Word: wagoneer
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...such elementary procedures as how to lay out the hunt party's lunch, moves on to more sophisticated exercises like setting snares or stalking wild fowl with an artificial cow. One of the most charming illuminations illustrates the high art of camouflage. The huntsman, drawn in a simple wagon by a white palfrey, has concealed himself and the wagon behind leaves and branches...
...chance to see familiar territory peopled by somewhat stranger animals than one finds in your run-of-the-mill western. But it was not to be: after the dramatic novelty of an execrably-filmed first five minutes, the Europeans prove themselves no different from any old tourist-class wagon train passenger. We are left to coast along, languidly carried by the debatable charisma of Sean Connery fighting Indians...
...least in certain circumstances--makes the public opinion surveys an important political tool. Even as simple mirrors of public opinion they can have far-reaching side effects. For instance, no one knows how many voters last month were swayed by a tendency to jump aboard a Nixon band wagon. Leading pollsters, including Gallup, unequivocally reject the notion that there may be a so-called "band-wagon effect." They cite Hubert Humphrey's dramatic comeback as evidence for their view. Still others feel that the polls may actually have helped Humphrey by generating an "underdog" sympathy vote. Whichever of these effects...
...replaced Ward Bond in Wagon Train...
...Wagon Train's chef...