The Care and Repair of Saddlery


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Through his first book, Repair Your Own Saddlery and Harness, the author offered a broad-based approach to the maintenance of saddlery and driving harness in general. With this book, he takes the horse owner through the introductory stages of saddlery repairs. For those of you who have never threaded a needle, except perhaps to plait a mane or tail, it explains how many repairs can be carried out with only the most elementary collection of tools. Throughout this book, the importance of safety is constantly highlighted, for, by systematically checking each item of saddlery, many breakages can be avoided.




Repair Your Own Saddlery and Harness


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A step-by-step guide to enable the average horse owner to effect simple repairs to saddlery and harness.




Saddlemaking


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The Riding Horse Repair Manual


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Contending that nearly all horse behavior problems result from incorrect or inconsistent training, this work highlights the potential behind the world’s promising equine model citizens and partners. The guide emphasizes systematic reconditioning while encouraging patience and proper skills in riders, providing a comprehensive plan for addressing issues such as bucking, bolting, rearing, spooking, lack of confidence, jumping issues, and more. Featuring a clear, accessible outline, this is the definitive solution to implementing consistent training methods, allowing riders to take full advantage of their horses’ unrealized abilities. Suggestions for starting young horses, detailed case studies, and strategies for future success are also included.




Saddlery and Harness-Making


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Originally published in 1897, this early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Contents include; The function of Latin, Chansons De Geste, The Matter of Britain, Antiquity in Romance, The making of English and the settlement of European Prosody, Middle High German Poetry, The 'Fox, ' The 'Rose, ' and the minor Contributions of France, Icelandic and Provencal, The Literature of the Peninsulas, and Conclusion..... Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwor




The Carriage Journal


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FEATURES Cheyenne's Frontier Days Old West Museum 3 A Royal Coachman, Part I 8 How to Train Carriage Horses 12 Hints about Dress and Turnout 14 Duncan Macpherson's Model Vehicles 16 The Saga of 605 25 Coachmaking in Philadelphia, Part IV 30 DEPARTMENTS The View from the Box 2 The Road Behind: Education of the Driving Horse 20 Memories Mostly Horsy 22 Letters to the Editor 29 Book Reviews 33 The Carriage Trade 35







Cleaning and Caring for a Roughout Saddle the Saddle Salon Way


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Roughout saddles are renowned and loved for their beautiful, soft, and fuzzy texture, but over time that luxurious texture disappears. There are many suggestions, ideas, and myths about what can be done to care for a roughout saddle, which creates confusion and even fear about the care and maintenance of these beautiful saddles. There seems to be no clear and published method for taking care of a roughout saddle, until now. Charity Haukaas is a leatherworker with a passion for breathing life back into leather, especially western roughout saddles. She has spent years refining a method of cleaning and caring for these works of art, and now she shares this method in her book Cleaning and Caring for a Roughout Saddle The Saddle Salon Way. In this book, you will discover: 1) Roughout can and should be washed. 2) Roughout can and should be conditioned. 3) It is possible to bring back the beautiful texture of roughout. With carefully outlined instructions, easy-to-follow steps, and more than 130 color photographs, Haukaas uses her years of experience to take you on a journey of understanding how to bring back the life and former glory of your saddle. This book is the definitive authority on cleaning and caring for roughout saddles.