I have observed that being up on a horse changes the whole character of a man, and when a very small man is up on a saddle, he'd like as not prefer to eat his meals there.

This design is hard to beat for timber hunting or for packing in a saddle scabbard.

The most unusual of them is the Ithaca 49 ( about $20, $5 for a saddle scabbard ) -- a lever-action single-shot patterned after the famous Winchester lever-action and featuring the Western look.

With comfort bikes and hybrids, cyclists sit high over the seat, their weight directed down onto the saddle, such that a wider and more cushioned saddle is preferable.

For racing bikes where the rider is bent over, weight is more evenly distributed between the handlebars and saddle, the hips are flexed, and a narrower and harder saddle is more efficient.

In " A Witch Shall be Born ", Conan fights armed men until he is overwhelmed, captured, and crucified, and goes a night and a day without water, but still possesses the strength to pull the nails from his feet, then to hoist himself into a horse's saddle and ride ten miles.

This last configuration differs from a true left-handed guitar in that the saddle is normally angled in such a way that the bass strings are slightly longer than the treble strings to improve intonation.

Reversing the strings therefore reverses the relative orientation of the saddle ( negatively affecting intonation ), although in Hendrix ' case this is believed to have been an important element in his unique sound.

In acoustic guitars, string vibration is transmitted through the bridge and saddle to the body via sound board.

A crystal is located under each string, usually in the saddle.

If the open string is in tune, but sharp or flat when frets are pressed, the bridge saddle position can be adjusted with a screwdriver or hex key to remedy the problem.

On an instrument correctly adjusted for intonation, the actual length of each string from the nut to the bridge saddle is slightly but measurably longer than the scale length of the instrument.

It is important that the saddle be comfortable for both the rider and the horse as an improperly fitting saddle may create pressure points on the horse's back muscle ( Latissimus dorsi ) and cause the horse pain and can lead to the horse, rider, or both getting injured.

A number of saddle styles incorporate a tapedero, which is covering over the front of the stirrup that keeps the foot from sliding all the way through the stirrup.

A harness that is used to support shafts, such as on a cart pulled by a single horse, will also have a saddle attached to the harness to help the horse support the shafts and breeching to brake the forward motion of the vehicle, especially when stopping or moving downhill.

They are also seen in Western riding events, particularly in rodeo, reining and cutting, where it is particularly important to prevent a saddle from shifting.

Carson is reported to have found work in the saddle shop suffocating: he once stated " the business did not suit me, and I concluded to leave ".

Farther east it becomes the Serranía de Tabasará, and the portion of it closer to the lower saddle of the isthmus, where the canal is located, is often called the Sierra de Veraguas.

Excessive saddle height can cause posterior knee pain, while setting the saddle too low can cause pain in the anterior of the knee.

Great Span's saddle then slipped, leaving Billy Barton in the lead until he too then fell.

Oliver Cromwell, who arrived too late in the day to take part in the battle, later wrote disparagingly to John Hampden, " Your troopers are most of them old decayed servingmen and tapsters ; and their Royalists troopers are gentlemen's sons, younger sons and persons of quality ...." Not only were the Parliamentarian cavalry not so naturally accustomed to mounted action, but they were drilled in the Dutch tactic of firing pistols and carbines from the saddle, whereas under Rupert, the Royalist cavalry would charge sword in hand, relying on shock and weight.

Specifically, the horse armor was usually sectional ( not joined together as a cohesive " suit "), with large plates of scales tied together around the animal's waist, flank, shoulders, neck and head ( especially along the breastplate of the saddle ) independently to give a further degree of movement for the horse and to allow the armor to be affixed to the horse reasonably tightly so that it should not loosen too much during movement.

As a community in south India put it ," We are soldiers and saddle makers too "-but it was the enumerators who decided their caste.

Thévenet, mouth gaping to gulp more oxygen, looks pretty well at the limit, too, but his effort is gaining ; he's out of the saddle, eyes fixed on the road.

They have to be lightweight because competitors need to carry their bicycle to overcome barriers or slopes too steep to climb in the saddle.

A saddle that is too small is uncomfortable to ride in and does not allow the rider the security provided by sitting deep in the saddle.

Roughened hair may indicate either rubbing and instability due to poor fit, or it may be due to improper saddle placement ( particularly putting the saddle on too far back and pushing it forward, pulling the hair the wrong direction ).

Yearlings are generally too young to be ridden at all, though many race horses are put under saddle as " long " yearlings, in autumn.

A seatpost with offset is necessary when the seat tube angle of the frame is too steep to give the desired saddle setback ( the horizontal distance between a plumb line hung from the nose of the saddle and the bottom bracket spindle ).

The final batch of 1, 340 was the Mark 2 Series 2 and had ' saddle ' fuel tanks with a splash shielding between them and an improved filler cap, as the original design required the removal of the pressurisation pump which was too time consuming.

They are distinguished by their unusual length ( most traditional staplers are too short to staple booklets easily ) and by the presence of a V-shaped hump or " saddle " which is used to precisely align the central fold of the material to be stapled.

* If the withers are too high and narrow, there is a chance that a poorly fit saddle will impinge on withers and slip back too far, creating pain especially with the rider ’ s weight.

If it is too loose, the saddle or harness may not stay in the proper position.

This ancient foot support consisted of a looped rope for the big toe which was at the bottom of a saddle made of fibre or leather.

( Bill ) Manson, they had to shop all over the place to get a horse big enough to fit Penrose and his custom saddle.

Cycling up and out of the saddle, on the other hand, does a better job by transferring more of the rider's body weight to the legs.

Upon arriving at the scene of the witch-burning, Ivanhoe forces de Bois-Guilbert from his saddle, but does not kill him.

It does not have a separate saddle but has holes bored into it to which the strings attach directly.

The bareback bronc rider does not use a saddle or rein, but uses one hand to grip a simple handle on a surcingle style rigging placed on the horse just at the horse's withers.

* Going horse riding in the belief that women become aroused by being rubbed by their saddle, an upper-class looking woman does indeed offer Sid a roll in the hay.

In both cases, the rider remains off the saddle and does not sit.

They use them with such facility that it does not hinder them drawing their bows nor handling their swords, keeping the latter hung at their saddle bows till occasion requires them.

If the saddle does not, the horse is best used for non-speed and non-jumping sports.

The ideal equitation mount has less bascule than the show hunter, because it is easier for a rider to maintain the correct jumping position on a " flatter " horse that does not throw the rider out of the saddle when it jumps.