Before those new carriages rattled underground horse drawn carriages clattered over ground. Phaetons were somewhat racy open coaches with big, flashy wheels - the "Chelsea Tractors" of Burns’s day.

In many cities, horse-drawn carriages are seen as tourist attractions, evoking nostalgic images of days gone by. Yet, underlying these quaint notions is the reality for the horses: daily exposure to ...

The bucolic island of Büyükada, where cars are banned and the main form of transportation is by horse-drawn carriage ... they can hire a carriage (here called a phaeton) for a tour of the ...