Ware, Francis M · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 433
d six- or eight-horse boat-sleighs of oiir younger days. No coimtry livery stable wascomplete as to outfit unless supplied with one of them; andfreighted with its jolly load of from twenty to fifty, smotheredin huge buffalo robes and waist-deep in straw, they were:in nightly request for expeditions… … O ou o SLEIGHING AND SLEIGH HORSES Poorly conditioned as were once at most seasons theaverage country roads, and therefore unusable for rapidpleasure driving, it was found that these drawbacks did notobtain in winter, when a solid snowy footing covered theground for many miles, and once the…
Horses · Driving of horse-drawn vehicles · Carriages and carts · Harnesses · Sleighing
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