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...world's great horsemen, helped make Mexico a power in the equestrian world. For long, toilsome hours Vicki and her older brother Humberto Jr., now 18, worked under their father's exacting eye to master Mariles' jumping style, in which the rider stays firmly in the saddle at the take-off point instead of lifting up to urge his mount over the barrier...
...habitual bicycle rider in Cambridge for something over five years, Councillor Sullivan's remarks on the bicycle traffic problem in Harvard Square interest me quite a bit. Unfortunately, the bicyclists who ride an the wrong side of the street are only one factor among many that contribute to the traffic hazard in the Square. Much of the blame and many of the near-misses can be blamed on the behavior of the cyclists themselves...
...cited the "Rough Rider's" belief that America's foreign policy "must rest on strength," and that "force should be at the back of righteousness...
...could offer the younger generation any advice, I would say: Never think of your car as a cold engine but as a hot-blooded horse, racing together with the rider like one beautiful harmonious unit. As for me, the rider has grown older and more blasé than the horse...
...perhaps Cambridge and Harvard would rather discourage the bicycle rider, who, after all, does contribute to the traffic problem. If so, both have ignored a possible alternative of encouragement--that several automobile drivers would bicycle or scooter around the Square if things were easier on them...