On Seats and Saddles: Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of Restiveness in HorsesJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 255 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 6 - ... horses were really fit for service, the remainder having been disabled by less than one month's marching ; for, with the exception of one or two squadrons that fought at Magenta, the French cavalry was never under fire up to the 24th June, and an immense proportion of these had been rendered unserviceable by the saddle and other portions of the equipment.
الصفحة 224 - Like so many other absurdities, this too originates in the exaggerated, and there fore wrong, application of a really correct and useful principle. There can be no doubt that in two-wheeled carriages or carts the load ought to be balanced on the axle-tree, so as that a minimum of pressure should fall on the horse's back, because by this arrangement the entire power of the animal is reserved for traction ; and as the most useful way of employing a horse's power is in draught, and the worst is in carrying...
الصفحة 315 - 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...
الصفحة 214 - When a horse has a large draught in a waggon, however, it is found useful to load his back to a certain extent, this prevents him from inclining so much forward as he would otherwise do, and consequently frees him from the fatigue of great muscular action. The best disposition of the traces in draught is when they are perpendicular to the collar...
الصفحة 13 - 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...
الصفحة 206 - ... bit may be put into its mouth with a fair chance of success ; but there are some horses that never forget this trick when once acquired. There is another trick which is not so inconvenient, although it is very unsightly — namely, when the horse lolls out its 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...
الصفحة 176 - 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
الصفحة 294 - ... which remain otherwise unattainable ; for no one will pretend that the position assumed by the hunting man for the purpose of making his horse throw its weight on the fore legs, with its head and neck well down and extended, can also serve the exactly opposite purpose we have in view in the correction of vicious animals. A word with regard to the whip and its use will not be out of place. The effect of this instrument depends altogether on the part of the horse's body to which it is applied,...
الصفحة 46 - 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.
الصفحة 179 - 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...