Greg_C
1st of April 2007 (Sun), 05:02
I attended a Heritage Fair today and there was a Tent Pegging demo by the an Australian Light Horse reenactment troop. The Australian Light Horse (http://www.lighthorse.org.au/default.htm) soldiers were mounted infantry who served during the Second Boer War and World War I. They are famous for the Charge on Beersheba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheeba), which is often reported as "the last successful cavalry charge in history". This was made into a movie call 'The Ligthhorsemen'. I kinda figured with the action it deserved to be in sports. Hope you like them, comments welcome.
No.1 Typical dress, badges of the 14th Light Horse.
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image19614.jpg
No.2 A group pass. There was actually a fourth horse just out of frame to the right also.
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image19612.jpg
No.3 You can only just see the saber behind the horses rump after the successful pass. Notice they are using the special hovering horse!
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image19613.jpg
No.4 A bit of a composite, a series of 4 shots. Gotta love frames per sec for this type of thing. A demonstration of trust, ie trust he doesn't spear your foot to the ground. This was followed by another pass where he held the peg with his hands to the left and right, and a horse passed in either direction to spear the pegs.
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image19704.jpg
No.1 Typical dress, badges of the 14th Light Horse.
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image19614.jpg
No.2 A group pass. There was actually a fourth horse just out of frame to the right also.
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image19612.jpg
No.3 You can only just see the saber behind the horses rump after the successful pass. Notice they are using the special hovering horse!
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image19613.jpg
No.4 A bit of a composite, a series of 4 shots. Gotta love frames per sec for this type of thing. A demonstration of trust, ie trust he doesn't spear your foot to the ground. This was followed by another pass where he held the peg with his hands to the left and right, and a horse passed in either direction to spear the pegs.
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image19704.jpg