Ware, Francis M, Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU · New York : Doubleday, Page & Company · leaf 437
and the long-strider has not a chancewith horses he can easily defeat over dirt. Plenty of bootsmust always be worn, for the sharp calks may make frightfulwounds, and a leg-weary horse may hit or grab himself atany moment. Nor should your sleigh horse be too tall, as itwill make it difficult to see… … SLEIGHING AND SLEIGH HORSES ample length of traces and of breeching. Extremely lightsleighs are the fashion, but no good end is served by this, asover footing fit to speed a horse upon there will be a totalabsence of friction anyhow. So exhilarating to the passengers is the swift glidingmotion that…
Driving of horse-drawn vehicles · Horse-drawn vehicles · Carriages and carts · Harnesses · Chr 1903 · PRO Pearson, Leonard (bookplate) (donor)
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