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them of such commands as “clear the road” or “turn to the right.” “The tootler also entertains the passengers with traditional tunes while the carriage is en route,” says O’Donnell.
In the 17th century, the hornsman’s
duties included collecting tickets from passengers on road coaches, large carriages pulled by four to six horses. “It was like a Greyhound bus in the days of conveying people,” O’Donnell says.
Historically, coaches often carried mail, and guards were armed with blunderbusses. At Winterthur, carriages are equipped with
The 2013 drive at Big Bend.
picnic hampers and stocked with bubbly, to be served at tailgate parties.
O’Donnell has been tootling for 50 years and is the author of The Coach Horn, sold with an accompanying CD through the Carriage Association of America. He first got the bug at continued on page 96
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