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Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding By: George Greenwood (1799-1875) |
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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of corrections
is found at the end of the text. Inconsistencies in spelling and
hyphenation have been maintained. A list of inconsistently spelled
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HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP.
[Illustration]
HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP, TO A Nephew and Niece. BY AN OFFICER OF THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE
OF CAVALRY.
[Illustration]
LONDON.
EDWARD MOXON & C^o. DOVER STREET.
1861.
HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP, TO =A Nephew and Niece;= OR, COMMON SENSE AND COMMON ERRORS IN
COMMON RIDING.
BY COLONEL GEORGE GREENWOOD,
LATE LIEUT. COL. COMMANDING 2ND LIFE GUARDS.
NEW EDITION.
LONDON:
EDWARD MOXON & CO., DOVER STREET.
1861.
LONDON
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
MILITARY RIDING NOT FIT FOR COMMON RIDING. PAGE
Throughout Europe there is only one style of riding taught 2
That is the soldier's one handed style 2
Two hands should be used to the reins 5
A soldier's horse must turn on the wrong rein 7
Common riders generally turn their horses on the wrong rein 9
Result of this with colts or restive horses 10
Indications are not aids 12
CHAPTER II.
HOLDING AND HANDLING THE REINS. Reins at full length 14
The downward clutch 16
The Grecian mode of holding and handling the reins 18
The side clutch 20
The two reins crossed in one hand 21
A rein in each hand 23
Turn to the right, and left 26
The hunting hand 26
The rough rider's hand 27
Fixing the hands 28
Use of both bridles at once 30
Shortening the reins when held one in each hand, system of
taught, and of untaught horsemen 30
Use of the whip 34
Horses swerve and turn only to the left 34
Fault in "the great untaught," two handed, English rider 35
CHAPTER III.
EFFECT OF INDICATIONS. Retaining, urging, and guiding indications 36
To make a horse collect himself 37
Canter, right turn, right pass 38
Left shoulder in 38
Bearing on the mouth 39
The horse must be made to collect himself in turning 42
And should not be turned on one rein only 43
Lady's canter 44
The quicker the pace, the greater degree of collection 44
French and English mistake in this 45
The shy horse 46
The restive horse 48
Truth may be paradoxical 49
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