Word: equestrian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scenery. It causes no surprise, then, when Mary Pickford, in her latest vehicle joins the scamper academy of screendom. She plunges ahead in a wild gallop that would do credit to Paul Revere. In fact, suspicion even obtrudes that it is not always Mary herself performing the athletic equestrian feats that are an honor to the Fairbanks family...
Benito Mussolini, Premier of Italy: " From King Hussein of the Hedjas, I received a pair of magnificent Arabian horses. Despatches reported their arrival at Naples, said that my master-of-horse had journeyed to fetch them and that I, 'a consistent equestrian,' was pleased." Albert B. Fall, ex-Secretary of the Interior: " At Santa Monica, Calif., one Mrs. Katherine Petty was arrested, charged with carrying concealed weapons. Letters and telegrams found in her apartment and signed with my name, established her identity as my sister." Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon: " At the weekly...
...assassin "disguised as an equestrian...
...Genouilhac armor for man and horse, worn by Louis XII's master of artillery and his mount in 1527, has been added to the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, and mounted on a model of the famous horse in Verrocchio's equestrian statue of Bartolommeo Colleone, the Venetian...
...Ming, have a sculpturesque strength of modeling and a variety of contrasting colors that have made them beloved of collectors. A collection of Ralph Wood pottery which has taken 16 years to assemble is being shown at the Partridge Gallery, London. Statuettes of Benjamin Franklin, Alderman Beckford, George Whitefield, equestrian figures, fantastic animal pieces, Toby jugs, originally sold for a few shillings, but now worth hundreds of pounds, are among the rare models. The Woods were the first English potters to mark their work with their names. Their color secrets have apparently died with them...