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Word: pommelled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...health. She will have learned balance, kept her spine straight, and strengthened her abdominal and thoracic muscles as well as those of her legs. She can keep her seat in a walk, amble, trot, canter, gallop or jump, even in the English saddle with its low pommel and cantle. In the McClellan saddle of the U. S. Army or the cowboy saddle of the ranches, she will have even a more secure seat, as can testify famed Rodeo Rider "Texas" Guinan, now boisterous hostess of a Manhattan supper club.† She never found anything exotic or treacherous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Horse Riding | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

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