. Breaking and riding, with military commentaries. Horses; Horsemanship. MAKING A HORSE QUIET TO MOUNT. 67 I then face the left shoulder of the horse. If he runs back, a cut on the croup with the whip will bring him forward. This can be repeated twenty or thirty times till he yields. If he goes forward, I bring him back by feeling the reins. If he shies to the left, I draw his head to that side, and conse â quently bring his hind quarters to the right. Similarly, if he. Fig. 15.âProper way to mount. shies to the right, I draw his head to the right, so as to make him carry his hind quarters to
. Breaking and riding, with military commentaries. Horses; Horsemanship. MAKING A HORSE QUIET TO MOUNT. 67 I then face the left shoulder of the horse. If he runs back, a cut on the croup with the whip will bring him forward. This can be repeated twenty or thirty times till he yields. If he goes forward, I bring him back by feeling the reins. If he shies to the left, I draw his head to that side, and conse â quently bring his hind quarters to the right. Similarly, if he. Fig. 15.âProper way to mount. shies to the right, I draw his head to the right, so as to make him carry his hind quarters to the left. He makes his defences, when the rider touches the stirrup with his foot, when he puts his foot into the stirrup, or when he raises himself by his straightened left knee, and before he has passed his right leg over the saddle. We should not go to the second or third of these movements until we have made the horse perfectly steady in the preceding movement. We should not place ourselves in the saddle until the animal remains steady during all the time we are standing on the 5* 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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