Sept. 5 - Remington Carriage Museum

Cardston is famous for this carriage museum, so we had to go!  And we were not disappointed!

Mr. Remington himself.

 I tried to talk Billy into a carriage ride, but no go (probably too hard for his back).  Looked like fun though!

 Here's an example of a buggy restoration.

 The old, unrestored side...

 The new, refurbished side.  But I didn't need to specify this, did I?  Pretty darn obvious!  And amazing!!

 Hearse horses - they even dressed them accordingly.

 And the hearse carriage.

 They had a cute set-up to show folks what all was involved with learning to guide carriage horses.  You actually got up into a buggy and took the reins!  And then just followed the video directions.

 A cute snow buggy/sleigh.

 Bull whackers.  I wasn't sure I'd read that right at first, but yes that's what they were called.  Pretty descriptive!  Not much fun-sounding for the bulls!  And not just a job for the men, as Arizona Mary demonstrates here!  They had a lot of interesting historical facts and stories.

 Another cute rig!

 Movin' on up!

 A fully enclosed sleigh for the nasty weather days (I'll bet the horse wished he could climb in there too!!).  I think they used these largely for hauling kids to school.

 Horses waiting for the next carriage ride.

 Poor guys.  All dressed up and nowhere to go!  You could tell how bored they were, just standing and standing, waiting and waiting!!!  I did feel sorry for them - we'd all have gone bonkers waiting as long as they obviously had to!

And y'all know 'bout The Biscuit, right??  Well, the guy who rode him into history was from Cardston!  Woolf lived to ride and died riding.  He rode the ultimate wave of success and fame with Seabiscuit in the 1938 Pimlico, beating out anticipated-victor War Admiral (if you haven't seen the movie, rent it - but better yet, if you haven't read the book, read it!!!!  "Seabiscuit" by Laura Hillenbrand is an incredible story and a terrific read!).  But Woolf only worked this world for 35 short years.  He fell from his horse during a Santa Anita race and died the next day.  It is believed that he may have passed out - and off his horse - due to a diabetic episode.

 Ride on.