lash by twisting it round Handle of Whip | [110] |
| 31. | Bringing back Thong of Whip after hitting a Leader | [115] |
| 32. | Taking Leaders’ Reins out of Left Hand with Right Hand | [137] |
| 33. | Right Hand assisting Left (on three Reins only) | [151] |
| 34. | Tandem without Bars | [160] |
| 35. | Tandem—Position of Right Hand on Reins | [165] |
| 36. | Tandem—Turning to the Left | [169] |
| 37. | Tandem—Turning to the Right | [171] |
| 38. | Tandem with Bars | [186] |
| 39. | Longeing with Long Reins | [196] |
| 40. | A Break by Holland and Holland | [209] |
FIG. 1.—SINGLE HARNESS ON HORSE.
HINTS ON DRIVING.