Here we have a man and a horse driving through the streets of Charlottetown. This is a special buggy used for horse racing. It is called a sulky, and it's made out of wood. This picture of the man and the horse was taken in the 1940s.

You can still buy a sulky, but it will look different, because the ones today are made out of steel and the seat is cushioned. The old sulkies were wood, and the seat was hard. The sulky was made at the blacksmith's. A blacksmith was a person who made horseshoes, fences, and other things made out of metal.

The people who owned race horses usually had a lot of money, but sometimes people just had one. A sulky back then would cost $50; that's pretty good. Now, the race horses are $50,000, and a sulky would cost $2,000.

Racehorse Brian Yorke with James (Jiggy) Arbing seated in the sulky
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