The title is self-explanatory and records a more luxurious mode of transport in the pre-Merdeka years where Malacca, a Straits Settlement enclave, was bustling with more economic life. The artist caught the horse at feeding time, fortifying itself for the task ahead, with the seated carriage driver waiting patiently behind. This is one of 148 works listed in the collection of Yao Chew Mooi, Yong Mun Sen’s widow, which were appraised by London firm Spink & Son.