equestrian skill
Example Sentences
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Even the vainglorious Plante, who piqued himself on his equestrian skill, was once or twice nearly unhorsed, from having chosen his road badly.
From Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest by Kinzie, Juliette Augusta Magill
Her equestrian skill now often came in use.
From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Bellows, Henry W.
What especially delighted them was the equestrian skill of the Californians.
From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de
I don’t like to be defeated, and I should not like to abandon the undertaking on account of my want of equestrian skill.
From With Axe and Rifle by Meyer, H.
They are approaching it at a like rate of speed; for although the horses appear to be in a gallop, it is only a fancy gait fashionable among Spanish-Americans, its purpose to exhibit equestrian skill.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
