Four-in-hand (carriage)
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A four-in-hand is a team of four horses pulling a carriage, coach or other horse-drawn vehicle.[1] Today, four-in-hand driving is the top division of combined driving in equestrian sports; other divisions are for a single horse or a pair. One of the international events featuring only four-in-hand teams is the FEI World Cup Driving series.
In Europe, after
drags made on the pattern of the old Post Office mail coaches but luxuriously finished and outfitted. A new group called the Coaching Club was formed in 1870 for those unable to join the club of 30. Other enthusiasts revived old coaching routes and took paying passengers.[3] Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt championed coaching in America, and he and several other of his contemporaries engaged in public coaching for hire in America and England.[4]
T. Bigelow Lawrence of Boston owned America's first locally built park drag in 1860.
Coaching Club was formed in 1875.[3]
See also
- Quadriga – Chariot drawn by four horses
Notes
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary online accessed 20 August 2020
- ^ Gibson, Rex (February 5, 2024). "Stage-coach History and the Great North Road : Demise of the Stage-coach". Great North Road.
- ^ a b c Alexander Mackay-Smith, Jean R. Druesedow, Thomas Ryder Man and the Horse: An Illustrated History of Equestrian Apparel P 100, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Simon and Schuster, New York. 1984
- ^ Kintrea, Frank (October 1967). "When The Coachman Was A Millionare". American Heritage. Vol. 18, no. 6.
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