"And the best of it is that he was right. Even after managing to get a few hundred miles with my four horses I don't know how to drive one. Just the other day swinging down a steep mountain road and rounding an abrupt turn I came full tilt on a horse and buggy being driven by a woman up the hill. We could not pass on the narrow road where was only a foot to spare and my horses did not know how to back especially uphill. About two hundred yards down the hill was a spot where we could pass. The driver of the buggy said she didn't dare back down because she was not sure of the brake. And as I didn't know how to tackle one horse I didn't try it. So we unhitched her horse and backed down by hand.."