Ware, Francis M[organ], 1857- [from old catalog] · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 71
used for almost all heavyteaming where more than six horses compose the team. Thedriver rides the near wheeler and guides the whole team, ex-cept the wheelers, with one rein which is fastened to the bitof the near leader. This leader is taught to turn off sidewhen the rein is jerked and near side… … STAGE-DRIVING IN THE WEST roads, and on bad roads they are aided by the pointers—i. e.,the pair in front of the pole are taught to step over thedraft-chain and keep the pole out on sharp, binding turns.My head teamster, Richard Holland, two years ago tooka twelve-ton boiler up a long, circuitous…
Driving of horse-drawn vehicles · Carriages and carts · Harnesses
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