Word: hind
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Among the most spectacular was the fighting pose of the courbette. Without apparent urging from its rider, the performing Lipizzan reared high on its hind legs, executed a series of forward jumps while pawing furiously, almost like a boxer, with its forelegs. Such a maneuver, Colonel Podhajsky explains, was naturally in high favor among medieval cavalrymen when ever they found themselves hemmed in by foot soldiers...
...went inside, carefully locked the door, and advanced on Sultan. He stabbed the lion in the side with the pitchfork. The big cat winced and spun. Without a second's pause Muller smashed him between the ears with the pipe. The lion staggered, sat back on his hind legs...