[drivingpairs] Terminology: Pairs and Teams

Dear Friends,
please except this post in the spirit it is written: It is NOT meant to talk 
down to anybody, it is meant just as a little educational advise. Since this 
is the PAIRS List, I think it's proper that we should know and use the proper 
terms at least in that respect. Many folks in the know will respect you more 
when you do and consider you greenhorns if you don't. In "carriage driving" 
(which is what we do in CDE's)  two horses are a PAIR, and a TEAM means four 
horses, also called then a FOUR-IN-HAND. It is different with draft horse 
driving. 
There two horses are a TEAM and four horses are a FOUR-UP. 
So with mini's as well as many other horses, ponies, mules, donkey's, you 
name it, of course often both styles are possible. You can go draft horse style 
with draft harness and a  hitch waggon, and then your two animals can be a 
TEAM. But if you drive with a "carriage" and light horse harness, I would call 
two 
a PAIR. 
Hardy


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