Easy Riding (1928)

No title. M/s of Colonel F. McTaggart sitting astride a horse. C/U of the horse throwing its head around. Col. McTaggart puts the horse through its paces. He is presumably breaking it in or training it. He takes some jumps. “Note how loosely the reins may be in jumping when correctly balanced.“ We see him take a jump in slow motion. “Observe the forward “seat“ ... no jar on landing...“ M/S of the jump being taken in slow motion. “If the balance is wrong the hands come up, the feet go outwards ...and you see this...“ Col McTaggart does a fake fall off the horse. “The Colonel uses no when training a horse.“ The Col. rides the horse in and out of a pair of poles. C/U of the Colonel’s legs as he sits on his mount. C/U of the Col. fiddling with the horse’s bridle. He takes off the reins to prove that they are only made of paper. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 533. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITIS