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After horses were introduced to North America, many Plains Indian tribes began to make larger horse-drawn travois. Instead of making specially constructed travois sleds, they would simply cross a pair of tepee poles across the horse's back and attach a burden platform between the poles behind the horse. This served two purposes at once, as the ...
Inflatable sled or tube, a plastic membrane filled with air to make a very lightweight sled, like an inner tube; Foam slider, a flat piece of durable foam with handles and a smooth underside; Backcountry sled, a deep, steerable plastic sled to kneel on with pads and a seat belt; Airboard, a snow bodyboard, i.e. an inflatable single-person sled [15]
Ban'ei kyōsō (ばんえい競走, lit. "pull race") is a form of Japanese horse racing in which draft horses pull heavy sleds up sand ramps, urged-on by jockeys balancing on the sleds. The horses used in the races are often either purebred or crosses of Percheron , Breton , and Belgian breeds.
The go-devil was a simple one-horse sled used for hauling trees in logging. Ralph C. Bryant describes it in his pioneering textbook Logging (1913) as follows: [1] The go-devil is a product of the camp blacksmith shop. It is a rough sled having two unshod hardwood runners, which are preferably of yellow birch, selected from timbers having a ...
When they moved, they usually packed their belongings on an A-shaped sled called a travois. The travois was designed for transport over dry land. [7] The Blackfoot had relied on dogs to pull the travois; they did not acquire horses until the 18th century. From the Great Lakes area, they continued to move west and eventually settled in the Great ...
A logger with a Clydesdale horse in Scotland Logging sleds were instrumental in logging areas in northern climates that required transport through snow and ice. Horse logging is the use of horses or mules in forestry. In the modern industrialized world, it is often part of sustainable forest management. Horses may be used for skidding and other ...
Swift Delivery, a thoroughbred partially owned by Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, finished second in the Toronto Cup Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday.
A travois being used to transport infants. ... Baby carriages for sale in Stockholm, Sweden in 1931. A baby in a buggy, USA, 1935 ...