. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. skill and courage which are nothing extraordi-nary, though always dangerous. To skirt at fullgallop deep gullies and ravines and the rockyslopes of mountains needs a courage and cool-ness which arc not given to every one. It is a great test of strength and skill to drivea four-in-hand, sometimes a six-in-hand, and. A Goon TvPF- or House In Austria and in our western mountain-ous section are the most remarkable exam-ples of intrepidity and skill in the art ofdriving horses. To mount and descendflights of steps, to appr
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. skill and courage which are nothing extraordi-nary, though always dangerous. To skirt at fullgallop deep gullies and ravines and the rockyslopes of mountains needs a courage and cool-ness which arc not given to every one. It is a great test of strength and skill to drivea four-in-hand, sometimes a six-in-hand, and. A Goon TvPF- or House In Austria and in our western mountain-ous section are the most remarkable exam-ples of intrepidity and skill in the art ofdriving horses. To mount and descendflights of steps, to approach a precipice withfour horses at full speed and be able to stop occasionallv eight or nine. The more horses, thethem short at the crucial moment, are acts of more reins for the driver to hold, and if he is -^S^^ ^^^^v. ■ .^,%^-:. - ■■■^^^^ - ?-^^ -■ >4; • -*■*»- ^- •■^r^^^vl ^Hc- -■»-6 ... v-^» 4v^* ^^^ ^^^\^ r\^ -. ^ ^mii !) ^JBl^M B r ^ iipjs^ .-^k^.- nife;:^ .z^^lB^^ iKX Whiti: () 128 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS ^ in 3pW 1 English Hansom C\b not very experienced he is liable tomistake the pairs and thus causeaccidents. It is related that an Eng-lish breeder, Mr. Emody, was drivingalong the road from Westminsterto Greenwich with a carriage full ofmusicians, drawn by twelve pairs ofhorses, which he drove h
Size: 1764px × 1416px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidourdomesticanima01voog
