74 ANNALS OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



One Staniirtius (a very learned old Au- 

 thor), tells us, that in his time, the Wild 

 Irifh (I don't underfland how he diilin- 

 guifhes the Wild Iri£h) ufed to ride in a 

 flrange way, but you mufl admit they had no ^ 

 bridles. 



** Tubaram fetas, aut equorum auriculas 

 ieniflra apprehendant ; atque dum equi obfli- 

 pis capitibus quieti fe inclinant, equites> 

 etiam loricis aut fagis ami(fti, mera corporis 

 agilitate fe efferunt, divaricatriq ! cruribus 

 ephippia occupant." 



Which may be thus turn'd into Englifh — 



'* They feize their Horfes manes, or their 

 ears, with their left hand, and whilft their 

 Horfes were thus kept fteady, the Riders, 

 ev^n if covered with their cuirafTes or fa- 

 gums, exerting a wonderful agility of body, 

 fpring aftride into the faddle." 



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