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  2. Sergeant Reckless - Wikipedia

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    Staff Sergeant Reckless (c. 1948 – May 13, 1968), a decorated warhorse who held official rank in the United States military, [1] was a mare of Mongolian horse breeding. Out of a racehorse dam, [a] she was purchased in October 1952 for $250 (equivalent to $2,900 in 2023) [2] from a Korean stableboy at the Seoul racetrack who needed money to buy an artificial leg for his sister. [3]

  3. Horses in warfare - Wikipedia

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    Horses were probably ridden in prehistory before they were driven. However, evidence is scant, mostly simple images of human figures on horse-like animals drawn on rock or clay. [49] [50] The earliest tools used to control horses were bridles of various sorts, which were invented nearly as soon as the horse was domesticated. [51]

  4. Army Remount Service - Wikipedia

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    At Swaythling, for example, on 1 April 1919 (several months after the end of the war), 3,530 horses and mules were stabled and cared for by 757 men. [14] The first three of these depots were used for horses and mules arriving from overseas, whilst Swaythling was a collection centre for animals being shipped abroad.

  5. Stage station - Wikipedia

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    Yard of the Swan with Two Necks, Lad Lane, London, 1831 Spent coach-horses Place de Passy, Paris. A stage station or relay station, also known as a staging post, a posting station, or a stage stop, is a facility along a main road or trade route where a traveller can rest and/or replace exhausted working animals (mostly riding horses) for fresh ones, since long journeys are much faster with ...

  6. Quoits - Wikipedia

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    In this game, the top of the spike is flush with the clay, so encircling the pin is not a significant part of the game. The long game has similarities to the game of bowls, in that a player scores a point for each quoit nearer to the pin than his opponent. The hobs are 18 yd (16 m) apart, while the quoits are typically around 9 in (23 cm) in ...

  7. Post chaise - Wikipedia

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    Post chaise with just a pair of horses, a postilion and one footman in Preston Street, Faversham, 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo How Lapenotiere carried the news from Falmouth to London. A post-chaise is a fast carriage for traveling post built in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It usually had a closed body on four wheels, sat ...

  8. Postilion - Wikipedia

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    Postilion riders are generally arranged one rider for each pair of horses, riding the left horse. [1] [2] [3]: 373 Originally the English name for a guide or forerunner for the post (mail) or a messenger, it became transferred to the actual mail carrier or messenger and also to a person who rides a (hired) post horse. The same persons made ...

  9. Cowboy mounted shooting - Wikipedia

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    Cowboy mounted shooting (also called western mounted shooting and mounted shooting) is a competitive equestrian sport involving the riding of a horse to negotiate a shooting pattern. Depending on sponsoring organizations, it can be based on the historical reenactment of historic shooting events held at Wild West shows in the late 19th century.

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