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Portrait of A.F. Tschiffely. Aimé Félix Tschiffely (May 7, 1895 – January 5, 1954) was a Swiss-born, Argentine professor, author, and adventurer. A. F. Tschiffely (as he was better known) wrote a number of books, most famously Tschiffely's Ride [1] (1933) in which he recounts his solo journey on horseback from Argentina to Washington D.C..
The domestication of the horse had a wide-ranging effect on the steppe cultures, and Anthony has done fieldwork on it. [28] Bit wear is a sign of horse-riding, and the dating of horse teeth with signs of bit wear gives clues for the dating of the appearance of horse-riding. [29]
Musicians riding horses, Tang dynasty Horses are trained and ridden for practical working purposes, such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch.They are also used in competitive sports including dressage, endurance riding, eventing, reining, show jumping, tent pegging, vaulting, polo, horse racing, driving, and rodeo (see additional equestrian sports listed later in this ...
Circuit riders, also known as horse preachers, were clergy assigned to travel around specific geographic territories to minister to settlers and organize congregations. [1] Circuit riders were clergy in the Methodist Episcopal Church and related denominations, although similar itinerant preachers could be found in other faiths as well ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Endurance Horse (1988) [3] Riding Long Distance (1988 ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Esther 6 is the sixth chapter of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, [1] The author of the book is unknown and modern scholars have established that the final stage of the Hebrew text would have been formed by the second century BCE. [2]
Littauer at a riding clinic he conducted at Sweet Briar College in February 1953. Vladimir Stanislavovitch Littauer (January 10, 1892 – August 31, 1989) was an influential Russian and American horseback riding master and the author of books and films on educated riding and the training of horses. As a riding instructor, Littauer was in great ...
Equitation is the art or practice of horse riding or horsemanship. [2] [3] [4] More specifically, equitation may refer to a rider's position while mounted, and encompasses a rider's ability to ride correctly and with effective aids. In horse show competition, the rider, rather than the horse is