Handbook of Athletic Sports, Volume 6Ernest Bell G. Bell & sons, 1891 |
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... snaffle bit , the reins , for the most part , lying loose on the animal's neck , his rider being busy with his twenty foot , short - handled whip . Ambling , or what in America and Canada is termed pacing or racking , is a lateral camel ...
... snaffle bit , the reins , for the most part , lying loose on the animal's neck , his rider being busy with his twenty foot , short - handled whip . Ambling , or what in America and Canada is termed pacing or racking , is a lateral camel ...
Page 54
... snaffle or on the bridoon . Walk . - Slacken the hold on the bit by turning the little fingers of both hands forwards towards the horse's head , both legs at the same moment and together being pressed to the horse's side , giving the ...
... snaffle or on the bridoon . Walk . - Slacken the hold on the bit by turning the little fingers of both hands forwards towards the horse's head , both legs at the same moment and together being pressed to the horse's side , giving the ...
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... snaffle bit , has to be ever on the alert to round in some break - away steer or to turn some pugnacious bull . His horse , too , when once he is broken to the game , is as clever as a sheep dog : he has full liberty of his head and ...
... snaffle bit , has to be ever on the alert to round in some break - away steer or to turn some pugnacious bull . His horse , too , when once he is broken to the game , is as clever as a sheep dog : he has full liberty of his head and ...
Page 87
... snaffle hunter if possible , the beginner will commence with the smallest obstacles , both as regards height and width . I am not so much afraid of his falling off as of his unduly interfering with the liberty of the horse's head . From ...
... snaffle hunter if possible , the beginner will commence with the smallest obstacles , both as regards height and width . I am not so much afraid of his falling off as of his unduly interfering with the liberty of the horse's head . From ...
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... snaffle , care being taken that he should , on all occasions , take a long hold of the horse's head , keeping his hands back at least as far as the outer seams of his breeches . Such a course of breaking in will prove invaluable , and ...
... snaffle , care being taken that he should , on all occasions , take a long hold of the horse's head , keeping his hands back at least as far as the outer seams of his breeches . Such a course of breaking in will prove invaluable , and ...
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