UP CAVALRY MANUALS

This section features genuine Australian and British manuals relating to all aspects of military equitation. In most cases only the relevant chapters of these manuals have been reproduced. Please read the guide at the bottom of this page.

 

HANDBOOK for MILITARY ARTIFICERS, 8th edition 1899.
Section IV: Instruction for Saddlers and Collarmakers.
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HANDBOOK for SADDLE and HARNESS MAKERS, TEXTILE REFITTERS, and COACH-TRIMMERS AND UPHOLSTERERS. 1932 (amended 1941).
Section 1. Saddlery.
Section 2. Harness.
Section 3. Packsaddlery.
Section 4. Miscellaneous articles.
Section 5. Repairs generally.
Section 6. Fitting of harness and saddlery.
Section 7. Care and preservation of saddlery.
Section 8. Saddlers' materials, leathers and skins.
Section 9. Notes for the guidance of textile refitters.
Section 10. Notes for the guidance of coachtrimmers and upholsterers.
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Manual of HORSEMASTERSHIP, EQUITATION and ANIMAL TRANSPORT 1937.

Chapter I. Horsemastership and minor ailments of animals.
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Manual of ANIMAL MANAGEMENT.
Chapter VI. Management of horses in the open.
Chapter VII. Saddles and sore backs. (this section covers extensively the fitting of Universal Pattern saddles).
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