The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19
CAVALRY RIDING DRILL
IN Ex-Trsoper Telas Haw Raw Eecruen
Are Put Through Their FRoes-

IN Ez-Trseper Teaas Ho~ Raw Eecruas
Are Put Through Their faoes-
The first riding lesson usually takes
place in The riding school. where. as
DE floor y covered with -aan. the
-cruits who come OF viii fall softly
The military authorities don't want
heir recruits Laid mp In hospitals The
lesson consists OF leading The horse
around the riding school, 80 that tie
aKaOm OF learning 10 creep before walk
ing l. slightly modified here. for tie
recruit learns 10 walk ms horse before
riding hin- When he has led his
horse around for awhile, the horses
head Is brought in from The boards
a. e. The walls of the SCHOOL,. and The
recruit L. Taught TO stand at ease
and 10 step from side 10 side of his
horse . fore feet In measured PAGES
Then comes the mount" and usually
the unfortunate recruit has no sooner
got MP on one side than he rolls over
On The other. owing 10 the Eae.asies Of
hls horse who knows thai h. has q
recruit in hand. aDd takes advantage
3f IL Presently tine order Is given 10
march. and away file The horses
Br'0uDd the school walls. MANY OF
the pupils thinking hOrsefash Is
very pefTeFse in rubbing ils side
against the school wall with recruit ;
leg f0r a buffer The day when / got
ny first riding lesson many of Rs
STARTED of by Pulling on our horses
mouths. and go1 G1o Quote onr rough
r2darD ali over The shop like pack of
sheep Alter a few Turns round
iu-ing which the Rough Taught us
the aids 10 h0rsa1n anship in the pre-
hnznarF Stages OF the walk We
learned THAI We We're moi 10 pull CUP
horses heads of, but TO handle The
-alRs gently BY feeling them with our
wrists and not with our whole arms.
All We had te 90 1--WE were 10ldO WIS
% sli there and keep OH bodies MP
right with our chests forward. by h0l-
lowing the back and drawing In our
sBOEnaehs, IS well a. 10 keep our
'1ch5ns OF 0re Stocks and our heads
sp- Ne began 10 seq that learning 10
ra6s was DO trdhing 5oh- When ii eane
10 fixing DUP legs, getting them well
BACK raising uRs Toes and sinking orr
heels, we Got more 10 do than we ever
bargained for Your teacher IL a hard
tsn 10 please and I'm sure that by
sheer practice recruits al Canterbury
have got all their stemaehs pressing
up against The diaphragms- Other
wise how do they muster such snall
Ezlsts and such pige0n-like thestss
The fact Is thai lungs, heart
Ever stomach and spleen are all
packed 1Ogs1ber ehestwards, like a tin
Of Australian nut1on. Whether nature
sFer intended sneh a examining Is
question that The military authorities
fsOn 1 study Make y0ur men as wooden
~ p0ssible-neTer mind nature, IL
their GietuTn5 and certainly they are
listened TO- After We had done a little
walking around the riding school We
gs0t more 6Onfdences and Thought no
donbf, thai We sh0nld like 4 biz of a
4'fr,Ot- Just 10 sac what that was Like
When III did come 10 tr'0Iing many of
ns fell of or nearly fell on, and went
h9bbling around the seho0l-Bo quote
Dur r'0u2h-riding again like a lot OF
sfbutfe1 dolls riding yer horses from
nose 10 group And certainly aany
Of rs We're more often on Our horses
EIthers and launches than On tine
esnter OF their backs. and We had our
Rr.ns more often round their neeks than
holding orr reins. The --rongih~ called
u 10 a halt md even here We were
AT fault. Sgrne OF d. pulled TOO
unr5h- or We pulled too LITTLE. or W.
pulled awfv- with The result that our
horses Were -.all over the shop"
Al last We had stopped, our friend the
A-rUBgib" again let uts know a Bit of his
mind alb0Hf QUIZ first appearance as
eaTslr,Tr8sn He nerer saw sueh a
blooming l0t OF asses In all his born
days INV old mother could ride better
than You, efe- He had probably told
the same warm 10 generations of re-
truiits- b1t REALLY We believed that We
were q sci of 0uf-ana-ouf dufars-
After a few months riding drill the
raralt.ym man LEARNS I'D ride his horse al
ali PAGES and when Ia can take him
rnG,oBgh The turns. CIRCLES and wind
iRgs OF the menage drill, End knows
how 10 use his arms mounted, he Is
Ell TO call himself real e1axalr.y-man,
and is ready 10 go On and fight his
ecundrys waIs when he gets the
chance. III tbe reader wants TO learn
more of cavalry equalization, he had
BETTER 5oin. A few months drill viii
teach him all he viii care 10 ltsarrn.--
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