. The Farmer's friend [microform] : containing Rarey's horse secret, with other valuable receipts and information. Horses; Horses; Horse-training; Chevaux; Chevaux; Chevaux. Si THB FARMBB'S FRIEND. s appears free, the horse is soon fatigued, stambles, aud becomes useless. A horse should raise hia shoulderis and his lower haunches in walking; he should also support his leg^and raise it high enough; but if he keeps it up too long or lets it fall too slowly, he loses all the advantage of his suppleness, becomes heavy, and fit for nothing but to match with another and for show. It is not sufficien
. The Farmer's friend [microform] : containing Rarey's horse secret, with other valuable receipts and information. Horses; Horses; Horse-training; Chevaux; Chevaux; Chevaux. Si THB FARMBB'S FRIEND. s appears free, the horse is soon fatigued, stambles, aud becomes useless. A horse should raise hia shoulderis and his lower haunches in walking; he should also support his leg^and raise it high enough; but if he keeps it up too long or lets it fall too slowly, he loses all the advantage of his suppleness, becomes heavy, and fit for nothing but to match with another and for show. It is not sufficient that his walk should be easy, his steps must also be equal and uniform both be- hind and before, for if his buttocks have a swing- ing motion whilst he keeps up his shoulders, tho rider is'much jolted, which is very uneasy to him. The same thing happens when a horse extends his hind leg too much, and rests it almost in the same place in which he rested his fore foot. Horses with short bodies are subject to this fault. Those which cross their legs or strike them against each other, are not sure footed; and those whose bodies are long are the most easy for the rider, because he is at a greater distance from the two centres of motion, the shoulders and the haunches, and b therefore less sensible of the mo- tion and jolting. The usual method of walking among quadru- peds, is to lift up at the saiae time one of the fore. 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 Hamilton, C. W. [Ont. ] : Porter and Schneider
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