HAND- R U BEING — HA NO VERtAN HORSES 



Hand-rubbing is most useful in reducing fulness of the 

 legs, as well as in warming them if they are cold ; or in 

 alleviating pain. A good rubber is an acquisition to any- 

 stable, as there is a knack required to produce the best 

 results. When the limbs are rubbed the hair should not be 

 gone over the wrong way. 



Hands. — The hands of a rider or driver have a great deal 

 to do with the control he exercises upon his horse, as how- 

 ever good his judgment may be, if a man possesses heavy 

 hands he is unable to avoid putting unnecessary weight upon 

 the animal's mouth. A delicate touch is the result of light 

 hands, and hence the possessors of these are capable of 

 controlling a tender mouthed or excitable horse better than 

 those who, possibly through no fault of their own, bear heavily 

 on the bit. Good hands, in fact, may be briefly described as 

 the possession of a delicate touch such as most women 

 possess. (See Driving. Riding?) 



Hanoverian Horses. — The origin of these breeds is 

 rather obscure, for, though probably founded on horses of 

 Danish extraction, they have for so long been associated 

 with Hanover that authentic information is hard to obtain. 

 The two distinct breeds resemble each other very closely 

 in make and shape, the only difference being that of colour, 

 as one breed is pure white and the other cream. The 

 former were used to draw the King of Hanover's state 

 carriage, and a curious fact about them is that they are always 

 foaled pure white, hence their name — white-boned horses. 



The cream horses were used for the Queen Consort's 

 equipage, and were called Isabels. A team of this variety 

 was presented to Queen Victoria by the late King of 

 Hanover, and descendants of this strain are still used by 

 King Edward VH. on all State occasions, and there is reason 

 to believe that His Majesty is the only remaining breeder of 

 the Isabel horses, as the original studs have been dispersed. 



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