Riding: on the Flat and Across Country. A Guide to Practical HorsemanshipW. Thacker & Company, 1881 - 252 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action allow animal animal's body buck-jumpers buckle canter cantle carried catch cause centre chance Colonel Greenwood course curb curb bit curbchain double bridle double reins Edwin Martin feeling feet fence finger finish flaps flat race fore legs forward front gallop George Fordham girth give go fast grip habit headstall hind legs hind quarters hold horse horse's head horse's mouth horse's sides horseman inches jockey jump keep knee lady lean leather left foot left hand length liable mane manner mount mouthpiece movements navicular disease never noseband one's ordinary pace pommel position possible practice pressure prevent puller punishment race riding refuse remarks riding a horse right hand right leg round running running martingale saddle seat shorten shoulders slipknot snaffle speed spurs standing martingale steady steeplechase stirrup straight stride sweat take a pull Thacker Tom Cannon trick turn walk weight whip
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 112 - ... a jockey ought to be particularly careful to "keep a bit in hand " with a horse of this sort. That hard pullers often fail to stay is frequently the fault of their riders. I quite agree with Hiram Woodruff, the celebrated American trainer, when he remarks that, " It is often said that a horse cannot pull hard and last ; and this is contrary to the facts that I am about to mention.