What a nice bunch of fellows!
Troop G, 2nd US Cavalry from Sound the Charge by JP Langellier
View ArticleUniversity Intolerance
University is the most intolerant of places, don’t you think? I was once treated as a pariah for an entire semester for liking–no loving–Theodore Roosevelt more than the thin-lipped Woodrow Wilson....
View ArticleHow could Katherine not know he was a morphine eater?
Frederic Remington paints the BEST cavalry soldiers!
View ArticleCaution: Girl Learning to Swoon Just Like Her Mother
Courtesy of NJ.Com Don’t you find it interesting that very few people swoon these days? At one time swooning was all the rage with women. Look how some of the men seem unimpressed in the picture. This...
View ArticleIt’s Hard To Lead A Cavalry Charge If You Think You Look Funny On A...
Captain Bernard, Fifth Dragoon Guards, US 1855
View ArticleWhy Must I Think Unhappy Thoughts?
Uncle Georgie living the life. I really love horses. The idea of riding down some country lane, fragrant apple blossoms all around, my bustle tucked perfectly in place and wearing a great hat appeals...
View ArticleBeautiful Saturday Documentary About An Amazing Woman
After yesterday’s blog post I watched this completely delightful documentary you shouldn’t miss! Go on, watch it–you won’t be sorry. http://watch.montanapbs.org/video/1430362984/
View ArticleHorse Power, Hurray?
Watch out for the bump in the road! To everyone driving today in your car feeling incredibly guilty for destroying the environment, let’s get some perspective. The automobile was once rightly hailed as...
View ArticleGod forbid that I should go to any Heaven in which there are no horses. ~R.B....
“In horsemanship, however, he was noted as the most proficient in the Academy. In fact, rider and horse held together like the fabled centaur…” James Longstreet US Grant was the greatest equestrian...
View ArticleCowboys Coming to Town for Christmas
Frederic Remington Wishing you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON! I’ll be trying to keep the cowboys from too much trouble during the next week so I may not be at the computer that much,...
View ArticleFree Books Debate & a Giveaway
FREE at AMAZON Wednesday and Thursday for no reason! Think of athletes, children stretching their limbs, filling their lungs and playing. Just playing. The best things in life are free. If the boys and...
View ArticleHenry Burden “spent a lifetime in devising means for lightening toil”
Civil War Horse who’s probably in better shoes than his friend. courtesy Pinterest For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of the shoe, the horse was lost; For want of the horse, the rider was...
View Article“The horse and rider is an iconic image of the most fundamental thing our...
LINKS: Meet the modern lady who travels cross county on horseback! BERNICE ENDE’S BLOG Tagged: adventure, bernice ende, horse and rider, horseback riding, horses, woman travel cross country horse
View ArticleThe “Englewood House” Hotel (where John Weldon stays and where the dance is...
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