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action animal animal's bars body bridoon buck-jumper buckle canter cantle carry catch cheeks consequently course covert cross curb curb-chain double bridle Double reins fact feet fence finger flaps flat race foot fore leg fore-hand former forward front gallop girths give Gorse grip ground head-stall Hence hind legs hind quarters horse horse's head horse's mouth horseman hounds hunting hunting seat inches iron jockey jump keep knees left hand Leicestershire length less liable Little Dalby lower jaw manner mount mouth-piece movement muscles neck nose-band numdah object ordinary pace panel Pelham placed pommel position practice pressure prevent pull puller Quorn race riding rear rein back ridden rider right hand rings rule running martingale saddle seat shorten shoulders speed spurs standing martingale steeplechase stirrup leathers straight strap stride surcingle surface tree trot uric acid usually Valentine's Brook walk weight whip withers
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Page 84 - 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
Page 184 - The right hand holding the rein, the left slides forward upon it, about twelve inches from the saddle, feeling the horse's mouth very lightly. "Three." The right hand drops the reins to the off side, takes a lock of the mane, brings it through the left hand and twists it round the thumb, the fingers of the left hand closing on it ; the right hand is then placed on the holster ; the body erect. '•'•Dismount.
Page 202 - ... stretched down, the toes raised from the insteps, and as near the horse's sides as the heels. A plummet line from the front point of the shoulder should fall an inch behind the heel.