Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-08-15


10 display her beautiful person before
crowds of boors; but am sorry 10 add
that the character of my queen was moi
above reproach; and, lis had nothing bul
my character to stand upon in Moscow
was Obliged to witnlIaw from the 0hserva-
tiun which her attention fixed upon me.
Hints OIL Horspmanship.-An officer OF
British Cavalry has published work IN
this subecr, from which The following use
ful hints are taken -
Another capital mistake is, To fancy
that we can keep horse from falling by
pulling hard al his mouth. Ii is painful
to see tirnid rider goins down hill with
his reins so lighlenrd that The horses
mouth is drawn up Uu a line with the no
rizon; aud his eyes SO elevated that it is
impossible for him 10 see where he is
stepping The chancrs Of stumble are
ihus more than doubled aud if II horse
stumble in that condition, cram2etl and
tiehIened, and prohibited The use o. hi~
head and nerk. with which. il left to him.
selfllc will do wonders in recovering him-
self, down he must go In riding, the in
expert and timid hold on chiefly by and
through The rein. They tighten il so as 10
make it a kind oIbar or pole by which to stea
dy themselves IN heir s'a, and to them
my r-ilxl'ion If either bride is almost
as fatal "a Thing as losing IA rrup. With
good horse let no such men be trusted
they are The Bishop Boomers and martyr
makers of the noblesr part oi the animal
creation. But many olber riders, VIII"
are neither Iimid nor alIngelher nexper.
fancy that they can keep a horse OH his
feet by haIi:breakine his jaws.
Common sense tells rs, that horse re
crives no aid from Il pull in The mouth with
piece OF iron, ORA blow from whip,
a kick in the si,le with IN armed heel.
however these may Indn ate Ihe wishes or
commands oIIhe rider. beg my pupil To
believe, that the hursc's legs support the
rider, aud rot The riders the horse-lnpre
Than this, The rider canuor lift the horse, nol
hold him UP when III the act Of falling.
How oflen do we hear a man assert, thai
he has taken his horse up between his
hands and legs. and lifted him over
fence that iIr has recovered his horse on
the Other side, orrIlal his horse would have
fallen forty times, il he had not held him
up! These are WI gar errors, ind neclla,
nical inposslblities. Could ten men with
hamlSpkes, lltl the weigh OF IA Nurse
Probably. Attach the weight to the tllln
rein of Il Iady's bridle! Could a lady lit
il with lie lclI hand think moi, though
il is commonly surpassed she could
These are not harmless unes they in
duce an ambitious interference with The
liDrSc al ii moment IN which he should he
left uucUniuset To the use Of his own ener.
sles. At. by pulling, aud giving him pam
in The mouth, you lurce hln 10 throw up
his mead AMI neck, You prevent his seeing
how to IDnl 0uI amy unsafe sron d, or
where to take of al Il fence; and 10 The
case Of stumbling, you prevent an aci"u
dictated alike by nature aud philosophy.
When an uuInUunted horse SIuinbles, ia
lure teaches him 10 drop III head and
neck philosophy teaches US The reason OF
il. during The instant that hs mead aud
neck are dropping. the shoulders are re
llpved from their weight. aud that is The
instant that the horse makes his effort to
recover himself