Traditional russian "troika".

Russian troika, (English: “three”), any vehicle drawn by three horses abreast, usually a sleigh with runners but also a wheeled carriage.

In Russia is a troika, drawn by three horses and driven by an elegantly clad coachman, was once the ultimate status symbol. All three horses were lightly harnessed, with the leader, or middle one, between the shafts of the vehicle at a trot, while the two wheelers, or outside horses (pulling at slightly divergent angles in an array shaped like a fan), galloped—one furiously, the other coquettishly.

Great care was taken in the harnessing of the animals to see that each performed at the desired gait. The nobility thus made great and colourful ceremonial displays.

Also of interest is the reverse side of the card. The address of the recipient Skipton, Yorkshire, England. The city was recorded in 1090. Is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the south of the Yorkshire Dales. It is situated 27 miles (43 km) north-west of Leeds and 38 miles (61 km) west of York. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,623.