. Riding and driving. I LATE Biidoon. 2. Double ring snafne. 3. Hair<heek )o*nted PLATE XXL —BIT FOUND ON THE ACROPOLIS. DATE 500 Harness 261 reins. True, time was saved, and with professionalcoachmen there was the minimum of danger fromdropping a rein. But nowadays, in driving acoach, either on the road or in the park, thesafety, comfort, and pleasure of the passengers arefirst of all important, and the seconds saved inunbuckling reins are of no consequence. The best road coachman I know in this country,and a man who probably never dropped a rein inhis life, drives with
. Riding and driving. I LATE Biidoon. 2. Double ring snafne. 3. Hair<heek )o*nted PLATE XXL —BIT FOUND ON THE ACROPOLIS. DATE 500 Harness 261 reins. True, time was saved, and with professionalcoachmen there was the minimum of danger fromdropping a rein. But nowadays, in driving acoach, either on the road or in the park, thesafety, comfort, and pleasure of the passengers arefirst of all important, and the seconds saved inunbuckling reins are of no consequence. The best road coachman I know in this country,and a man who probably never dropped a rein inhis life, drives with his reins buckled. As to thequestion of the leaders running away, when ofcourse buckled reins would catch in the terrets ofthe wheel horses pads, — that is as though a manshould sleep every night in a rope harness forgetting out of windows in case of fire. These two questions are typical of certainvapid discussions of questions relating to harnessand harnessing, and they are also typical of howthe student of such matters should settle is the law of language, so, too, usageshould
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