Rules for bad horsemenJ. Robson, 1762 - 82 páginas |
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Página 78 - ... hind legs, to one fide, becaufe your leg prevents him ; nor to the other, , becaufe his head looks that way, and a horfe does not ftart and fpring to the fide on which he looks.
Página 61 - Can he undcrftand the rider's fpurring him with his face diredl«d to it, as a fign for him to pafs it ? That a horfe is eafily alarmed for his face and eyes; (he will even catch back his head from a hand going to carefs him) that he will not go with any force, face to face, even to another horfe ; (if in his power to...
Página 37 - ... their force as he becomes obedient. When your horse attempts to be vicious, take each rein separate, one in each hand, and, advancing your arms forward, hold him very short. In this case it is common for the rider to pull him hard, with his arms low. But the horse...
Página 55 - ... his fide, towards his flank : he will then go ftraight along the road. By this method, and by turning his head a little more, he may be forced with his croup clofe up to what frighted him ; for as his head is pulled one way, his croup neceflhrily turns the other.
Página 58 - ... as a forerunner of his meat ; whereas, if he was whipped up to it, he might perhaps ftart at it, as long as he Lived. Might not this be applied to his...
Página 54 - When a horfe ftarts at' any thing on one fide, moft riders, turn him out of the road, to make him go up to what he ftarts at : if he does not get the better of his fear, or readily comply, he generally goes...
Página 78 - ... his haunches under him, going down a hill ; help him on the fide of a bank ; more eafily avoid the wheel of a carriage, and approach more gracefully and nearer to the fide of a coach, or horfeman. When a pampered horfe...
Página 38 - Horses arc so accustomed to bear on the bit when they go forward, that they are discouraged if the rider will not let them do so. If a horse is loose-necked, he will throw up his head at a continued, pull ; in which situation, the rider, seeing the front of his face, can have no power over him. When...
Página 16 - Hold your reins with the whole grasp of your hand, dividing them with your little finger. Let your hand be perpendicular; your thumb will then be uppermost and placed on the bridle. Bend your wrist a little outward; and, when you pull the bridle, raise your hand towards your breast, and the lower part of the palm rather more than the upper.
Página 64 - Chufe your fnaffle full and thick in the mouth, efpecially at the ends, to which the reins are fattened. Moft of them are made too...