[drivingpairs] Re: Carts

 
 
And the roaster was built very light to enhance the speed.
 
What my grandfather called a roaster was light but a tall two wheel  vehicle. 
I remember several of his hanging in our old barn.
 
 
Much like kids racing their cars today, many did the same with  their horses 
and especially those that drove trotters.
 

My grandfather evidently was well known for that. He live in Emmaus, PA,  
then a very small town, that was  5 miles from Allentown, PA. The road  between 
was said to have been straight, wide, flat and very conductive  to speeding. So 
his choice of vehicle often was the roaster which in his case  had large and 
especially light wheels and was fairly high.
 
Doug Kemmerer
Middleburg, VA

 
In a message dated 1/6/2007 11:19:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Shadbelly4@xxxxxxx writes:

A meadowbrook is one of the genre of Long Island carts developed there to  be 
the ATV's of their time They could be used on or off road to follow the  
Meadowbrook Hunt which foxhunted in the area The roadcart was used as a light  
training or everyday vehicle to be smooth on both horse and whip on the roads  
of 
the time The Roadster cart was low slung and used for speed and show with a  
speedy ,flashy Roadster Jerry 50 miles east of NYC {home of the  Meadowbrook]

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