Re: Do Ducks have cavalry?

From: John Machin <orichalka_at_363Dp_LxyDCZ4yxvpScFiLITurqXhYXEDxA-KQbXBJqnBpOQmV95EtU9o2peVHOv_J>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:46:08 +1100


On 10/12/2007, Grimmund <grimmund_at_P0X2HFYMce2ImK3frBEvyrSDO5PbRiUlY8Rt-WzYBt_Eq_tCg5Z5saEpIrl80wyfIOqN_nMAFaWqSA.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> I'd think the riders would take long enough to recover after the toad
> lands, that the ability of the mount to jump would be more of a
> hindrance than a help. Yes, the rider would be harder to hit, but I'd
> think that the mount sjumping would also disrupt whatever the rider
> was trying to do. Not to mention how unpleasant that landing's got to
> be for the rider.

Articulated saddles? Or perhaps they just get called "rattle-beaks" from all the bouncing around?

-- 
John Machin
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- Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.

           

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