10-31-2005, 01:25 PM
Greetings,
I have only ridden a little, not past a short canter (I nearly fell off at a trot and walked rather like John Wayne afterwards) and stirrupless at a walk on a pony (starting to practice at the time) but not in recent years. However, I am er, somewhat interested in the cavalry from certain time periods and places.... :oops:
One question I don't think I have seen anywhere: how did stirrupless riders manage to survive the trot or did they go from a walk to canter? (Do I remember reading that the trot was not used until more recent times)
Although I suppose most cavalry riders had hardened and padded rears by the time they finished training....and all walked like John Wayne!
At Kelmarsh this year, one of the ESG horsemen slipped and went down -which was obviously distressing to see. The rider got up and walked over to his horse, who was by then posing for the crowd :lol: stroked and talked to it a little and then gave a spectacular display of the cavalry leap back into the saddle, to a large round of applause. Amazing...! :o D
regards
Arthes
I have only ridden a little, not past a short canter (I nearly fell off at a trot and walked rather like John Wayne afterwards) and stirrupless at a walk on a pony (starting to practice at the time) but not in recent years. However, I am er, somewhat interested in the cavalry from certain time periods and places.... :oops:
One question I don't think I have seen anywhere: how did stirrupless riders manage to survive the trot or did they go from a walk to canter? (Do I remember reading that the trot was not used until more recent times)
Although I suppose most cavalry riders had hardened and padded rears by the time they finished training....and all walked like John Wayne!
At Kelmarsh this year, one of the ESG horsemen slipped and went down -which was obviously distressing to see. The rider got up and walked over to his horse, who was by then posing for the crowd :lol: stroked and talked to it a little and then gave a spectacular display of the cavalry leap back into the saddle, to a large round of applause. Amazing...! :o D
regards
Arthes
Cristina
The Hoplite Association
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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