On Seats and Saddles: Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of Restiveness in HorsesBlackwood, 1868 - 265 páginas |
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... evident that more ground has been covered in the former than in the latter with the same number of strides , which are therefore longer . The advantage conferred by throwing the weight for- ward is , therefore , that it tends to ...
... evident that more ground has been covered in the former than in the latter with the same number of strides , which are therefore longer . The advantage conferred by throwing the weight for- ward is , therefore , that it tends to ...
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... evident that , both in a state of rest and of action , the fourteenth vertebra is constantly the centre of motion ; and it is precisely from our practical knowledge of this beautiful mechanism that judges of horses attach so much ...
... evident that , both in a state of rest and of action , the fourteenth vertebra is constantly the centre of motion ; and it is precisely from our practical knowledge of this beautiful mechanism that judges of horses attach so much ...
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... evident enough from the fore- going , that if the part of the saddle occupied by the rider be placed over the line E F , fig . 4 , the horse's balance is not necessarily deranged or the centre of motion interfered with so long as the ...
... evident enough from the fore- going , that if the part of the saddle occupied by the rider be placed over the line E F , fig . 4 , the horse's balance is not necessarily deranged or the centre of motion interfered with so long as the ...
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... evident that a rider sitting at one end of his saddle instead of in the centre , will pro- duce the same injurious effect . The next question to be determined is , To what part of the saddle should the girths be attached ? Now it is ...
... evident that a rider sitting at one end of his saddle instead of in the centre , will pro- duce the same injurious effect . The next question to be determined is , To what part of the saddle should the girths be attached ? Now it is ...
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... evident that the more directly under the rider's seat the stirrups be suspended , the more efficiently will they perform this duty , the resistance offered by them being perpendicularly upwards , or precisely in the opposite di- rection ...
... evident that the more directly under the rider's seat the stirrups be suspended , the more efficiently will they perform this duty , the resistance offered by them being perpendicularly upwards , or precisely in the opposite di- rection ...
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