marmalade76
Well-Known Member
Didn't you start the exact same thread about a year ago?
If I did you have a better memory than I!
Didn't you start the exact same thread about a year ago?
Generally done for horses that haven't been schooled very well, so the seller uses it as a way to imply the horse is bomb proof as they cannot produce a photo of a nicely working horse.
It proves nothing of the sort but may impress a novice buyer looking for a living bicycle.
Great Grandad on the right about 1910. Some relatives from his side of the family in Australia dated 1947 on the left.
You will see photographs of people standing on horses backs dating back for years. It was kind of to show how steady the horse was.
Great grandad used to train them for harness, and they were his main hobby as a boy and I guess this was all about getting them to learn to be steady.
The Australian relatives in the photos we have showing them riding as kids are always barefoot, so this would be a lot kinder on the horse than standing on it with hard soled boots. Great grandad also appears to be wearing some kind of slippers here too.
Generally done for horses that haven't been schooled very well, so the seller uses it as a way to imply the horse is bomb proof as they cannot produce a photo of a nicely working horse.
It proves nothing of the sort but may impress a novice buyer looking for a living bicycle.
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