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Les Omnibus
Tuesday 6 January
Nous vous invitons à aller lire sur le blog de FIGOLI, le superbe article sur les OMNIBUS, qu’il vient de publier.
 
Down the road..
Saturday 5 July

Vocabulary

The expression «Down the road» began to be used about the middle of the 19th century when driving a coach and four was becoming increasingly popular among wealthy young men. Some of the older men thought that the style of turnout seen at meets of the Coaching Club was not in keeping with the true coaching tradition. They believed that driving a coach over any kinds of road for long distances with different team of horses like the old public stage coaches was the true coaching tradition , or , as they piut it, truly "down the road" . These were enthusiasts who strated «road coaching» during the 1860’s

Tom Ryder

Stage coach
 
Down The Road
samedi 5 juillet

«  DOWN THE ROAD  »

L’ expression “Down the road” fut employée à partir du milieu du XIXème siècle lorsque mener un coach attelé à quatre chevaux était devenu un sport très prisé des jeunes gens nantis de la bonne société.

Cependant, parmi les anciens pratiquants du coaching, certains estimaient que le style des équipages se présentant aux réunions du Coaching Club, ne respectaient pas l’esprit de la vraie tradition du coaching.

Ils estimaient que, mener un coach sur toutes sortes de routes, et sur de longues distances, en utilisant des attelages e chevaux différents, comme cela se faisait au temps des anciens Stages coachs publics, représentait la vraie tradition du coaching et comme ils le disaient, vraiment down the road.

Ce furent ces mêmes passionnés qui mirent sur pied le Road coaching, dans les années 1860.

Tom Ryder

Stage coach

NB : Déjà en 1837, l’expression "Down the road" était employée comme titre d’un ouvrage de Birch Reynardson. Arba

 
On the Web
Dog Driving
This web site is about driving dogs with sulkies. At the bottom of the main web page is a movie of Darlette driving her dog.
Documents published in this section
Monday 23 June 2008
by Harnessdog
Dog Shafts
Shafts
In the 19th century, children’s carriages were made to fit a variety of dog breeds and many photographs show proud children with their dog carriages. These toy dog carriages were hitched to Chihuahuas, Jack Russell Terriers, Miniature Poodles, sheep dogs, farm dogs, retrievers, Great Danes, Saint Bernard’s, and etc. It appears that in the 19th century, children’s dog carriages were as common as children’s pedal cars are today. Obviously, parents one hundred years ago had similar views about children learning to drive. Small children should be encouraged to learn about driving, but (...)

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Monday 23 June 2008
by Harnessdog
Types of Cart Dog Harnesses in North America and Australia
Today, there are four types of canine cart harnesses used in North America and in Australia. They are the breast harness, siwash (sled racing harness), dorsal hitch harness, and rigid collar and hames.
The breast harness is easy to make and to fit. It is the similar to the horse breast harness.
The Rigid Collar and Hames allows for more efficient pulling from the shoulder area than the breast harness. The "rigid collar and hames" is the hardest draft harness to fit to a dog. Today, this harness type is not commonly used with draft dogs. In past centuries, the breast harness and (...)

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Monday 23 June 2008
by Harnessdog
How to Make a Dog Breast Harness
Prior to the 1920s, the most common harnesses used with cart dogs were the breast harness and the rigid collar and hames harness. Both types of harness are familiar to people who drive horse carriages. The breast harness (figure 1) is fairly simple to make. It can be made of strong leather or nylon straps. The straps should be at least an inch and half wide. The harness needs to be padded across the chest and back. Real or fake sheepskin fleece works fine as padding. When you make the harness, remember to make the inside surfaces smooth so the harness will not chaff the dog’s skin. (...)

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Tuesday 17 June 2008
by Harnessdog
This Job’s Gone to the Dogs!
by Rebecca Morris
Click on the bellow pictures ( associated to this article) to read the full article as published in the Carriage Journal and ZOOM to get it full size....
Bibliography:
John Bartram, Observations on the Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals, and Other Matters, 1751.
Editors: Jan Bapist Bedaux and Rudi Ekkart, Pride and Joy, Children’s Portraits in the Netherlands 1500-1700, 2000, Harry N. Abrams Inc., Amsterdam. ISBN: 0-8109-6730-8. Page 225, 246, 247, 279, 283.
Dame Juliana Berners (Barnes or Bernes), Boke of St. Albans. 1486
Chatsworth House (...)

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