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The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery rehearse 'Jumping the Gun', for the International Show Jumping Championship at Olympia in London. The First World War manoevre to get field guns over fallen trees and trenches was one of the toughest tests. * of equestrian skill and requires all six horses jumping while galloping providing enough momentum for the one and half ton gun to jump its wheels over the three foot high sandbags.

The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery rehearse 'Jumping the Gun', for the International Show Jumping Championship at Olympia in London. The First World War manoevre to get field guns over fallen trees and trenches was one of the toughest tests. * of equestrian skill and requires all six horses jumping while galloping providing enough momentum for the one and half ton gun to jump its wheels over the three foot high sandbags. Stock Photo
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PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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2D31BY5

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4.6 MB (151.1 KB Compressed download)

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1844 x 878 px | 31.2 x 14.9 cm | 12.3 x 5.9 inches | 150dpi

Date taken:

13 December 2000

Photographer:

Fiona Hanson

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