Ware, Francis M · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 67
he present instance apply it fromthe standpoint of the English school); but there are one ortwo false impressions which seem to have obtained—oneis that the stage-driver always holds his reins in both handsand cannot shorten his hold or take a point without raisinghis hands up to his head, on the… … w< 1/3 z Pi a H a , 1 -.J STAGE-DRIVING IN THE WEST over the little finger of the left hand and palmed upward,the off-side reins to be readily taken at any moment underand over the forefinger and palmed downward, the lead-reins being above the wheel. I do not for a moment claimthis to be…
Horses · Driving of horse-drawn vehicles · Carriages and carts · Harnesses · Sleighing
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