Word: equestrianism
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...stretch limousine for rent in Los Angeles that boasts a hot tub and a helicopter pad, a Manhattan interior decorator who charges his clients $500 to toss throw pillows artistically around a drawing room. The customers for these esoteric goods and services spring from what Lapham calls the "equestrian class," which has multiplied impressively during the decades of postwar American prosperity and which "comprises all those who can afford to ride rather than walk and who can buy any or all of the baubles that constitute the proofs of social status. As with the ancient Romans, the rank...
...little bandy-legged guy, tough as an old boot." Socializing for young married officers and their wives was both formal and innocent -- tuxedos or dress blues for the men, 15 cents movies and milk shakes afterward at the PX. "Your sole purpose in life was to develop your equestrian skills," Schlanser recalls. "Yeah, they paid us to ride and stay in shape," says Colonel James Spurrier, president of the U.S. Horse Cavalry Association. He sounds wistful. A first lieutenant's pay was $125 a month, good money in those days. A pair of English boots cost $110, Polk remembers...
...last competition of the season, the Harvard equestrian team placed three riders in a horse show in Hanover...
...Harvard equestrian team competed in the University of Lowell Horse Show yesterday, with two members of the Crimson returning with top-awards. Sophomore Gallie Howard placed first in the intermediate horsemanship on the flat division, while Kim Smith finished right behind Howard to claim second...
Smith, a sophomore, also grabbed sixth place in the intermediate horsemanship over fences competition. As a result of her two awards, she also qualified for the New England Regional Equestrian Championships, to be held the weekend of April...