Word: horsemanship
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Each student is supposed to allot to Military Science drill ten afternoons a year. This scanty time is split up between horsemanship, foot drills working 75mm guns, and practice with miniature cannons. Too much attempted and nothing accomplished is indicative of the whole department, as the student has no time to learn any one subject well...
Indoor polo, as played at the Commonwealth Armory which is only exceeded in dimensions by that of West Point, is capable of providing the spectator with fast action, beautiful headwork, and spectacular horsemanship such as is impossible to witness in any other sport...
...vital interests." In Teheran the arrival of Britain's words-via British Wireless News Agency-caused such official consternation that Persian newspapers were forbidden to print them and special couriers were rushed off to Reza Shah Pahlevi who was still in Mazanderan applauding superb Turkoman horseflesh and horsemanship...
...unpardonable to ride without a hat, particularly in the finest Row in the world . . . where strangers watching will get a totally improper impression of British horsemanship. . . . Nothing looks prettier in the world on a woman than a bowler hat with a riding costume...
...subjects studied in Military and Naval Science include many things useful to civilian life--mechanics, navigation, horsemanship, electricity, history, and innumerable other items connected with the land and sea. For my own part, I can say that in one short summer cruise I learned more about human nature and mankind in general than I ever expect to glean form the books, lectures, and conferences of Philosophy...