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A gari crosses the busy Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa Road in Adama, Ethiopia.. A gari (Swahili for 'cart'; [1] Amharic: ጋሪ) is a horse-drawn cart.Garis typically have two wheels with rubber tires, are pulled by one horse, and can carry two passengers plus the driver.
The horse collar arrived in Europe during the 9th century, [2] and became widespread throughout Europe by the 12th century. [4] With the invention of the automobile, the tractor and other internal combustion vehicles, the need for driving horses diminished, beginning with the end of World War I and to an even greater degree after World War II.
Fly: A horse-drawn public coach or delivery wagon, especially one let out for hire. Four-in-hand coach; Gharry: A horse-drawn cab especially used in India. Gig (carriage): A light, two-wheeled sprung cart pulled by one horse. Gladstone; Governess cart: a sprung cart with two inward-facing benches, high sides and entry at the back. The upper ...
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A sulky is a lightweight cart used for harness racing. It has two wheels and a small seat for only a single driver. The modern racing sulky has shafts that extend in a continuous bow behind the driver's seat, with wire-spoked "bike" wheels and inflated tyres. [1] [2] A sulky is frequently called a "bike".
Dogcart with horses in tandem. A dogcart (also dog-cart or dog cart) is a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle pulled by a single horse in shafts, or driven tandem.With seating for four, it was designed for sporting shooters and their gun dogs, with a louvred box under the driver's seat to contain dogs.
The Carriage Association of America (CAA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the history and traditions of carriage driving, and the preservation and restoration of horse-drawn carriages and sleighs. It is headquartered at the Kentucky Horse Park along with its sister organization, the Carriage Museum of America (CMA).
A 1909 Studebaker surrey on display at the Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum in August 2015. A surrey is a doorless, four-wheeled carriage popular in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.