The Slower Road

August 7, 2014

photo with a patient donkey

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One of our CAA members sent this delightful postcard …

She wrote, “In going through a box of old family photos, I ran across this postcard. Evidently it was taken on a vacation in the western U.S. and sent back home to friends. On the reverse side it says: ‘Elizabeth & Harriet Sniker, Aug. 30-15- Manitou, Colo.’ It was probably a tourist spot where you could pay to have your picture taken ‘riding’ or ‘driving’ the donkey. The location was probably Manitou Springs at the foot of Pikes Peak, which is a popular tourist destination.”

Thanks for sharing, Vicki!

August 6, 2014

varieties of horsepower

Posted by Jennifer under early roads, history, horses & driving
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In this photo of Chicago’s Madison Street, c. 1910, you can see a few varieties of horsepower …

There are several automobiles (all parked along the curbs), an electric streetcar, and quite a few horse-drawn vehicles: parked, being driven, and one, a delivery wagon, being either unloaded or loaded. There’s even a vehicle that looks almost exactly like a horse-drawn delivery van, except that I can’t see a corresponding horse … so it must have a motor somewhere.

August 1, 2014

and, finally, coaching in the park

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Here’s the final set of photos from this year’s CAA trip to the Royal Windsor Horse Show: views of some of the beautiful coaches, before and during their drive …

July 31, 2014

… and another drive in the park

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And then it also occurred to me that I never posted the remaining photos from our CAA trip to the Royal Windsor Horse Show back in May.

First, here are a few of the various and lovely carriages on the British Driving Society’s pleasure drive through Windsor Home Park. In some of the photos, they’re gathering for the drive, and in others, they’re on their way, led as always by their host, Prince Philip.

Bringing up the rear were these two. For those of you who may remember the old cartoons … Thelwell ponies!!

July 30, 2014

a carriage drive in the park

Posted by Jennifer under CAA Carriage Festival, CAA events, horses & driving
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It occurred to me to that I never posted any photos from the Sunday-morning pleasure drive at the CAA’s recent Carriage Festival at the Kentucky Horse Park.

So without further ado, here are a few drivers enjoying the beautiful morning …