Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece ; Or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common RidingEdward Moxon, 1861 - 130 páginas |
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... body , and three inches from it . " In this position we are taught that " the little finger of the bridle - hand has four lines of action - first , towards the breast ( to stop or rein back ) ; second , towards the right shoulder ( to ...
... body , and three inches from it . " In this position we are taught that " the little finger of the bridle - hand has four lines of action - first , towards the breast ( to stop or rein back ) ; second , towards the right shoulder ( to ...
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... body . The horse can endure no greater torture than that resulting from an uneven hand . This is known to every hack - cabman . Every hack - cabman has hourly experience that a job in the mouth will compel his jaded slave into a trot ...
... body . The horse can endure no greater torture than that resulting from an uneven hand . This is known to every hack - cabman . Every hack - cabman has hourly experience that a job in the mouth will compel his jaded slave into a trot ...
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... mechanical impossibility of the rider assisting his horse when falling may be demon- strated thus : no motion can be given to a body without a foreign force or a foreign fulcrum . Your strength is 52 [ CHAP . MECHANICAL AID OF THE RIDER .
... mechanical impossibility of the rider assisting his horse when falling may be demon- strated thus : no motion can be given to a body without a foreign force or a foreign fulcrum . Your strength is 52 [ CHAP . MECHANICAL AID OF THE RIDER .
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... body ? They indeed argue , " Surely if you throw back the weight of the shoulders over the croupe of the horse , you relieve his fore - hand , and diminish the chance of his falling . " This is rather to propose a new method of ...
... body ? They indeed argue , " Surely if you throw back the weight of the shoulders over the croupe of the horse , you relieve his fore - hand , and diminish the chance of his falling . " This is rather to propose a new method of ...
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... body of the man upward and forward , and by clasping with his legs he will draw the chair also with him . But he can only accomplish in this way a very little distance with a very great exertion . If the jockey made this muscular ...
... body of the man upward and forward , and by clasping with his legs he will draw the chair also with him . But he can only accomplish in this way a very little distance with a very great exertion . If the jockey made this muscular ...
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2nd Life Guards Arab bars breeds bridle buckles canter carrot cavalry chair CHAPTER CHARLES LAMB cloth CLUTCH COLERIDGE'S colt colt-breaker common error common riding cross croupe distressed for wind EDITION EDWARD MOXON feet flap foolscap 8vo foot force foreign fulcrum fourth finger gallop girths ground hard food head-stall HISTORY OF EGYPT holding and handling horse's head horse's mouth horseman hunting indications jockey keep knee lady left hand left rein left shoulder legs loose manége martingale mount muscular natural conditions noseband obey pace pass POEMS porte prevent price 68 pull pummel quits the hand rein back Reins at full restive horse rider right hand right rein roller rough-rider saddle seat short rein shortening the reins side side-saddle snaffle soldier sore ridge stall stirrup stirrup-leather strap style of riding supple surcingle THOMAS HOOD throw thumb tongue turn urging volume warmth weight whip WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wrong rein
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