Rule VIII. The Use of The Whip.

Rule VIII. The Use of The Whip.

I will now come to the whip, the use of which, most young beginners want to acquire in the first instance. Let me advise them to practice the art of catching it in their sitting or bed-room, for if they try to learn it when they are driving, they annoy their horses. A gentleman, whom I was teaching, said it was so simple, he would not go to bed till he could catch it properly. I saw him a fortnight afterwards, but he had not even then succeeded; he told me he had not been to bed; but I will not vouch for the accuracy of this part of the anecdote. The art, like many others, is very easy when you know how to do it. The turn of the wrist, with a slight jerk of the elbow, is the proper way to accomplish it.