The Horse riding at Matheran and Police Training College, Junagadh, Gujarat

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Munawwar Hussain Clint Eastwood style looking great , just gun is missing

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Bharatbhai R Pandya Acp Sir, I know horse riding since my days in Junagadh Police Training College. The horses were taken to the Obstacle Course where they had to cross wall, then jump from a pond like swimming pool. We were taught to press our heels on the lower parts of th...See More

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Bharatbhai R Pandya Acp The hat I have put on was not prescribed for riding. There was one " Solo Hat " a round type hat for protection against fall from the horse back. We wore it while riding on horse. thereafter I used it during summer in Surat , as I had to ride a bicycle then ! But unluckily there is no photograph of such riding as I was not much photograph conscious those days. There was one particular shop selling such hats in Bombay , just near Nair Hospital and opposite metro Theater in Bombay, and it was called " Calcutta Solo Hat Agency ". Solo hats were in demand old days of the British Rule , and so it was named like that , as the English people were fond of horse riding and so needed solo hats. This is for preserving the old memories, Sir.

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Bharat Pandya Acp One thing I forgot to mention here that we were trained in different styles of horse riding 1. Rawal 2.Canter and 3. Charge. The Rawal was a slow motion walk , Canter was speedy semi run, the horses enjoyed this style too much and danced with rhythm . 3. Charge. An open field when the horses were let loose and run like the fastest run in Olympic and when reign were let loose and the their stomachs were pressed with both heels , the horses thought that they had to prove their worth and ran with full speed, they became uncontrollable but were pacified only when the target line was crossed.This distance was some where 200 or 500 yards , I have forgotten but the runs were memorable and froth came out of the noses of the horses and breathing ran too fast .While tighteningly holding the reigns, my fingers once bled .------------ We were supposed to mount the horses with saddle, but during exercises, some times even saddles were removed and we were asked to mount the horse even without saddle on a running horse, somr=etimes in Rawal or some times canter styles. We did , as we all were young, Vo jawani ka josh hota hai sahb ! Munawwar Hussain

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