On Seats and Saddles: Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of Restiveness in HorsesBlackwood, 1868 - 265 páginas |
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... weight to be carried - The horse's skele- ton is the framework of the machine we employ as a bearer -In order to adjust the burden to this , some knowledge of the machine is required , as also of the saddle by means of which that burden ...
... weight to be carried - The horse's skele- ton is the framework of the machine we employ as a bearer -In order to adjust the burden to this , some knowledge of the machine is required , as also of the saddle by means of which that burden ...
Página viii
... weight it will have to support : its shape should be adapted , on the one hand , to the horse's back ; on the other , to the rider's seat and legs - The weight should be so placed as to press equally over the whole under surface of the ...
... weight it will have to support : its shape should be adapted , on the one hand , to the horse's back ; on the other , to the rider's seat and legs - The weight should be so placed as to press equally over the whole under surface of the ...
Página ix
... weight must be distributed equally between the three bones forming the triangle of his fork , and not on any two of these , or on the third alone - It is better to commence riding with stirrups than without - The jockey's saddle and ...
... weight must be distributed equally between the three bones forming the triangle of his fork , and not on any two of these , or on the third alone - It is better to commence riding with stirrups than without - The jockey's saddle and ...
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... weight with reference to its supports as insures stability , or , in other words , prevents its upsetting or falling ; also something about levers . The chief weight to be carried by the machine is , of course , the rider , whose seat ...
... weight with reference to its supports as insures stability , or , in other words , prevents its upsetting or falling ; also something about levers . The chief weight to be carried by the machine is , of course , the rider , whose seat ...
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... weight and that of the saddle , the extra burden of a huge pack of things forming his kit . It is obvious that the most careful adjustment of the rider and saddle to the gene- ral equilibrium of himself and horse will avail little if ...
... weight and that of the saddle , the extra burden of a huge pack of things forming his kit . It is obvious that the most careful adjustment of the rider and saddle to the gene- ral equilibrium of himself and horse will avail little if ...
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On Seats and Saddles Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of ... Francis Dwyer Visualização integral - 1868 |
On Seats and Saddles: Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of ... Francis Dwyer Visualização integral - 1869 |
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