A practical treatise on coach-building, historical and descriptive : containing full information on the various trades and processes involved, with hints on the proper keeping of carriages, &c. (1881)
Burgess, James W · London : Crosby Lockwood and Co. · leaf 164
can draw it at a good pace, and over almost any obstaclein the road, and do thenjourney without fatigue, the carriagesuffers sooner or later. The lounging of such horses againsta light pole, the strain thrown on the pole in case of a horse REMARKS ON THE TRADE. 153 tripping, the certain breakage… … bo broughams and other very small carriages, built as light andas slight as safety will allow, are afterwards used with a pairof horses. In such cases, if accidents do not occur throughthe great strain of a long pole acting as a lever on very lightmechanism, the parts become strained, do not work…
Horses · Carriages and carts · Carriage and wagon making
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