Product Description

"The Encyclopaedia of Carriage Driving", available again in this updated edition, is the only book of this kind on the subject. It contains valuable information on every aspect of driving for pleasure and competition. The entries include full details of the handling of the whip and reins for single, pair, tandem and team driving, types of harness, kinds of vehicle and historical figures. The title is international in scope and has been referred to as a 'new companion to Britannica'. It is an authoritative reference book for the rapidly increasing number of people who are taking an interest in this exciting sport.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #406303 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

About the Author
Sallie Walrond has driven and ridden since she was about nine years old. She is an international carriage driving judge and is the co-founder of the Tandem Club of Great Britain. She has shown harness horses with considerable success for many years and in 1975 she became the first whip to complete a three-day horse driving trial with a tandem. In 2001 she was given the Coachmakers Carriage Driving Award by the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers of London and was made a life vice-president of the British Driving Society.