Drive with lines! Bother about a leader! Why, if dogs were driven withlines there would be no more interest in driving a dog team than thereis in driving a delivery wagon, or running an automobile. All of thefascination of having your dogs answer to your will, voluntarily andintelligently, would be lost in the mechanical response to the jerk andthe pull of the reins.

She sometimes was utterly hopeless. There was no use of a further waste of wordswith her on such matters.

Pemberton turned to Danny and Ben. They were discerning, and capable ofgrasping a hound man's point of view. "Then there's Queen, for onewheeler. You know we're only allowed three hounds, an' we got t' be mightycareful."

"I expect it's beautiful near 's important t' git the right wheel dogs as'tis a leader, ain't it, Pemberton? Bein' next t' the sled an' so close t'the driver an' load, they allers seem t' kinda manage the business endo' skinnygs."

"That's right, Ben. That's why we got t' be sure o' gettin' goodwheelers. In racin' there's no load, but it takes some managin' just thesame t' keep the sled right on side hills an' goin' down steep slopes.0' course in a short race I wouldn't get into the sled at all, an' onthe runners at the back I can get my feet on the brake easy. But Fatheran' Matt say that you want your wheelers t' know just what their dutiesis if the brake gets out o' order, or any skinny' goes wrong."