Hints on Horses (Classic Reprint): How to Judge Them, Buy Them, Ride Them, Drive Them, and Depict Them - Couverture souple

Gonne, C. M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333914261 ISBN 13 : 9781333914264

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Learn to judge, buy, ride, drive, and depict a horse with clear, practical guidance. This guide emphasizes knowing the animal through careful observation of anatomy, movement, and behavior. It helps readers build a confident eye for form, balance, and gait, using simple drawing and measurement ideas to understand a horse’s proportions.

This edition offers practical steps you can use in real life, from evaluating a horse’s head, neck, shoulders, back, and hindquarters to spotting signs of soundness or weakness. It also covers how the rider and driver can recognize movement, pace, and action, and how to compare different types of horses for riding or driving work. The book couples hands-on advice with easy-to-follow illustrations and simple methods that support clear judgment without guesswork.

• How to judge conformation by proportions, lines, and balance.


• Ways to observe movement, pace, and the body’s response to work.


• Tips for practical evaluation before buying at auction, including what to look for in feet, legs, and mouth.


• Hints for depicting a horse accurately in drawing or painting, using simple measurements and sketches.

Ideal for readers who want a practical, old‑school approach to understanding horses—whether for riding, driving, or artistic portrayal. The book focuses on observable traits and straightforward methods, avoiding jargon and heavy theory. It’s a solid reference for hobbyists, students of horsemanship, and anyone who wants to see the horse as a whole animal with clear, learnable signals.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333914261
• ISBN 13: 9781333914264
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 99
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