On Seats and Saddles Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of Restiveness in HorsesWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 265 sider |
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On Seats and Saddles Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of ... Francis Dwyer Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
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Side 107 - ... produced depends not only on the absolute power applied, but also on the direction in which this is done. For instance, considering the horse's head as a lever which is to act on the neck and bring it towards the rider's hand, it is very evident that if the former be so stretched out as to form, as it were, a continuation of the latter, as we see race-horses coming into the post, there is, in fact, no lever action whatever.
Side 9 - The neglect of this is one of the main causes of the sore-back disasters that usually occur at the commencement of a campaign, and, to the great astonishment of the uninitiated, frequently disappear in the further course of it. There is another great difference between the conditions under which the soldier and the civilian mount their horses, the former being compelled to ride with one hand, and have the other free to use his weapons ; besides, his life frequently depends on a rapid change of direction...
Side 155 - Instead of a curbchain, a flat piece of bridle leather, furnished with a few links at each end, may be used. " It is very clear that the narrower the chain is made, the more likely is it to cause pain, which is just what we want to avoid, and we should therefore endeavour to make it as broad as possible. The vulgar notion of a sharp curb, is, as the reader perceives, a monstrous absurdity
Side 243 - This moment must be attentively watched for by the assistant with the whip, who should then " pitch in" a dexterous stroke under the belly, and this will generally suffice to get the animal to go forwards. In conclusion, it cannot be too strongly impressed on the minds of those who undertake to handle restive horses, that very little can be done by main force, nothing at all by cruel or even severe treatment ; whereas everything may be fairly hoped from patience, judgment, and kindness. It is especially...
Side 182 - ... tongue either directly in front, or, as more usually happens, to one side. This, too, is usually a consequence of bad — that is, too severe — bitting, and, with carriage-horses, of the bearing-rein being too short. In many cases a suitable bit will suffice, combined with a loose bearing-rein, where that has been the cause, and the horse will be immediately lighter in the hand. Sometimes, however, this fails, and the only remedy that remains is to attach a " fringe " to the mouth-piece, which,...
Side 152 - ... and consequently that of the lower one. The curb must lie in the curb-groove, without any tendency to mount up out of it on to the sharp bones of the lower jaw...
Side 178 - ... fourth and fifth inches. It is scarcely necessary to point out that if this gauge be placed in the horse's mouth like a bit, with the bar ab at exactly the proper point (opposite the chingroove), the fixed cheek-piece cd being then held gently up to the off side of the mouth (the operator facing the horse's forehead), the sliding one...
Side 36 - Which part of the horse's back it should be fitted to has been " dimly shadowed forth'" in Chapter I., but shall be more clearly and accurately determined in the course of this present one. As regards size or extent of surface the meaning is, that the greater this is with a given weight, the less will be the pressure on any given point, and consequently the less risk of sore back, provided always that the pressure be equally distributed over the whole surface. To make a saddle a yard long, and put...
Side 63 - Next, hands and seat." the generality of riders are but too apt to sit on their horses in the bent attitude of the last paroxysm or exertion which helped them into the saddle. Now, when a man in this toad-like position rides along — say a macadamized road — he travels always ready, at a moment's notice, to proceed by himself in the direction in which he is pointing, in case the progress of his horse should be suddenly stopped by his falling down.
Side 158 - Now between these two extremes there is a wide range, and the whole art of bitting consists, so far as the mouthpiece goes, in determining how much of the pressure shall fall on the tongue and how much on the bars, and...