page_title: Shooting-brake
section_title: Horse-drawn wagons
hierarchical_section_title: Shooting-brake / Horse-drawn wagons
caption_attribution_description: English: Going In--Old Style Subject: Campers (Persons), Wagons, Draft horses Tag: People
context_page_description: Shooting-brake is a car body style which originated in the 1890s as a horse-drawn wagon used to transport shooting parties with their equipment and game.
  The first automotive shooting brakes were manufactured in the early 1900s in the United Kingdom. The vehicle style became popular in England during the 1920s and 1930s, and was produced by vehicle manufacturers or as conversions by coachbuilders. The term was used in Britain interchangeably with estate car from the 1930s but has not been in general use for many years and has been more or less superseded by the latter term.
  Since the 1960s, the term has evolved, describing cars combining elements of both station wagon and coupé body styles, with or without reference to the historical usage for shooting parties. During the 1960s and early 1970s, several high-end European manufacturers produced two-door shooting brake versions of their sports cars. Following a hiatus from the mid 1970s until the early 2010s, the shooting-brake body style entered a resurgence.
context_section_description: Like many early automotive body styles, the shooting brake was originally a type of horse-drawn vehicle. A brake was originally a heavy drag chassis with slowing capability hooked to spirited horses; however the etymology is likely related to any rear-facing vehicle such as a railway brake van (UK) or caboose (US). It is also possible that the word 'brake' has its origins in the Dutch word 'brik' which means 'cart' or 'carriage'. The term brake later became broader in definition, being used for wagons in general. 
  The shooting brake, which began in England in the 1890s, was a wagon (more specifically a type of wagonette) designed to transport hunting spoils, gun racks and ammunition on shooting trips.  In the US, a station wagon refers to luggage transport to railway depots ("stations").
caption: A horse-drawn shooting brake in 1903 (photo from the New York Fish and Game Commission)
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