 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...  Riding and Hunting - Page 184by Matthew Horace Hayes - 1901 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Donald Walker - Athletics - 1835 - 444 pages
...twelve inches from the saddle, feeling the horse's mouth very lightly ; — the right hand dropping the reins to the off side, takes a lock of the mane,...through the left, and twists it round the left thumb; — the fingers of the left hand close on it; — the right hand is placed on the pommel; the body... | |
 | Donald Walker - 1840 - 418 pages
...twelve inches from the saddle, feeling the horse's mouth very lightly ; — the right hand, dropping the reins to the off side, takes a lock of the mane,...through the left, and twists it round the left thumb ; — the fingers of the left hand close on it ; — the right hand is placed on the pommel ; the body... | |
 | Thomas Stephens - Fencing - 1843 - 132 pages
...12 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 finger of the left " hand closes upon it ; the right hand... | |
 | Army - 1844 - 298 pages
...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... | |
 | William Lennox L. Fitzgerald De-Ros (23rd baron.) - 1844 - 262 pages
...reins on the horse's mouth, the right hand remaining over the left. "Three." The right hand throws the reins to the off side, takes a lock of the mane, brings it through the left hand, and twists it round the left thumb; the left hand closes firmly on the mane and reins, the right... | |
 | Army - 1853 - 240 pages
...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... | |
 | John Henry Turner Warde - Horsemanship - 1855 - 24 pages
...them so that the left has an equal feeling of the reins in the horse's mouth. 3. The right hand throws the reins to the off side, takes a lock of the mane and twists it round the thumb, the right hand then takes hold of the left stirrup. 4. The left foot... | |
 | Donald Walker - Athletics - 1856 - 438 pages
...about twelve inches from the saddle, feeling the horse's mouth very lightly; the right hand, dropping the reins to the off side, takes a lock of the mane,...through the left, and twists it round the left thumb ; the fingers of the left hand close on it ; the right hand is placed on the pommel ; the body being... | |
 | War office, John Bower (Lieut.-Colonel.) - 1863 - 162 pages
...about twelve inches from the saddle, feeling the horse's mouth lightly. Three. The right hand drops the reins to the off side, takes a lock of the mane, as in mounting ; the right hand is placed on the pummel, the body erect. Dismount, in four motions.... | |
 | War office - 1865 - 242 pages
...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... | |
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