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... fence , the very sight of which seems to inflame his ardour , in most gallant style charges a brook , which when he is in the air he sees is too broad to be cleared . On his chest striking against the bank , and while his rider ...
... fence , the very sight of which seems to inflame his ardour , in most gallant style charges a brook , which when he is in the air he sees is too broad to be cleared . On his chest striking against the bank , and while his rider ...
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... fence , by the same simple precaution , the rider entirely avoids the concus- sion of that sudden jerk or effort necessary to enable the horse to clear it . In a fall , the pommel of the saddle and the horse's neck and head are much ...
... fence , by the same simple precaution , the rider entirely avoids the concus- sion of that sudden jerk or effort necessary to enable the horse to clear it . In a fall , the pommel of the saddle and the horse's neck and head are much ...
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... fence , with what mathematicians call " an unknown quantity " on the other side , if the rider sits justly on his saddle , it is the horse and not he that receives the concussion of any fall that may ensue , simply because the spring of ...
... fence , with what mathematicians call " an unknown quantity " on the other side , if the rider sits justly on his saddle , it is the horse and not he that receives the concussion of any fall that may ensue , simply because the spring of ...
Page 42
... fence of any sort or kind , may thus be made competent to follow hounds across any country in the United Kingdom ; while , on the other hand , the nag that had only been taught in a riding - school or in a dealer's yard to jump neatly ...
... fence of any sort or kind , may thus be made competent to follow hounds across any country in the United Kingdom ; while , on the other hand , the nag that had only been taught in a riding - school or in a dealer's yard to jump neatly ...
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... fences , he rushes more and more recklessly at them , until he gets into needless trouble . On the other hand , just as he approaches every fence , if he be always patted on the neck , and gently restrained , he feels satisfied that he ...
... fences , he rushes more and more recklessly at them , until he gets into needless trouble . On the other hand , just as he approaches every fence , if he be always patted on the neck , and gently restrained , he feels satisfied that he ...
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