"Take a hop" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... whip, reins, and the mane in the left hand, with the right hand take the lower part of the stirrup-leather between the fore-finger and thumb, the little finger on the upper part of the stirrup-iron; take a hop forward facing the saddle and turning your toe to the horse's front without touching his side, take the cantle with the right hand and up. If the horse moves on, he only spares you the previous hop, and by walking ...
— Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece - or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding • George Greenwood
... I will take Bully and Bawly and go for a swim, and then we'll take a hop through the woods and perhaps we may find an ...
— Bully and Bawly No-Tail • Howard R. Garis |
