By M. C. Grimsgaard

Initially released in 1911, this early paintings on unique instruction manual for Riders is either dear and tough to discover in its first version. it is a interesting learn for any using fanatic or historian, but in addition comprises a lot info that continues to be priceless and useful this day. Chapters comprise; The riders gown, The strong and its administration, Mounting & Dismounting and Saluting on horseback plus many extra interesting chapters. a number of the earliest books, fairly these courting again to the 1900s and earlier than, at the moment are tremendous scarce and more and more dear. we're republishing those vintage works in reasonable, prime quality, smooth variations, utilizing the unique textual content and paintings.

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Trimming the hoof, in — order to make it 35 — look small, is as injurious to the by too small horse as the pinching in of the foot footwear is to The proportion between the the quarters and at the toe man. height of the hoof at should, as a rule, be as % horn grows about i fitted, On shod 3. inch in To the ready and shoe should be to 5 hoofs the weeks. correctly pared hoof the shoe observing that the to the whole plantarsurface, not pressing on the sole and the frog, not reaching outside the hoof except a very little at the outside quarters, and the branches of the shoe reaching about -^ lies close inch beyond the corners of the quarters.

The saddlery ought to be cleaned as soon as has been used, that possible after it directly after the cleaning of the horse. mouth piece is washed, damp weather, gone over with the is to say, First well dried, and, in a greasy cloth, then the leather of the bridle is rubbed off with a moist piece of cloth and afterwards with a dry — one; 45 — martingale and breast-plate are treated in the same manner. Stirrup-leathers with stirrups are taken out of the saddle; are treated, if they are the stirrup-leathers soiled, the same as the rubbed with a dry piece of cloth.

New, yellow leather, before being used, ought to be smeared with a little salad oil, and, when the oil is absorbed, rubbed and polished with English saddle-paste. pigskin cover of the saddle oil is only saddle-paste. A similar On the not applied, but treatment of the leather should also occasionally be given later on to protect it against moisture and to prevent it from cracking. The saddlery ought to be cleaned as soon as has been used, that possible after it directly after the cleaning of the horse.

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