This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...boys grow, they will learn when the pony is at a trot, to lay hold of the mane with both hands, and from either side, to vault on his back or clean over him. Nothing is easier so long as he be under weigh. Note the riders in the circus, they always swing themselves on to the back or saddle when the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...boys grow, they will learn when the pony is at a trot, to lay hold of the mane with both hands, and from either side, to vault on his back or clean over him. Nothing is easier so long as he be under weigh. Note the riders in the circus, they always swing themselves on to the back or saddle when the horse is in motion. When children are kind to their ponies it is marvellous how close the bond of union between them and their fourfooted friend becomes. The Arab mares and their foals let the young Bedaween take all sorts of liberties with them. I have seen a little riding lad in a racing stable seek protection under his mare's legs--a byno means placid-tempered animal--from the bullying treatment of the other urchins. Sir Francis Head in his " Horse and his Rider," mentions a visit to the farmyard of a Mr. Roff, on the Brighton Road, near Croydon, where to his surprise he observed a lot of children playing with a yearling colt, which allowed them to crawl between is legs and fondle him in various ways, just as if he was a dog. On riding into the yard to inquire by what magical means the little quadruped had been made so gende and tame, he was informed by the worthy old farmer who owned the colt that his wife, kind to all her beasts, had for many years been yearning to add to them a pet colt; that accordingly he had bought her one, and that she had tamed it. With uxorious pride he added "she could tame anything." Though disapproving of children being about the stable, there can be no harm in their visiting their pet in his paddock, hovel, or loose box, taking with them some little treat, and spending an hour or so with him. Children are by no means light-handed, and are much given to ride in the pony's mouth--that is, hold...
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Add this copy of Practical Horsemanship to cart. $65.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
Add this copy of Practical Horsemanship to cart. $66.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
