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Title: Horses, saddles and bridles
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Carter, William H. (William Harding), 1851-1925
Subjects: Cavalry Horses
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : The Lord Baltimore Press, The Friedenwald Company
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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is 1083 pounds, and the troopers 187 pounds.In the light cavalry the horses average 866 pounds, and thetroopers 143 pounds. All German cavalry regiments are armed with lance, saber andcarbine. Officers, first and vice-first sergeants and trumpetersdo not carry the lance or carbine, but are armed with pistols.There is some variation in the saber issued to different regiments,but the lance is the same for all. It consists of a hollow steeltube with a four-edged point of forged steel and a shaft of caststeel. The length of the lance is ten feet six inches, and itsweight is 4.36 pounds. The carbine is the same in all regiments. Four patterns of saddles were formerly in use, but at thepresent time all the cavalry is equipped with the army saddle,which is made in five sizes to suit horses of different conforma-tion. The smallest size is issued only for service in SouthAfrica. This saddle consists of a wooden tree with w^ooden arches,strengthened by iron plates and supported by angle irons.
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Figure 76. Front view, mounted German trooper, Dragoons of the Guard. MODERN CAVALRY AND ITS EQUIPMENT 177 Between the arches is laced a leather seat. To the bars areattached panels stuffed with wool, and secure by pockets lacedover the fans or ends of the bars.

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