Handbook of Athletic Sports, Volume 6Ernest Bell G. Bell & sons, 1891 - Athletics |
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... fore legs well in front of him , without any rounding or climb of the knee , no " fighting the air , " the racing - like sweep of his powerful well - gathered haunches gives him a stride and pace that smothers any plodding half - bred ...
... fore legs well in front of him , without any rounding or climb of the knee , no " fighting the air , " the racing - like sweep of his powerful well - gathered haunches gives him a stride and pace that smothers any plodding half - bred ...
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... fore ; so free his action that the slightest indication of the " aids " shall set him instantly into an eight to twelve miles an hour out - and - on trot , or into an easy collected placid canter . To top up all , he must carry his ...
... fore ; so free his action that the slightest indication of the " aids " shall set him instantly into an eight to twelve miles an hour out - and - on trot , or into an easy collected placid canter . To top up all , he must carry his ...
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... fore leg , from the knee downwards , is not lifted from the ground and carried forward in the plane along which his whole body is moving , but is caused to describe , before reaching the ground , a lateral ellipse or curve some- what ...
... fore leg , from the knee downwards , is not lifted from the ground and carried forward in the plane along which his whole body is moving , but is caused to describe , before reaching the ground , a lateral ellipse or curve some- what ...
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... fore legs quicker than any pace - is par excellence the easiest pace of the horse , and consequently the most patronized by ladies . It is essentially the lady's pace , and being artificial as to its measured and collected slowness and ...
... fore legs quicker than any pace - is par excellence the easiest pace of the horse , and consequently the most patronized by ladies . It is essentially the lady's pace , and being artificial as to its measured and collected slowness and ...
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... fore hand is lightly lifted from the ground , and there is nothing " false in the motion . A horse is said to go false when , if cantering to the right on a curve , or circling to the right , he leads with the left , and vice versa , if ...
... fore hand is lightly lifted from the ground , and there is nothing " false in the motion . A horse is said to go false when , if cantering to the right on a curve , or circling to the right , he leads with the left , and vice versa , if ...
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