Gallop gently
1drive gently over the stones — 1711 SWIFT Letter 30 June in Journal to Stella (1948) I. 301 A gallop: sit fast, sirrah, and don’t ride hard upon the stones. 1788 R. CUMBERLAND in Observer IV. cxx. We now stept into our hack, but not without a caution from Ned to the coachman… …
2cant|er — can|ter1 «KAN tuhr», verb, noun. –v.t., v.i. to gallop gently: »He cantered his horse down the road. The horse cantered across the meadow. –n. a gentle gallop: »The canter is to the gallop very much what the walk is to the trot (William Youatt).… …
3canter — I. n. 1. Whiner, sanctimonious prater, pious twattler, Pharisee. 2. Easy gallop, gentle gallop. II. v. n. Gallop gently …
4On Horsemanship (Xenophon) — On Horsemanship (Ἱππαρχικὸς ἢ περὶ ἱππικῆς) written c. 350 BC by Xenophon is one of the earliest extant treatises on horsemanship in the Western world (the oldest is the one written by Kikkuli of the Indo Aryan Mitanni Kingdom). In it, Xenophon… …
5On Horsemanship — is the English title usually given to Περὶ ἱππικῆς, peri hippikēs, one of the two treatises on horsemanship by the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon (c. 430 – 354 BC). Other common titles for this work are De equis alendis and The Art of… …
6Canter — The canter is a controlled, three beat gait performed by a horse. It is a natural gait possessed by all horses, faster than most horses trot but slower than the gallop, and is used by all riders. The speed of the canter varies between 16 27 km/h… …
7Alan Hunter (author) — Alan Hunter (25 June 1922 26 February 2005 [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1485357/Alan Hunter.html Obituary: Alan Hunter , Daily Telegraph , 11 March 2005, London] ] ) was an English author of crime fiction. His 46 novels all… …
8sound — 1. The vibrations produced by a sounding body, transmitted by the air or other medium, and perceived by the internal ear. 2. An elongated cylindrical, usually curved, instrument of metal, used for exploring the bladder or other cavities of the… …
9Rurouni Kenshin — Cover of the last volume of Rurouni Kenshin as released by Shueisha on November 4, 1999. るろうに剣心 明治剣客浪漫譚 (Rurōni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Rōmanta …
10South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
