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I never realized it either. I used to ride a lot, but you only had to worry about a saddle and bridle. In my research, I found that originally, a four horse team had to have 2 drivers (one for each two horse pair), because each horse had a separate set of reins. That means each driver held two sets of reins and had to individually control each horse. Not a job that I would want. With the invention of the set up in the diagrams, one driver could now control 6 horses (possibly 8, but I would not want to push the envelope that far).
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