By Gaits Hause, a little to the west of the Old Man, we can reach Gaits Water, and so across Banniside Moor to the village: or we can take the grassy ridge and conquer Dow Crags with a cheap victory, which the ardent climber will scorn.
Therefore, what they want for riding is a horse with very easy gaits who does not give the rider any exertion.
While at hisgaits look at him from in front and from behind as well as from the side; that is, have him ridden toward you and away from you as well as past you at all his gaits.
The horse being now ready for you, mount him and start him off quietly; first walk him, then try his trot and his canter, and if the gaits prove pleasant the next step is the "vetting.
In a state of nature, the wild horse (as every-body knows) has two distinct gaits or attitudes.
Gaits are regulated as in movements from line into column (par.
Very rarely, however, will the conditions allow the regular arrangement of gaitsindicated above.
Gaits are further regulated as in movements from column into line (par.
He studied the gaits of different animals, and those of men in jumping, vaulting, and in the handling of various utensils.
Of two gaits which can carry us over a definite space in a given time, the one should be preferred which costs the least possible fatigue.
Mr. Muybridge's experiments on thegaits of the horse are famous.
But for the ride on the road, which to many of us is a lazy luxury, you need variety in speed as well as gaits for both comfort and pleasure.
Slow and easy gaits are as valuable to the park-hack as long wind and speed to the racer.
Few of the saddle horses you meet on the road seem to canter slowly, and yet it is one of the most essential of gaits and a great relief from a constant trot, especially for a lady.
He will change his gaits at will from any one to any other.
If you want to make Nelly's forehand and croup so supple that you can train her into the finest gaits and action, you must go to work on the stable floor with an hour a day at least of patient teaching, for a number of weeks.
For the exceptional horse can learn to rack or single-foot without detriment to his other paces, if he be not kept upon these gaitstoo long at any time.
Ye might hae been out at the shealin', Instead o' sae lang to lie; And up and helping my mither To milk her gaits and her kye.
Its gaits are a rapid and graceful walk of five and one half to six miles an hour, and an amble [Footnote: Moving both feet on a side almost simultaneously.
Even if the child is very young, I think it is a mistake to put her on a small pony for her first lessons, as its gaits are so often uneven, interfering with all attempts at regular rising to the trot.
Furthermore, gaits which would suit a man are often too hard for a woman, and a horse which he might think merely went well up to the bit would to her weaker arms seem a puller.
Then out spak Lizie Lindsay, The tear blindit her eye; "The ladies o' Edinburgh city They neither milk gaits nor kye.
You might ha'e been out at the shealin, Instead o' sae lang to lye, And up and helping my mother 65 To milk baith her gaits and kye.
The illustrations and condensed definitions of the various gaits were prepared by the Author for the "Standard Dictionary.
Another point to be considered in the selection of a horse is, what gait or gaits are best suited to the rider, and here again the lady should take her figure into consideration.
The rapid gallop and all fast gaits should be left to light and active riders.
Horses with very short backs are usually good weight-carriers, but their gaits are apt to be rough and uneasy.
If the lady's figure be slender and elegant, any of the above named gaits will suit her, but should she be large or stout, a brisk walk or easy canter should be selected.
Suitable gaits for the several conformations of riders.
If these slighted individuals insisted upon riding him, he made them so uncomfortable by the roughness of his gaits that they never cared to repeat the experiment.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gaits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
