LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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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. FIG. 1.—SINGLE HARNESS ON HORSE.



HINTS ON DRIVING.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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