Of course, they go to Florida! Here we see a home for retired merry-go-round horses having a nice afternoon on the porch. I imagine tea has just been picked up. Fernandina Beach is a perfect place for them as there are nice beaches near by, good food everywhere and, of course, excellent weather to keep them looking sharp and tanned. These old horses recall their ancestors when carved horses were suspended from a pole and were used to train young warriors (carousel derives from the Turkish word for “little war”) as early as the 12th century in Turkey. This practice was refined into a crude earliy version of the carousels of the last century that dotted parks and small towns across America. Those carousels were replete with magnificently carved horses and other animals and fitted with calliope musical devices. Some restored carousels are still in use today, there is one in Raleigh that generations of children have enjoyed.
