Three small-time gamblers, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, and Rusty Charlie, argue over which horse will win a big race (" Fugue for Tinhorns ").

`` The road's washed badly '', said Dill, `` but there's a trail you can get over with a horse.

The horse walked, the reins were slack, the huckster rode with bowed shoulders, his forearms across his knees.

Opposite every gate was a hitching post or a stone carriage-step, set with a rusty iron ring for tying a horse.

When the victory cheer went up this officer found himself still mounted, with his horse pressed broadside against Cleburne's log parapet in a tangled group of infantrymen.

A horse needed twenty pounds of food a day but the infantryman got along with two pounds.

He slapped the reins on the back of the powerful gray horse and held on as the sulky's wheels hit a pothole and came out with a jolt and went on.

a carriage raising up the choking June dust, and beyond, in a meadow, a local militia company drilling with muskets, Kentuck' rifles, every kind of horse pistol, old sword, or cutlass.

At the recent horse show convention in New York it was stated that this Intermediate Judging Class is meeting with great success and will be a great help to future judges in the horse world.

It fell, February 6, 1827, carrying with it a horse and wagon, two men and four oxen.

It all has something to do with General Burnside and his horse ''.

Anatomically, the horse lung appears to be remarkably like that of man, insofar as this can be ascertained from comparison of our findings in the horse with those of others ( Birnbaum, '54 ) in the human being.

It is known that Morse did associate with a group of itinerant horse traders who made their headquarters at Westport, a town not far from Fall River.

`` A gift horse to be viewed with suspicion ''.

He dropped his earlier and delightful hamming, which is about the only way to handle the old war horse called `` Charley's Aunt '', and let himself go with as appealing an `` Amy '' as anybody could ask.

The reader meets a few old friends like Blimp and the TUC horse, and becomes better acquainted with new members of the cast of characters like the bomb itself, and civilization in her classic robe watching the nuclear arms race, her hair standing straight out.

I'm with the Bar-H, pushing a horse called Sparky.

Thus we have the story of his riding across a stick ( horse made of stick ) with his children and upon being discovered by a friend desiring that he not mention till he himself were the father of children ; and because of the affection of his son Archidamus ' for Cleonymus, he saved Sphodrias, Cleonymus ' father, from execution for his incursion into the Piraeus, and dishonorable retreat, in 378 BC.

During the exercise of his duties he enhanced his reputation for humility by refusing to ride a horse — in accord with the dictates of the Dominican order — instead walking back and forth across his huge diocese.

These operations are compounding ( or the addition of one idea onto another, such as a horn on a horse to create a unicorn ); transposing ( or the substitution of one part of a thing with the part from another, such as with the body of a man upon a horse to make a centaur ); augmenting ( as with the case of a giant, whose size has been augmented ); and diminishing ( as with Lilliputians, whose size has been diminished ).

One wrote: `` ( I am so hungry ) I could eat a rider off his horse & snap at the stirups ''.

* 1949 – Ann Romney, American horse rider, wife of Mitt Romney

* 1979 – Laurentia Tan, Singaporean-Paralympic horse rider

` Abdu ’ l-Bahá also took an interest in the art of horse riding and, as he grew, became a renowned rider.

A carbine was typically no longer than a sheathed sabre, both arranged to hang with their tops clear of the rider ’ s elbows and bottoms clear of the horse ’ s legs.

The gun sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting challenges the horse and rider to race through a designated course while firing at and breaking balloon targets several feet away with blank ammunition.

Saddles are seats for the rider, fastened to the horse's back by means of a girth ( English-style riding ), known as a cinch in the Western US, a wide strap that goes around the horse at a point about four inches behind the forelegs.

It is important that the saddle be comfortable for both the rider and the horse as an improperly fitting saddle may create pressure points on the horse's back muscle ( Latissimus dorsi ) and cause the horse pain and can lead to the horse, rider, or both getting injured.

If a rider is thrown from a horse but has a foot caught in the stirrup, they could be dragged if the horse runs away.

The two bits allow the rider to have very precise control of the horse.

Reins are the means by which a horse rider or driver communicates directional commands to the horse's head.

Various styles can be used as a control measure, to prevent the horse from avoiding rider commands by raising its head out of position ; or as a safety measure to keep the horse from tossing its head high or hard enough to smack its rider in the face.

* Running martingale: This design adds leverage to a bit and features a split fork beginning at the chest with a ring on each side of the fork through which the reins pass, enabling the rider to more easily keep the horse under control, but also allowing the horse freedom of movement when needed.

Fitted correctly, the running martingale only controls how high the horse carries its head when the rider tightens the reins.

Sometimes a running martingale may be adjusted at a greater or lesser length depending on the needs of the horse and rider.

Ulla Loumand cites Sleipnir and the flying horse Hófvarpnir as " prime examples " of horses in Norse mythology as being able to " mediate between earth and sky, between Ásgarðr, Miðgarðr and Útgarðr and between the world of mortal men and the underworld.

Ulla Loumand cites Hófvarpnir and the eight-legged horse Sleipnir as " prime examples " of horses in Norse mythology as being able to " mediate between earth and sky, between Ásgarðr, Miðgarðr and Útgarðr and between the world of mortal men and the underworld.

In what is now Northern Germany horse head gables, or gable signs adorned with two rampant horse figures, were referred to as " Hengist and Hors " up until the late 19th century.

On farmhouses in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany, horse head gables were referred to as " Hengist and Hors " as late as around 1875.

A white or black horse can be found on many flags and coats of arms in England, Germany ( state flags of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, Herford coat of arms ), and the Netherlands ( flag of Twente ).

Drusus died in June 9 BC in Germany, due to complications from injuries he sustained after falling from a horse.

The city's current name comes from a stallion that was named after the Coburg district of Bavaria, Germany, from whence the horse had been imported.

The bathers stayed in Doberan and played on slot machines ( the ducal resort coffers collected 30, 000 thalers of royalties from Doberan's casinos ), dancing, and horse racing ( probably the first horse race in Germany took place here on 10 August 1822 ).

After his father died in 1760, Lamarck bought himself a horse, and rode across the country to join the French army, which was in Germany at the time.

In 1897, a monument to German Emperor William I of Germany, mounted on a 14 meter high horse, was inaugurated there by his grandson William II.

He fought with distinction in Prussia during the last three years of the Polish War ( 1626 – 1629 ) and also, as colonel of a regiment of horse, in 1630 in Germany.

Set in medieval Germany, Michael Kohlhaas is a horse trader who has been cheated by a local nobleman and nearly starts a revolution to get revenge.

When King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden landed in Germany Bernard quickly joined him, and for a short time he was colonel of the Swedish life horse guard.

He videotapes Sarah as she carries on an affair with their gardener, sells the video as a porno movie in West Germany, then informs her that he is divorcing her and using the video as evidence of adultery ; lets slip to dim-bulb journalist Geoff Diquead that the horse race, in which Diquead lost £ 1, 000, was fixed ; and mutilates and burns Piers ' treasured teddy bear.

Heck horse in Haselünne, Germany ( 2004 )

The Islandpferde-Reiter-und Züchterverband is an organization of German riders and breeders of Icelandic horses and the association of all Icelandic horse clubs in Germany.

In Germany the master of the horse ( Oberststallmeister ) was a high court dignitary ; but his office was merely titular, the superintendence of the Emperor's stables having been carried out by the Oberstallmeister, an official corresponding to the crown equerry in England.

Germany also utilized organic horse and bicycle mounted troops within infantry formations throughout World War Two, although bicycle use increased as Germany retreated into its own territory.

Following this successful installation numerous bicycle paths separate from the roadway were constructed by " bicycle path associations " In Germany, concerns arose regarding conflicts between cyclists, horse traffic and pedestrians, leading to sections of routes being upgraded to provide smoother surfaces and separate portions for the different groups .< ref name =" bhorn ">

• Music Reading for five poems from the of " Why did you leave the horse alone " by the great poet presented at a joint concert for them in Tunisia, Berlin ( Germany ), and Boston ( USA ) in 1995.

The sculptor sought throughout the country for the right horse to stand as a model, but found it in Hanover in Germany.

* Westphalian horse, a warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region of western Germany