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- From: Nancy Lindley <nlindley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:10:52 -0400
Welcome to the new member - Keith -- are you from the US? There has been a
lot of discussion on this list lately on starting tandems; you might be
interested in looking a tthe archives for last month. There is a nice photo
of list-member Sterling driving a grey tandem in the recent Whip mag. (hey -
all you just starting up tandemaniacs - how is it going??) when i thought
about tandem (briefly!!) all i could imagine was that my little grey mare
(aka the shark) would kick the stuffing out of a horse behind her.... Does
that ever happen???????
Unexpected rubs: I have never even attempted plus 25 (let alone 25 miles)
but I am ery interested in what some of the distance drivers on the list
might suggest...Anybody??????
Carriage : I have a Bird in Hand Flyer - with lots of extras, still a
little under $5000. Nice enough to be used for more than marathon, but
still tough & handy enough for the cross country. -- I really like this
carriage - the one probelm it presents is that there really is no good
place for your groom to sit behind you - so in dressage & cones you have to
either ask permission for the groom to be seated beside you, or (as i do)
make the poor guy sit on the box backward & cling on in terror. brave of
him & amusing for spectators.
my one problem/question is the pole, which moves a lot - certainly a
good thing, most of the time, but over uneven ground can get bouncing up &
down excessively, so the crab flosses the horse's teeth. Is there anyway to
limit the movement on the pole - or would that just defeat the purpose? what
about switching to a yoke up front?
And finally ; great column Hardy! I think litigation was a bit of a
daring example to use, wi a lawyer in the immediate family. :)
Happy driving all, Nancy in NH
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