Word: trot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...next few moments we counted some thirteen or fourteen riders, all of whom seemed to have chosen us as a common goal. We urged our camels to a trot and then to a gallop, while the wind continued to rise and the air to fill with dust. Nearer came the riders, gaining rapidly, so that it seemed that half an hour would bring them upon us. Ten minutes more and we ran into a dried river course, filled with smooth, rounded stones, the most treacherous footing imaginable. Over this our camels slipped and floundered desperately, while Hamida rasped furious curses...
...best. Furthermore, there is that enveloping quality about Author Benefield's troubled situations that reaches far beyond the particular persons and scenes to include all men's troubles, of all kinds. Finally, there is gentle, whimsical accuracy of detail, in few words-how little mules trot; an Italian undertaker "ostentatiously piddling through his ornate futilities"; an executive's comfort in his row of pearl-topped desk buttons; a kitty named John the Baptist...
Prominent among the pieces of the earlier period is the "Cherry Bounce", a fox trot popular throughout the Southern States in Washington's day. C. E. Henderson '28, the Pudding's leading pianist, has adapted the music of the old country dance to modern stage purpose, and the management has arranged a dance which will give an idea how the bean monde of Charleston amused itself a century and a half...
...course at Ormond Beach, Fla., selected a driver, and chatted for a few moments with a lady. Then he stooped, bowed his head, and struck. The white ball flew 156 yards to the green, bounded exuberantly toward the cup. Mr. Rockefeller shouted for joy. He traversed at a brisk trot the distance that separated him from his putt. The ball, once more obedient, hung on the lip of the cup. He tapped it in for a par 3, cut a caper...
...ride astride from childhood there need be no such fear for her or for her 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...