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Title: Riding and driving for women
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Beach, Belle
Subjects: Horses Horsemanship Driving of horse-drawn vehicles
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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he foot-board. Take yourseat as soon as possible and transfer the reins backinto the left hand in the original order. A reference to the accompanying sketches on pages219 and 222 will show the positions of the handsand reins quite clearly. The correct position of the feet, legs, body, arms,and hands are the same as already described on page198 in the notes on driving a single horse or a pair. To start a four-in-hand, the horses should, be-fore starting, be well up in their collars, so that thetraces are taut. The leaders reins should be short-ened by grasping them in the right hand, separatedby the middle finger, about a foot in front of theleft hand and replacing them in the left by carryingthe right hand behind the left. Take off the brakeas quietly as possible, then advance the right hand,put the little and second fingers over the two offreins with the middle and index fingers so placedover the two near reins that the latter may begrasped. When you are sure that the four horses 225
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Q < Iz; I o a< o a FOUR-IN-HAND AND TANDE:^! DRIVING are feeling the bit and they are well together, dropand advance the hands, and at the same time givethe horses a signal; at the same moment the groomslet go their heads, and the horses should all starttogether. Once the horses are in motion together,bring the left hand up into its position near thecentre of the waist, and, removing the right handfrom the reins, hold it slightly in advance of theleft. To quote again from Mr. Garland: To shorten or lengthen the lead reins, place themiddle finger of the right hand between the leadreins directly or at some little distance in front ofthe left hand, depending upon how much the leadreins are to be taken up or lengthened. If you wishto lengthen them, tighten the fingers of the righthand and draw the reins out to the desired distance.Should you wish to shorten the lead reins, take themout of the left hand, and in putting them backbring the left hand behind the right one. Do notadvance

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