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Title: Field artilleryman's guide;
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: United States. Army. 108th field artillery. (from old catalog) Roth, George, (from old catalog) ed Patton, W. S. D., (from old catalog) joint ed
Subjects: Artillery, Field and mountain
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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he pressure of thelegs is equal, it makes the horse move forward. When theright leg acts more strongly than the left, the haunches aremoved to the left. The legs should tap the horse lightlyand not apply a steady pressure. Q. What is meant by keeping a horse up to the bit? A. It means keeping a light even pressure through the reins incontact with the horses mouth. The movement of his headis taken up through the riders fingers and wrists. Q. HowT is a horse kept up to the bit? A. By means of the legs. If the reins hang loose, it is an indica-tion that no control is being exercised over the forehand. Ifhe leans heavily against the bit, the mouth is liable to becomehardened and insensitive, thus making him hard to control.For the same reason, a steady pressure through the reins isto be discouraged. Contact with his mouth should be main-tained through successive tightening and loosening of thereins with the fingers and wrists. The reins should never bejerked. 176 FIELD ARTILLERYMANS GUIDE
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HORSEMANSHIP 177 Q. How should the spurs be used? A. Spurs are only used to increase the effect of the leg pressures.The spurs should be applied lightly after the legs have failedto execute the desired movement. Spurs are also used topunish the horse while he is disobeying—never afterward. Q. How is the horse gathered? A. By closing the legs lightly behind the girth and putting aslight pressure on the bit, without permitting the horse tomove forward. Q. What is the object of gathering the horse? A. To get his legs under him and to concentrate his attention, sothat he will move in the desired direction at the command.It is similar to calling a dismounted man to attention beforeexecuting a movement. The same thing must be done when-ever it is desired to increase or decrease the gait, or to changethe direction of march. Q. How should a horse be halted? A. He should be gathered, the weight of the body thrown slightlybackward, the legs closed and the pressure on the bit increased,meanwhi

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