. Breaking and riding, with military commentaries. Horses; Horsemanship. JUMPING. 199 rider. This is not quite true, because it is evident that the animal cannot know what is in the mind of the man on his back; but he can feel that the " aids," like the will of the rider, are hesitating. To make the horse resolute we should, in the first instance, be resolute ourselves. If our pluck gives way,our "aids" will be vacillating; but if we harden our heart, we will transmit. Fig. 46.—Clearing a fence. confidence to the horse by means of the '' aids," which, in this case, sho
. Breaking and riding, with military commentaries. Horses; Horsemanship. JUMPING. 199 rider. This is not quite true, because it is evident that the animal cannot know what is in the mind of the man on his back; but he can feel that the " aids," like the will of the rider, are hesitating. To make the horse resolute we should, in the first instance, be resolute ourselves. If our pluck gives way,our "aids" will be vacillating; but if we harden our heart, we will transmit. Fig. 46.—Clearing a fence. confidence to the horse by means of the '' aids," which, in this case, should act with vigour and precision. The rider who goes up to a fence for the first time, usually imagines that he will receive a terrible shock. As a rule, he instinctively stiffens himself so as not to be displaced, and when he falls off, the accident is generally due to this stiffness. As I have already said, we should give with the hands at Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fillis, James, 1834-1913. London, Hurst and Blackett
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