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Wonderful and greatly interesting information. By contrast it brings to mind the process of horse selection used by a U.S. National Guard Cavalry unit upon being called to border duty in 1916. Apparantly there were more volunteers for duty than there were available horses. Since only troopers with ...

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[Witness the rotten loose trouser-like ones worn by international polo teams & nylon shapeless ones worn by jockeys! At one time correct breeks ...

As a twice certified riding instructor, a state certified mounted police instructor trainer & drill master and a registered show judge I get to see about 300-400 mounted police, mounted deputies, posse and mounted auxiliary riders throughout the year. It is not always a pretty sight. An interesting ...

Dusan,

Unfortunately I can offer nothing more on the history of this photo. I have had it in my collection for many years. The only identification is a faint date "1907" on the reverse and the "11" on the guidon. I confess that I have not done any research either, but on the original the background ...

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Kelton,

Yes. Artificial aids such as the spur, crop, whip, or bat ...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Can you please elaborate upon this statement? Should a rider wear spurs even with a horse who is well-known to him and has never needed a spur? For example, I have a horse whom I ...

I agree. I have many recollections of dead bodies rolled in flattened cardboard boxes with the Volkswagan CKD logo and abandoned along the roads of Nigera where tribal warfare between the Ebos and Yurbas has never ceased. I think that the film does capture some of the brutality of that part of the ...

It is my opinion that spurs should be worn by all accomplished horsemen. (If the horse "does not need the spur" don't apply it). They are an essential aid and the correct use of the spur at the appropriate time is the mark of a confident rider and competent horseman. If the rider is of average or ...

I agree with Philip that this is a book worth having in any equestrian library. The photos were unique for the times and the author makes great show over the "advanced" photo techniques used in creating them. By today's photo technology they would be considered primative, but they are historically ...

Sort of like my grandchildren's "I Spy" books. How many errors can you find in the last four paragraphs?

A very good book that may still be in print is, "The Great Pursuit, Pershing's Expedition to Destroy Pancho Villa" By, Herbert Molloy Mason,Jr. Konecky & Konecky, New York 1970, ISBN: 1-56852-040-9

This book is well written, well researched and full of good information.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Paul Mellon remembered that "Pete Bostwick was in my platoon for horse instruction...I thought that was amusing, because he was the best amateur steeplechase rider and flat rider ...

"What is it about World War One that produced such good poets? It is as remarkable as it is tragic. I've bumped up the last Armistace Day post so that a few of those can be viewed.."


It may have been the hopelessness of trench warfare and the unimaginable carnage that it wrought. It seems to me ...

I've just completed my first read of this new book by Edward G. Longacre, a noted writer of Civil War cavalry works. His last book, "Custer and His Wolverines" was a great disappointment, not because it wasn't well written or that it wasn't easy to read. No, it was because, as the Historian for the ...

“The American Military Saddle, 1776-1945”
By R. Stephen Dorsey and Kenneth L. McPheeters
Hardback, approximately 400 pages and 1000 illustrations.
Reviewed By, Jim Ottevaere

This is a book that has received a variety of comments on the “Military Horse Forum”. Many of them negative and some of ...