Ride Like a Trooper

Ride Like a Trooper is the first in a series of books and manuals that presents the accumulated knowledge base developed by the horse mounted cavalries of the world, at the beginning of the 20th century. It was during the first forty years of the 20th century that the highest levels of horsemanship of the world was found in the cavalry.

This formulation is not surprising or unexpected since it was the military that most needed all the expertise that was available concerning the art and science of horsemanship.

Obviously victory or defeat on the battlefield, indeed the lives of the mounted trooper were dependent upon the skills and training of horse and trooper. The Italian Cavalry School at Tor di Quinto, the French Cavalry School at Saumur and the U. S. Cavalry School at Fort Riley became the focus points of knowledge with regards to horsemanship and effective riding.

Ride Like a Trooper is based upon the first of the manuals adopted by the United States Army, translated from the “Notes on Equitation and Horse Training” which were the answers to the examination questions at the School of Application for Cavalry at Saumur, France. It was adopted by the US Army and the Mounted Service School on 16 July, 1910.

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Ride Like a Trooper

Ride Like a Trooper is the first in a series of books and manuals that presents the accumulated knowledge base developed by the horse mounted cavalries of the world, at the beginning of the 20th century. It was during the first forty years of the 20th century that the highest levels of horsemanship of the world was found in the cavalry.

This formulation is not surprising or unexpected since it was the military that most needed all the expertise that was available concerning the art and science of horsemanship.

Obviously victory or defeat on the battlefield, indeed the lives of the mounted trooper were dependent upon the skills and training of horse and trooper. The Italian Cavalry School at Tor di Quinto, the French Cavalry School at Saumur and the U. S. Cavalry School at Fort Riley became the focus points of knowledge with regards to horsemanship and effective riding.

Ride Like a Trooper is based upon the first of the manuals adopted by the United States Army, translated from the “Notes on Equitation and Horse Training” which were the answers to the examination questions at the School of Application for Cavalry at Saumur, France. It was adopted by the US Army and the Mounted Service School on 16 July, 1910.

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Ride Like a Trooper

Ride Like a Trooper

by Jack Hawkins
Ride Like a Trooper

Ride Like a Trooper

by Jack Hawkins

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Ride Like a Trooper is the first in a series of books and manuals that presents the accumulated knowledge base developed by the horse mounted cavalries of the world, at the beginning of the 20th century. It was during the first forty years of the 20th century that the highest levels of horsemanship of the world was found in the cavalry.

This formulation is not surprising or unexpected since it was the military that most needed all the expertise that was available concerning the art and science of horsemanship.

Obviously victory or defeat on the battlefield, indeed the lives of the mounted trooper were dependent upon the skills and training of horse and trooper. The Italian Cavalry School at Tor di Quinto, the French Cavalry School at Saumur and the U. S. Cavalry School at Fort Riley became the focus points of knowledge with regards to horsemanship and effective riding.

Ride Like a Trooper is based upon the first of the manuals adopted by the United States Army, translated from the “Notes on Equitation and Horse Training” which were the answers to the examination questions at the School of Application for Cavalry at Saumur, France. It was adopted by the US Army and the Mounted Service School on 16 July, 1910.


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BN ID: 2940045802963
Publisher: Jack Hawkins
Publication date: 03/30/2014
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Born in nineteen hundred and fifty-five, putting 'Black Jack' Hawkins formative years right there, smack dab in the middle of the turbulent Vietnam Era. One of the four hundred students at Mercersberg Academy, in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, when the National Guard shot and killed four students at Kent State, in Ohio. Then in the late seventies and into the eighties 'Black Jack' lived the expatriate adventurer lifestyle in Central America, defending truth, justice and the American Way. Following the philosophical trail blazed by Smedley D.Butler, Major General, USMC, (ret). The players changed as the years marched on, but the song remained the same. There were years spent in the Sierra Ancha mountains of Arizona. Riding horses, roping wild cattle and living the life described by Edward Abbey and Zane Grey. Out back of beyond in the Arizona wilderness, around Pleasant Valley, which is where they had the war. That is another story, all together, well told by Zane Grey in ""To the Last Man". Spent a lot of time reading, not much writing. Learned about 'Bounty Hunting' by happenstance, long before 'Dog' made it a television show. Discovered it was kind of fun, suitable for an adrenaline junky. The truth is out there you just have to go find it. Send me a note @ panamajackhawkins@gmail.com

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