Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-06-20
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CANAlHF NipsNo DRILL
AZ Es-Trespsr Tells asw nsw as~~~ss.
are fus rhrs~sh Th@ir rses.
The hr-t riding lesson usually takes
place In the ''riding-school." !" where. ~
thu noor l. covered with ''tan." the
recruits who come OF viii fall softly
The military authorities dent want
their recruits laid up In hospitals The
lessoa consists Of leadiag the horse
around The ridlng--chool; 80 thai the
axiom 81 learning 10 creep before walk.
inR is slightly modified here. FOR the
recruit learns 10 walk his horse before
riding him. Mhea be has led his
horsc around for aw ne. the horses
head l. brought In from The boards
a. =. thu walls - the school,. and the
recruit Il taught 20 'psAna Al ease
and % step from eide 10 siae of his
horse's fore feet In measured paces
Thea comes the ''mouni." and usually
The unfortunate recruit has no sooner
Got up on eas eide thaa be rolls ever
on the other. owing "a the kmgArles of
hA@ heS~~. uho kas~s shsa 80 naa .
recruit Ia hand. aud takes advantage
e' h Presently the order IL given %
march. and away de the horses
around the scho0l walls. many of
the pupils thiuklug hor-cHesh l.
very pcrvorse Ia rubbing its side
against the -chool wall with a recruits
veg for buffer The day whcn got
my first riding lesson many % "a
started on by Pulling on eur horses
mouths. and got 60 quote our rough
riderl all over The shop like pack -
sheep" After q icw turns round -
during which the rough" taught "a
the ads 10 horscIn anship In the pre-
limiaary stages ~ the wall" -we
learned that ~ we're not % "pull our
horses heads ofi bat 10 handle the
rvins gently by f~~ling them with our
wrists aud not with our whole arms.
All we had to DO Cwe we're toldl VAS
10 III there and keep our bodies up-
right with our chests forward. by hot
lowing the back and drawing Ia our
-tomachs. a. veil a. 10 keep our
"Chins Un cur stocks" and oar heads
up. We began 10 -ce that learning 70
ride was me- trinlag job. When q came
% liking our legs, getting them wcll
back, raising our toes and sinking our
heels. We got more "a DO thAn wo ever
pargaiaod i0r. Your teacher l. a hard
man A. ftfsa-aa ..-N r.. -...... 80 A.
sheer practice recruits a. Canterbury
have got all their stoInachs pressing
~ against the diaphragmS Other-
wisc how d. they muster such small
wnists and such pigeon-like chestsG
The fact j. that lungs. heart.
liver. stomach aud spleen arr all
packed together che-twardz. like tIn
u Australian mutton. Whether nature
ever Intended such cramming 6.
question that the military auth0ritie.
ion' study. Make your men a. wooden
a. possible never mind nature. =
their dicium, and certainly they are
listened 70. After 90 had done little
walking around the riding school We
rot more Cunaarn~-, asa thouwht. ma
dOuht. that we should like a bit ~ a
''trut, iust to sce What that Vas like.
Nheu u did come "a trutting many ~
a. icn on. 90 nearly f,ll %. aud vent
hobblinR around the school 20 quote
our rough riding again like a lot 81
stuHea dolls riding ycr horses from
NOS" 10 group" Aud certainly many
oi a. we're more often on our horsrs
withers and launches thaa on thc
ccnter ~ their backs. and We had our
arms more often round their necks thAa
holding our rcins The rough" called
~ ~ a halt aud even here We we're
~ fault >luse ~ "a pulled too
much. or wc pulled too little. or We
pulled awry. with The result that our
borses were 'all over the shop "
A. last We bad stopped. our friend the
rough again lct ~ know bit % NJ
mind about our first appearance As
cavalrymen H. never saw such .
blooming lot Of asses IN all his bora
days, my old mother could ride better
than you, etc lie had probably told
the same yarn 30 generations Of re-
cruits, but really we believed that we
were q set Of out -and-out duacrs.
After few mOnths' riding drill the
cayalryma learns 10 ride his horse a
al PAGES, aud when he can take him
through the turns. circles aud Wind
ings u The menage drill aud knows
hos % use his arms" mounted. he l.
o. to call himself real cayalry-mAn,
and y ready 10 90 on aud fight his
countrys wars when he gets the
glance. u The reader wants to ieara
more ~ cavalry squitatioa. he had
better Join. A fcw months drill viii
toaoh him al he viii care 20 learn. -
London ~ James Gazette.