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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... knee in contact with the wall , consequently all farther chastisement ceases ; for were the rider to make his horse plunge , his knee would be crushed against the wall . The horse , finding this , probably thinks that it is the very ...
... knee in contact with the wall , consequently all farther chastisement ceases ; for were the rider to make his horse plunge , his knee would be crushed against the wall . The horse , finding this , probably thinks that it is the very ...
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... knee , against it ; continue to use the spur , and the horse will never go near a wall again . be para- To pull a horse from what he shies at , and towards the Truth may wall he rubs you against , are very paradoxical doctrines ...
... knee , against it ; continue to use the spur , and the horse will never go near a wall again . be para- To pull a horse from what he shies at , and towards the Truth may wall he rubs you against , are very paradoxical doctrines ...
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... knees . The 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 ...
... knees . The 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 ...
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... knees instead of his jaws . But a common bit placed in the common way never touches the horse's bars at all , it is usually placed higher than as directed above , and , as it pivots on the eye ( that part to which the headstall is ...
... knees instead of his jaws . But a common bit placed in the common way never touches the horse's bars at all , it is usually placed higher than as directed above , and , as it pivots on the eye ( that part to which the headstall is ...
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... knee , and downwards with the back part above the right knee , a wonderfully strong grasp is ob- tained , much stronger than the grasp obtained by the mode in which men ride . This will be quite clear to you if , when sitting in your ...
... knee , and downwards with the back part above the right knee , a wonderfully strong grasp is ob- tained , much stronger than the grasp obtained by the mode in which men ride . This will be quite clear to you if , when sitting in your ...
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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 English feet flap foolscap 8vo foot force foreign fulcrum fourth finger gallop girths give 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 loose manége martingale mount muscular natural conditions noseband obey pace pass POEMS POETICAL porte prevent price 68 pull pummel quits the hand rein back 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 thorough-bred horse throw thumb tongue turn urging volume weight whip WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wrong rein
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