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Pat, what year were those pictures from Ulrich Lehmann taken?

It would appear that the Circle C Cowboys recently had a reunion in Bossier City, LA I found this from the NWLA News ‘Circle C Cowboys’ reunite Written by Jim Potts Friday, 30 April 2010 http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19643&Itemid=56 The remnants of a f...

I found this link online today. Hopefully, it hasn't already been mentioned..... GREY'S SCOUTS RIDE AGAIN http://www.rhodesianforces.org/GreysScoutsRideAgain.htm Surprisingly, it was found that the mounted infantryman was not, after all, more conspicuous because of his greater height. The natural, a...

Thanks for the updated link!

Very intersting again on the omission of spurs. Horse can be ridden, of course, without spurs, and some riders who wear spurs don't really know how to use them properly, but in a military unit this may be a unique example. Pat After noting that the non spur use may be unique, I went and looked at t...

Well now, that does make more sense. I will have to start doing it. No doubt that the animal needs freedom of the loins both to coil (collect) and to move the limbs in an unusual position. Also the point about forehand shock absorption is quite true. You know, the connection of the forelimbs to the...

Merry Christmas everyone!

The North American Police Equestrian Championships 2009 was held at the Farm Show Complex, in Harrisburg, PA, on September 28-29th. I'll post some pictures, and some links when I get a chance. Class-A Uniform inspection. Officer Ray Alexander and Paco from the Lexington Mounted Unit take First Place...

I'm about half way through it now. It's a really good read.

Vaughn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsfw9CEQITA

The story is based on a legend that dates before cowboys.... (From Wikipedia) The Wild Hunt (also known variously as Woden's Hunt, Herod's Hunt, Gabriel's Hounds, Cain's Hunt, the Devil's Dandy Dogs, and in North America Ghost Riders was a folk myth prevalent in former times across Northern, Western...

I always like books as gifts, and I figure a lot of folks here do as well. With that in mind, I'd note that Lou Dimarco's book War Horse is fairly recent, and a lot of folks here probably do not yet have a copy. It's a very nice book, and well illustrated. I think nearly anyone with our common inte...

It's almost December. Any last minute military horse related gift ideas? Something on your wish list?

Know where I can get a decent Napoleonic cavalry figure, that I don't have to paint myself?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmoV72INoqw


Angela Kelly of Horse Girl TV, does a 'ride along' with the Prince William County, VA Police Department Mounted Unit......

Reminds me of the story of the "Die große Schlittenfahrt "(Great Sleigh Drive) which was a daring and bold maneuver by Frederick William, the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, to drive Swedish forces out of the Duchy of Prussia, a territory of his which had been invaded by the Swedes d...

Nicole,

Do you have and example of the Lance, and Lanzenschuh, that would have been used?

One item on the Medieval horse I found interesting was the discussion on the palfrey, that is the saddle mount, as opposed to the "war horse". As has been noted here elsewhere, it seems to be the rule that the palfrey was gaited. Pat Then the "war horse" was further divided into...

dimarcol wrote:That would be great if it happened. I think the way that works, however, is the military book club decides what books it wants to carry and then makes a deal with the publisher. If you're a member and want to see the book offered you could send a note to the club editor.

Done!

Any chance of making it available through the Military Book Club?

If I recall it's a pretty decent movie. All star cast. Some "Hollywood" mistakes but nothing as glaring as some recent war movies. The trivia on it says, "Soldiers of the Red Army were used as extras to portray the British army. They panicked repeatedly and scattered during the filmin...