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Interesting. I always thought I detected a bit of an idiosyncratic flavor to Mr Hartley's comments, as one would expect from a master tradesman.

Couvi wrote:They look to be in great shape. I still wonder why saddle bags were made with that pebble-grain leather.

Faux pig. An English saddle maker, Hartley Edwards if memory serves, discusses this fashion in his book on the trade, stating that real pigskin is never used on saddles.

Couvi wrote:

Pat Holscher wrote:7th Rgt Departing.

Great shots of those Escort Wagons. What is laying on the ground next to the track in photograph 3901-13?

I was wondering that too.

Emy;

If you do decide to use the saddle, buffalo hide polo leathers make a pretty serviceable replacement leather with the irons of your choice.

Sandy

Some artists erred, notably and most often cited in this regard were the sporting prints artists of which Phillip has linked an example for us. Others got it right though. Currier and Ives depictions of the flying trot are accurate, not so the gallup- that I have seen. Also because of the excitement...

Interesting, indeed, And congratulations on finding all you need. I recall your posting the harness set a while back. Amazing that all these pieces would find their way to your house in the US.

I thought we were only supposed to list cavalry-related stuff, not pink babies and such. I have a lot of stuff in here - -antique surveyor's transit, Confederate "Stonewall Jackson" bond, books, art, photos, a cabinet of Chippewa beadwork, but the dominant thing -- and the largest I have ...

Here is Richard Williams latest book list on military subjects. There are some interesting titles:

http://www.rwmilitarybooks.com/home/list79chrisb.html

Larry Emrick wrote:I found another version of this film, with some of the same footage, in the Pathe archives, with the troopers said to be Portuguese.
Larry

Thanks, Larry. Was there no mention of the school, location?

My truck is sort of my office. On the dash I have an articulating "clay" model (as in claymation) of Pokey: not Gumby just Pokey. He reminds me that I once rode horses regularly, and also serves as a sort of seismographic indicator of the roads I drive, or my driving, by falling over when ...

Very interesting, thanks. Here is a tangential article, a paper "Presented by Thomas G. Murnane, DVM, DACVPM Brigadier General, US Army Retired to the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical History Society in New Orleans, LA, July 21, 2008", wherein the author outlines the ...

National Review has posted some photographs from the Crimean war that members will find interesting, among them are dragoons, grenadiers, fusiliers; and, no doubt they had Couvi in mind, artillery.

http://www.nationalreview.com/slideshows/372889

I know nothing about this breed of horse or this part of Spain but something is missing in this article. A twelve hundred acre wild horse preserve? Plus the article mentions other grazers to boot. The reporter hasn't done his homework. http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-beasts-roam-spains-wilderness-0045...

https://archive.org/details/2349B_San_Francisco_Earthquake_Aftermath_Riding_Down_Marke_00_00_32_07 Plenty of horses in this one: army or national guard. Also, someone took the trouble to put together a side by side running of the two films so you know where you are vis a vis the earlier pre quake pi...

I saw this footage several months ago and was transfixed from beginning to end. Cars, trolleys, carriages, drays, bikes, riders, pedestrians, and a dog or two as I recall, all going their separate ways without incident, without accident that is. People really are capable of negotiating complex and s...

Great stuff Pat, thanks. I don't have time to watch the whole ten minutes but I will this evening. Anyway, off hand I'd guess that these are shots taken at the great cavalry school at Tor d' Quinto, in the teens, twenties, so these may be soldiers from a variety of nations. Riding down the steps was...

Interesting....early electric cars, racers and trucks. P resumably did not catch on with the public..? I think it fair to say that they didn't, couldn't, catch UP with the public. It was an interesting series of articles, one of which mentions the major problem with electric vehicles then and now: ...

I wish I could give credit where it's due but I don't recall who posted this. I copied it to try and get a better view, without success, and it's been sitting in my photos ever since. Just luck.