Plate 2 from "La Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux" by William Cavendish, 1657 hunting-whip rance" and with an anchor

rance" and with an anchor and two snakes and the letters LC

This slim whip has an antler or staghorn handle

This is a slim book issued by the National Pony Society

They have five pronged blunt rowels with a notch in each prong - I have seen similar rowels described as "hair pullers"

Plate 2 from "La Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux" by William Cavendish, 1657 hunting-whip rance" and with an anchorThis engraving shows William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle, on horseback. The horse stands on a plinth with an inscription of French verse. The Cavendish coat of arms and a spear are shown in the left upper part, there is armour in the lower corners. The print is inscribed "Abr. v Diepenbeke delineavit." (Abraham van Diepenbeeck the artist) on its lower left margin and "Petr. van Lisebetten sculpsit." (Peeter van Lisebetten, the engraver) and