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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... Rest for strains . Nature for wounds . Miles for shoeing The horse should have water always by him . And should stand loose • No galloping on hard ground , either by master or man He who cripples the horse kills him . PAGE 115 116 116 ...
... Rest for strains . Nature for wounds . Miles for shoeing The horse should have water always by him . And should stand loose • No galloping on hard ground , either by master or man He who cripples the horse kills him . PAGE 115 116 116 ...
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... rest of his days . I have seen the gentle and brave , under such circumstances , act very much like the cruel and cowardly ; that is to say , first rough an innocent animal for their own fault , and then yield to his resistance . It is ...
... rest of his days . I have seen the gentle and brave , under such circumstances , act very much like the cruel and cowardly ; that is to say , first rough an innocent animal for their own fault , and then yield to his resistance . It is ...
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... rest of my book " protervis in mare Creticum portare ventis . " We will call this movement cross , because the reins , when in one hand , are crossed inside the hand . Take the left rein with the three last fingers of the left hand , so ...
... rest of my book " protervis in mare Creticum portare ventis . " We will call this movement cross , because the reins , when in one hand , are crossed inside the hand . Take the left rein with the three last fingers of the left hand , so ...
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... rest on the same footing . I believe he can , thus . If a man sits astride of a chair , with his feet off the ground , and clasps the chair with his legs , by the muscular exertion of his lower limbs he can jump the chair along . The ...
... rest on the same footing . I believe he can , thus . If a man sits astride of a chair , with his feet off the ground , and clasps the chair with his legs , by the muscular exertion of his lower limbs he can jump the chair along . The ...
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... rest to his horse's honour . The horse should feel sufficiently commanded to know that he must go , and sufficiently at liberty to know that he may use all his capabilities . The body should not previously be thrown back , but as the ...
... rest to his horse's honour . The horse should feel sufficiently commanded to know that he must go , and sufficiently at liberty to know that he may use all his capabilities . The body should not previously be thrown back , but as the ...
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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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Página 124 - ... occasion requires it, they must, alas ! be used up ; but in my opinion, nothing but a case of life and death can justify the deed. If the ground be hard and even, a collected canter may be allowed, but if hard and uneven, a moderate trot at most. One hour's gallop on such ground would do the soundest horse irremediable mischief. Those who boast of having gone such a distance, in such a time, on the ground supposed, show ignorance or inhumanity. Such feats require cruelty only, not courage.
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