Thought you might like to see these, hope it works.
http://s965.photobucket.com/albums/ae140/Huntingdays_Simsar/
Very cool pictures. It looks like a couple of different time periods, some look like the 30’s, others are clearly earlier. Are these family photos?
I love the big heads & roman noses on the horses. I’m quite fond of a “manly looking” horse.
Terrific photos! Are all of them family members or just Popsie? What hunt club was this?
Beautiful!
Thank you for sharing.
Ended up in this forum when my hand didn’t obey my brain, but I’m glad it did - great photos!
It’s interesting to see the riders’ positions. These are people who rode ALL the TIME–must have been far better horseman than many of us ammies, and yet if we rode like that now, yikes.
Thank you
Thank you for all of your replies.
Popsie is my Grandad and Jo was my Great Grandad on my mothers side, they worked for Lord and Lady Armstrong as Head/Stud grooms. Kathleen Armstrong was my mothers godmother.
The older looking photo’s are from the 1900’s and the cragside photo’s are signed 1938!
The older photo’s are from Thoresby Hall.
Some are from Bamburgh Castle.
http://www.bamburghcastle.com/
The hunt is we think
http://www.mfha.org.uk/directory/percy-hunt/view/northumberland/
Kind regards Sarah. simsarstud.com
Very neat! Thanks for sharing! I was happy to see some pictures of ladies riding sidesaddle in there too!
MelantheLLC - Don’t laugh, there ARE still people that ride like that! We have one guy at our barn that rides just like that. (makes me cringe!)
Oh, I’m not laughing. I suspect they rode far better than most of us today who aren’t pros.
Somehow, I got the feeling that most of these are weekend warriors, just like most of us today. Anyway, I see homed boots were the order of the day.
Great pics!
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Somehow, I got the feeling that most of these are weekend warriors, just like most of us today. [/QUOTE]
That’s the way people used to ride, feet stuck way out in front. All of them.
Before automobiles, you know. 
You can see the same style in art from before the days of photography. The forward seat is a 20th C innovation.
loved the pix!! thank you for sharing.
I have had a BNT tell me to home my stirrups for xc and foxhunting. (this guy competed at WEG and always has stellar xc rounds). he also grew up foxhunting.
Why home your stirrup? it actually gives you more flexibility! Try to walk up and down hill with your heels down…impossible… He had me home at clinic…and I always use for xc and foxhunting now! Not only is it comfortable, but ankle tendonitis doesn’t bother me when I’m riding, and my position is much more secure and my calves are much less fatigued after a few hours in the saddle. He also pointed out the old style of riding and said that the postion is still quite effective for hunting and xc but shouldn’t be as exteme (but is used on some downhill fences)…
What a wonderful treat! Thank you so much for sharing these.
I can’t get over how much His Lordship’s stable yard is exactly unlike my barn lot in every detail. Uncanny.
What does “home” your stirrup mean?
Home is closer to the middle of your foot, think arch, as opposed to the ball of your foot.
That old timey position is still seen out hunting (where I live). On some pretty awesome riders.
This is Thomas 1’s neck of the woods almost - just a smidge south of his hunting ground.
yup, way back when!
Look at those old hunt saddles!
I remember learning to ride in those! The Steuben Siegfried was a Quantum leap :yes:from those saddles; they made solid position over fences a “no brainer”:lol:
