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...ruse, involving 15,000 dummy horses and a secret concentration of 35,000 troops and 385 siege guns, set up what was probably the greatest Allied victory of World War I. The siege guns tore a gap in the Turkish lines, and through the gap Allenby hurled 9,000 horsemen. It was the last great cavalry charge in military history. In 36 hours, Allenby destroyed two Turkish armies and captured 80,000 men. Six weeks later, Turkey sued for peace...
...horse in their backyard. Children can now get riding lessons for almost nothing. The United States Pony Clubs, which were formed twelve years ago and now claim 7,000 members in 25 states, will give lessons in grooming and riding for $4 a year, thanks to old-guard horsemen who teach for free. All the members have to do is bring a mount. If they do not own one, the Pony Clubs will help them find people who have ponies and horses to spare. Even children who can well afford private lessons join up with the Pony Clubs to take...
France's Prix de 1'Arc de Triomphe always seems to bring out the patriot in horsemen - just possibly because of its $270,000 purse. The field of 20 thoroughbreds that paraded to the post at Longchamp last week carried the silks of six nations, but the horses' nationalities were a little confused...
...Smart horsemen knew the odds were odd. "Four white feet and white on the nose, knock them in the head and throw them to the crows," goes an old mule traders' saying. Bold Lad was white everywhere. Superstition aside, he had been laid up all winter with painful splints on his shinbones. What's more, he had never won a race longer than a mile- and the Derby is 1¼ mi. Before his horse ever got out of the walking ring, Jockey Hartack had a feeling that he was in trouble. "He wasn't reacting very...
...half a dozen blocks the horsemen chased the crowd of demonstrators. The mounted men charged into the group, flaying at people with clubs and whips. Then they singled out one or two people for special treatment, herding them like calves, banging them between the horses, and finally beating them to the ground...