The Forward Impulse, by Piero Santini, First Ed 1937 jan24 The ends of the heel

The ends of the heel bands of the spurs have two slots for straps and are decorated with lines of "beads" in a white metal - probably a nickel alloyThere is also beading where the necks join the bodies of the spurs

apparently only the chiefs have saddles such as this

Thong not including lash 54" (137cm)Weight 411g (14½oz)

These boots are made of brown leather with leather soles

There is a maker's stamp in the middle of the port

The Forward Impulse, by Piero Santini, First Ed 1937 jan24 The ends of the heelThis book was published by Country Life in 1937 It has green cloth boards which are a little faded. There is some trigonometry in pencil on the first page The first few pages are a little foxed There are many photographs and illustrations by Paul Brown, some of the line drawings have been coloured in A previous owner has obviously read this book quite thoroughly and taken issue with some of its assertions, there are red pencil question marks, crosses,