 | Books and bookselling - 1787 - 536 pages
...exercilingthera a good deal will keep your blood in proper circulation, and prevent your toes from being cold. The mode of leaning the body pretty forward over the pommel of the faddle, in a walk or a trot, has been too little in practice of late years, and it is high time it... | |
 | Henry William Bunbury - English wit and humor - 1905 - 196 pages
...to be considered as particularly essential to every gentleman that appears on horseback in publick. And I shall endeavour to point out what most immediately...trot, has been too little in practice of late years, aud it is high time it should be revived. There is an appearance of airiness in it, that embellishes... | |
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... you spur the saddle cloth ; if you are leggy you never touch him at all ; and if middling you only wear out your own girths, without your horse being a bit the better for it. Elegance of position is to be considered as particularly essential to every... 