Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 1119 | View more quotes about sometimes">Sometimes a strap dangles back for a few feet from the throat loop. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 1116 | A heel over the animal's back and a fist in its silken neck hair, or an arm thrust through a leather throat loop, provide the leverage needed for these feats. |
| 1 | 1117 | To be sure, these folk are superb riders. |
| 1 | 1118 | A child is often put on kaiilaback, its tiny hands clutching the silken neck, before it can walk. |
| 1 | 1119 | Sometimes a strap dangles back for a few feet from the throat loop. |
| 1 | 1120 | This is to be seized by the warrior who may have been struck from his mount, either to recapture the beast or, using the strap, being pulled along, with the momentum of the racing steed, to vault again to its back. |
| 1 | 1121 | This strap, incidentally, is used more often in hunting than in warfare. |
| 1 | 1122 | It could be too easily grasped by an enemy on foot, with the result of perhaps impeding the movement of the kaiila or even causing it to twist and fall. |
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A heel over the animal's back and a fist in its silken neck hair, or an arm thrust through a leather throat loop, provide the leverage needed for these feats.
To be sure, these folk are superb riders.
A child is often put on kaiilaback, its tiny hands clutching the silken neck, before it can walk.
Sometimes a strap dangles back for a few feet from the throat loop.
This is to be seized by the warrior who may have been struck from his mount, either to recapture the beast or, using the strap, being pulled along, with the momentum of the racing steed, to vault again to its back.
This strap, incidentally, is used more often in hunting than in warfare.
It could be too easily grasped by an enemy on foot, with the result of perhaps impeding the movement of the kaiila or even causing it to twist and fall.
- (Savages of Gor)