—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 7, 1977
100
Richard Glatfelter poses with his team of horses
and carriage. Glatfelter organized the carriage
parade that toured the Lititz area last Sunday. One
Carriage parade tours country and
By JOANNE SPAHR
LITITZ, Pa. - The
refreshing, cool wind was
streaming through their
hair, their noses were get
ting slightly sunburned from
the warmth of the sun’s rays,,
and whple families
grandparents, children, and
grandchildren-were just
generally enjoying the feel of
taking their ponies and
horses for a carriage ride.
The day-last Sunday. The
event-the 12th annual
Lancaster County Horse and
Pony Drive held by the Red
Rose Horse and Pony Club
and headed by Richard
Galtfelter, 451 Petersburg
Road, Lancaster.
Glatfelter has been
organizing carriage drives
through Lancaster County
for 12 years now, although
the club has only been in
existance for eight of those
12. This year, Glatfelter
routed the parade over
country roads leading to and
from Lititz, beginning at tus
farm. There will be 12 or 13
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other parts of Pennsylvania
throughout the year with
each drive usually 12-15
miles in duration.
“We can put well over 1000
miles on these animals in a
year,“Glatfelter com
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Previously he had also
said, “This is a family-type
club and dnve, and a small
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stop on the route was the Stanley S. Stephen farm
near Lititz, where this picture was taken.
Fifty-one carriages took
part, coming from places as
Mechancisburg, Carlisle,
Allentown, Spring Glen and
New Jersey. Almost all were
club members.
“One thing about this
club,” pointed out Glatfelter
during a brief rest in Lititz
Springs Park, “We don’t
have any competition-it’s
just for pleasure.”
The big draw for the
members is the common
interest shared by all, and
the good, wholesome family
atmosphere.
“A club like this is
something that grand
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On Sunday’s drive, two
carriages boasted, “We (the
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Washington.” One of the
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one from an Alabama train.
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approximately seven other
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