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The Coaching Club (also known as The Coaching Club of New York, New York Coaching Club, and Coaching Club of America) was formed in New York City in 1875 to encourage four-in-hand driving in America. [1] "Requisite for membership was the ability to handle a coach and four horses with a single group of reins." [2]
When driving a four-in-hand, a driver and two attendants (called grooms) are required on the carriage. Driving a pair requires one groom, and for driving a single horse a groom is optional. A groom may also have the job of navigator, who stands behind the driver and can give verbal directions to the driver. The navigator may also help keep time ...
The earliest coaching club was the Four-in-hand Club (New York). Active in the 1860s, they drove to Jerome Park Racetrack each year to watch the horse racing. [17]: 239 The Coaching Club (New York) was established in 1875. They organized annual long distance drives, the first in 1878 between New York and Philadelphia, 98 miles each way.
The Reality of NYC Carriage Horses. While horse and carriage rides have been a moneymaker for Central Park since it opened in 1858, some folks have noticed that many horses are in poor shape. Even ...
Has a detailed chapter about Claremont, its horses, and its people. Maslin Nir, Sarah (2020). Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal. Simon & Schuster. pp. 83f. ISBN 978-1-5011-9623-2. Claremont is introduced in the chapter titled Birchbark, which also delves into how New York City was built by and for horses.
Attendees can watch drivers navigate horse-powered antique, reproduced and modern carriages through a variety of competitions. Carriage Driving Days returns to Wade House in Greenbush July 19-21 ...
In 1960, Melville invited twelve other carriage collectors to meet in New York, and the Carriage Association of America was founded "to save what relics remained of the horse-drawn era" and "to preserve the techniques of driving and the proper use of horses in harness". [7]
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