Word: horseman
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...When a horseman rides a great distance and receives warm welcome at the end, he usually supervises in person the care that is bestowed upon his animal. When aviators fly across an ocean, however, not quite the same sentiment attaches to the mechanical contrivance by means of which the trick was turned...
...defend London, Britain last week tested, successfully, a tiny single-seated war plane capable of shooting up like a rocket, five miles up in ten minutes. The "Intercepter" plane, as it was known, is very light and requires a small pilot with the delicate touch of an expert horseman...
...said not only to be brilliant and adroit but a genial host, a good horseman and a "fair" tennis player...
...party of horsemen, their faces drawn, haggard, rode swiftly along a lonely road in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, Morrocco. Of a sudden, the leading horseman wheeled his horse, stopped the others and, pointing ahead with a flourish of his arm, cried: "Voici...
...appropriate oaths. He is still, at 62, one of the very best bird shots in England. And, though he hunts and rides often, he is always prudent enough to choose a horse of the right weight. Thus George V is not flung off constantly, as is that really excellent horseman Edward of Wales, who, however, insists upon always riding too heavy and powerful a horse...