Military equitation: or, a method of breaking horses, and teaching soldiers to ride. Designed for the use of the army / By Henry earl of Pembroke.

  • Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
Date:
1793
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Military equitation: or, a method of breaking horses, and teaching soldiers to ride. Designed for the use of the army / By Henry earl of Pembroke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The firft: obedience required in a horfe, is going forwards : ’Till he performs this duty freely* never even think of making him rein back, which would inevita- bly render him reftive : As foon as he goes forwards readily, ftop and carefs him. You muft remember in this, and likewife in every other exercife, to ufe him to go equally well, to the right and left j and when he obeys, carefs him and difmifs him immediately. A horfe, though ever fo perfeft to one hand only, is but a half drefled horfe. If a horfe, that is very young, takes fright and Hands Hill, lead on another horfe before him, which probably will induce him inftahtly to follow. Put a fnafflc in his mouth j which fnaffle fhould be full, and thick in the mouth-piece, and not too Ihort: and when he goes freely, faddle him, girting him at firft very loofe. Let the cord, which you hold, be long and loofe j but not fo much fo, as to endanger the horfe’s entangling his legs in it. It muft be obferved, that fmall circles, in the beginning, would conftrain the horfe too much, and put him upon defending himfelfr No bend muft be required at firft: never fuffer him to gallop falfe j but whenever he attempts it, ftop him with* B 2 out
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