Don’t frighten the horses

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It’s not an everyday encounter, but in pre-war days it was not unusual to meet animals on the road. Still, it does happen (click) (vicroads.au) and then it’s useful to know what to do. The Highway Code, as presented in the thirties on cigarette cards by W.D. & H.O. Wills says (and we quote the original text): ‘Take the offside of the road when meeting led horses. It is the usual practice when leading horses to keep to the right so that the animals and man in charge of them face the oncoming traffic. When some distance from the animals the motorist should sound the horn to attract the attention of the man in charge. Pass the animals on the off side, giving them a wide berth, and proceed cautiously, with the minimum of noise so as not to frighten them.’ Click picture for enlargement. (Cigarette Card collection Rutger Booy, with permission of the copyright owner).

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