equestrian skill

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These manoeuvres were executed by the young warriors, apparently in a spirit of bravado, and with the design of showing off their courage and equestrian skill.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

But, far the first, arose Eumelus, king of men, the dear son of Admetus, who surpassed in equestrian skill.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Among these did Hector mingle, performing arduous deeds with his spear and equestrian skill, and he was laying waste the phalanxes of youths.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

What especially delighted them was the equestrian skill of the Californians.

From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de

I don’t like to be defeated, and I should not like to abandon the undertaking on account of my want of equestrian skill.

From With Axe and Rifle by Meyer, H.