The Badminton Magazine 1897-05: Vol 4 Iss 22 (1897)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 106
t to haul on to a reim or rope fastened to the rail of the cart. A crank or bent axle is a great protection {rom an upset, as the centre of gravity is then much lower. With very heavy carts, however, it is not used, as the straight axle is much stronger. I had a crank axle on the cart which I used… … across the open country. Though a great believer in careful driving, I think there are few things more elating than putting four racing ponies in a two-wheeled cart and ‘ speeding’ them, as the Americans say, on some good turf. It is advisable, however, to have them trained to stop at your whistle…
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