Attachment of tradition

See also: Attachment

The attachment of tradition is a equestrian sport today. Formerly this activity belonged to the daily life, the horses entrusting their power to human, tractor drew all kinds of vehicles or varied machines.

There exists a discipline sister which is the modern attachment, quite simply called “attachment”.

History of the attachment

The attachment existed already before the invention of the Roue.

The horses drew then from the loads placed on two pieces of wood. As shown in the films western, these means of transport were still used by the Indiens, while on the European continent , in Asia this system of attachment since centuries was already replaced by the towing of wheel carriages.

In the Antiquity, well-known attachments were the tanks.

With the the Middle Ages, the litter (supported by two horses) was often used for the transport of people. The cars used for transport very rudimentary, but solid, were adapted to the bad voiery of the time.

Paving having improved the state well of the roads, a whole panoply of cars was born: cars of voyage, conveys pageantry, sport scars, and cars of goods transport adapted to the specific needs.

At the beginning of the 19th century was born in England the fashion to carry out oneself its attachment.

In France, Napoleon III one was impassioned of the attachment and much the noble ones followed its example. It was of good tone to show itself in public with beautiful a crew, especially with the Bois de Boulogne and on the Fields-Élysées.

The attachment of tradition in France was born under the impulse from French Association from attachment. The attachment became a Sport, a leisure, to see even a passion, practiced by increasingly many amateurs.

They are especially devoted to unearth and restore old cars, which they then present in contests of attachment of tradition.

Contest

In France the contests are placed under the monitoring of the AFA, Association French of attachment, and organized by its clubs members.

It is obvious that for the description of a beautiful crew, the site of the contest must be adapted to the needs. Thus these contests proceed on sites of castles or large residences seigneurales.

A contest of attachment of tradition is composed in general of four parts:

  • the presentation

  • the truck driver
  • the handiness
  • handing-over of the prices

The most known contests of attachment in France proceed with Chantilly, Cuts, Saint-Agil, Dinard, Deauville, the Mound-Tilly, Thillombois.

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