How To Use Horseman In A Sentence

He a first - class horseman and musician.
Another tomb of interest (and of which we will speak in extenso in the next instalment of this series) is the tomb of the Pope Clement II, the only pope to be buried north of the Alps. The statue, sculpted by the same (unknown) sculptor as the Horseman, was originally the slab of the tomb, which remains on the west choir, behind the cathedra: Catholic Bamberg: The Cathedral
And so he had grown in the warmth of his parents 'love, trained in what we call outdoor sports, but which are life itself to the Arab, until at fourteen no one could surpass him in running or horsemanship or spear-throwing, whilst with rifle or revolver he could clip the hair off the top of a man's head, the which strenuous accomplishments he balanced in passing his leisure moments in the gentle arts of verse-making and even music, in spite of the latter being condemned by religion; also did he learn to converse in foreign tongues. Desert Love
The horseman gave a cry of astonishment and pleasure, and without a word wheeled his horse and galloped past back at headlong speed toward the castle. The Boy Knight
The haute école of classical equitation includes movements with direct military application, like the capriole which was originally intended to enable a horseman to use his steed to kick an attacker approaching from behind.

Dressed in traditional costume, this is an opportunity to show off their horses and horsemanship, to call on friends, to dance flamenco, to eat, drink and be merry.
the headless horseman
Good breeding is a vital element in Flat racing and Eddery himself has horsemanship in his genes, being the son of Irish champion jockey Jimmy.
The horseman was older than Bahzell had assumed from his voice and the way he sat his horse.
Hunting the eland is a common pastime; and no craft is required to insure success, since these creatures are almost as tame as domestic cattle; so tame that the horseman usually rides into the middle of the drove, and, singling out the fattest bull, shoots him down without any difficulty. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys
Horseman 100 - 2 days travel time on stable trips ( min . 1 day ).
For the most part even the flintiest horseman and women in that neck of the woods are pro-choice, ambivalent at best about The War On Terror, and favor the decriminalization of drugs. Matthew Yglesias » Imagine If
A thorough horseman ought to pick up his fallen jereed without leaving the saddle; but the success of this, like the other exploit, seems to be traditional. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
CAS´-TOR, α _Geminorum_, "the horseman of the twins. A Field Book of the Stars
It is very important to become a better horseman and be aware of the little changes in your horse's behavior and attitude.
The difficulty of keeping soldiers from straying out of quarters by night, would have sufficiently accounted for the appearance of a straggling foot-soldier; but it was more difficult to account for a mounted horseman, in full armour; and such was the apparition which a peculiarly bright glimpse of moonlight now showed at the bottom of the causewayed hill. Castle Dangerous
However, a known number of horses (e.g., race and saddlebreds) have very little turn out time and seem to do fine with good horsemanship.
He probably expected me to spring from the ground with the activity which these Borderers have, by constant practice, acquired in everything relating to horsemanship; but as I stood irresolute, he extended his hand, and grasping mine, bid me place my foot on the toe of his boot, and thus raised me in a trice to the croupe of his horse. Redgauntlet
He was a consummate horseman, an agreeable companion, a hospitable host.
Confluentia," whose threads of liquidity are eruditely, yet romantically, intertangled to represent the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle; and "The Headless Horseman," a masterpiece of burlesque weirdness, representing the wild pursuit of Ichabod Crane and the final hurling of the awful head, -- a pumpkin, some say. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and
His close friend in school, Preston Raincrow, mentioned her only once, Preston on the tribal police now, a Muskogee Nation Lighthorseman. WHEN THE WOMEN COME OUT TO DANCE
But what they are basically looking for is evidence that the horseman is trying to make a profit.
Pete also noticed that Malvey "roughed" his horse unnecessarily; that he was a good rider, but a poor horseman. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
The horseman should be poised, relaxed and in control of the situation.
But, ultimately, games are won by superior horsemanship.
Occasionally a single horseman would gallop up and brandish his spear, while he covered himself with his large leathern shield, returning as fast as he went and shouting: "Shields to the wall, you soldiers of the _gadado_! Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley
The secret of good horsemanship is attention to detail. Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring
He can ride a horse like a horseman.
He was a crack shot with a rifle and a superb horseman.
The children were eternally running to meet a spurred horseman.
His horsemanship on a mount who had clouted two fences on the first circuit had some of the best judges of jockeyship cooing up in the stands. Fabio Capello has failed to help England's elite beat their demons | Paul Hayward
This must rank as the best horsemanship in the race at a time prior to the modifications of the fences.
A South American gaucho is an expert horseman, but here he has leapt to the ground and challenged a rival to equal or defeat him in ever more energetic and virile stamping movements.
The very best lesson for a horseman, young or old, is colt-breaking; and if in the attempt the _young_ horseman fails to do the colt justice, he will at least do him less injury than the country colt-breaker, or the generality of grooms. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding
Manolo, the horseman, haggard after twelve hours in the saddle and a sleepless night, reached out to shake me fully awake.
The sun of the Roman Empire set, so to speak, in the East, and it is to Byzantium we must turn our eyes for the continuation of the art of horsemanship as of the Fine Arts.
Not one of them has undergone the special training upon which I lay stress and without which I deny absolutely that any one has the right to pass a definite judgment on my meaning; for one does not learn to ride by reading a book on horsemanship, and eurhythmics are above all a matter of personal experience. The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze
‘Any good horseman should be able to train both types, quarterhorses and thoroughbreds,’ he said.
A lover of the western lifestyle, Friendly was a keen horseman. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps I have dozed a bit, for I must have turned the coin, unthinking, and now I see the reverse: a horseman, in full panoply, galloping, with naked sword brandished in his left hand, from which depends a severed head tight-clutched by long, flowing hair. The Lion's Brood
I found Karen Brown in Bandera at Solitaire Ranch, and she explained natural horsemanship to me.
The horseman came up to Robin Hood, brandishing his sword.
A second peon with his lasso gallops after the bullock, and throws his lasso round the hind leg above the hough and rides in a contrary direction to the other horseman, consequently the bullock is stretched between the two horses. The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
The cow ponies, the broncs, the show horses, and the weary racers: All had helped to craft Smith into the complete horseman.
The monuments of the Thracian toreutics present the image of the king as a horseman.
Once in awhile, a lone horseman would ride across the desert, a cloud of dust billowing behind him, but that was all she saw.
The bride was English, a former student of mine, but she posed for photographs like an archetypal Petersburg beauty at the foot of the Bronze Horseman, Falconet's statue of Peter the Great.
Beverly Brooks Solter, who was known for her integrity and horsemanship, died of cancer on Tuesday at her farm in Upperco, Maryland.
There is something both innocent and daring about Simone Martini's richly caparisoned horseman in the Palazzo Pubblico (the visitable part of which goes under the name of the Museo Civico).
The tale takes place 500 years ago and begins in the house of a Novgorod merchant, where horseman Antti and his wife Anne are serving their master.
The former panel beater from Swindon was champion jockey seven times and was renowned for his graceful riding style and superb horsemanship.
Her show achievements include numerous regional championships in stock seat equitation and regional reserves in horsemanship and showmanship.
Good horsemanship is critical to success in any horse-related sport.
Lightly armoured and equipped with lance and hand weapon , horseman excel at harassing enemy flanks.
He had passed brilliantly in engineering; had been saved by his prompt and ready answers the consequences of a "fess" with clean black-board in ordnance and gunnery; had won a ringing, though involuntary, round of applause from the crowded galleries of the riding-hall by daring horsemanship, and he was now within seven days of the prized diploma and his commission. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier
She extended her hand to the stocky horseman. Times, Sunday Times
As part of the tradition, the horseman carried bullwhips instead of ropes.
He was a crack shot and a good horseman. The Tribes Triumphant
Other dancers at the Easter celebration include: the Caballeros or horseman who carry blue flags that symbolize.
Despite his youth and relative inexperience, he has shown mature horsemanship in his races, most notably on the first day of 2003.
With moodily indifferent interest Elliott scarcely more than glanced up at the horseman's approach across the open plot of raw earth, hard-packed to a cement-like surface by the endless passage and repassage of countless hob-nailed, heavy-booted feet, but with that first glance his forehead began to smooth a little. Then I'll Come Back to You
Expand your horsemanship skills and the relationships with your horses with the challenge and fun of tandem riding.
As he is an excellent horseman, and understands farriery, I have bought a stout gelding for his use, that he may attend us on the road, and have an eye to our cattle, in case the coachman should not mind his business. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
He and Pat hit it off and Dave began studying natural horsemanship in earnest.
Now that's what I calls a comely lad!" continued Nabbem, pointing to the latter horseman; "none of your thin-faced, dark, strapping fellows like that Paul Clifford — Volume 06
In its earliest days, gentlemen, armed only with the _rejon_, the short spear of the original Iberian, about four feet long, fought in the arena with the bulls, and it was always a fair trial of skill and a display of good horsemanship. Spanish Life in Town and Country
He was a great horseman and he fed his horses human flesh to make them fierce in battle.
Moreover, he hath seven daughters, who in valour and prowess equal and even excel their sisters,66 and he hath made the eldest of them, the damsel whom thou sawest,67 queen over the country aforesaid and who is the wisest of her sisters and in valour and horsemanship and craft and skill and magic excels all the folk of her dominions. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
He said he wants his students to learn horsemanship in addition to riding skills, as he did under trainer Odie Clelland.
In turn the trainer calls him a fine horseman. Times, Sunday Times
A dozen horseman galloped pell-mell to within a few yards of where I was sitting, simultaneously checking their horses, turning their horses on a sixpence, in order to deliver a volley of rifle fire.
This mighty horseman was carried by his steed as lightly as the young springald by his Andalusian hackney. Novels by Eminent Hands
Are you also a horseman, sir?
Even more important, artistically, is perhaps the Bamberg Horseman on the pillar to the left of the east choir. Catholic Bamberg: The Cathedral
If you're a devotee of the classic skills of haute école horsemanship, then the famed Lippizaner horses at the Winter Riding School are not to be missed.
Where can I learn horsemanship ah?
Makayla said she mustered up more courage this year than last year, which could have been a challenge sitting next to her "decapitated" sister, who wore a homemade headless horseman costume. Greatfallstribune.com - SPORTS
Seeing a Light Horseman passing along the main sap, and wearing the distinctive head-dress, he hailed him -- "Say, choom, be them kangaroo feathers in your 'at? The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula
It is to the Spaniards that we are indebted, if "indebted" be a suitable term, for the wide-topped falling boot of the sixteenth century; that inconvenient, no-service thing -- good for the stage-players, fancy-ball men, and fellows like old Hudibras, who crammed a portable larder and wardrobe into its unfathomable recesses; but for the rough-riding horseman or the active hunter, a nuisance beyond all description. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845
No, I've just got what old-fashioned folks call a 'crick' in it," explained the elderly horseman. Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes
Again, in place of the long reed spear, which is apt to be weak and awkward to carry, we would substitute two darts of cornel-wood; 167 the one of which the skilful horseman can let fly, and still ply the one reserved in all directions, forwards, backwards,168 and obliquely; add to that, these smaller weapons are not only stronger than the spear but far more manageable. On Horsemanship
They were reared in splendour and tender affection, in respectful bearing and in the perfection of training; and they were instructed in penmanship and science and the arts of government and horsemanship, till they attained the extreme accomplishments and the utmost limit of beauty and loveliness; both men and women being ravished by their charms. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
It is a rugged contact sport that demands great horsemanship, balance and ball-handling skills from the human combatants.
From his earliest days of riding Dolly his horsemanship was superb.
And, as whipless races demonstrate, horsemanship and cajoling skills should be paramount. The Sun
Quite as in some great racing-stable an ambitious horseman might imagine that he detected in some likely filly the signs and lineaments of the future winner of a Derby, so in Berenice Fleming, in the quiet precincts of the Brewster School, Cowperwood previsioned the central figure of a Newport lawn fete or a London drawing-room. The Titan
Old Allister, your creat -- her own crandfather, was ta pest horseman ta worlt efer saw, and he'll nefer pe hafing ta trews to his own lecks nor ta saddle to his horse's pack. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875
The royal horseman bestrides a warlike steed, which is trampling under foot the figure of a turbanned Turk. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter
The monk ordered his mule, and was about to take his leave; and the good dame was still delaying him with questions about the funeral, when a horseman, armed and accoutred, rode into the little court-yard which surrounded the Keep. The Monastery
He was handsome, unlettered, and an excellent horseman.
A horseman holds poised in his hand a thick stick, four feet in length; he rushes at full speed, and dashes the point on the ground so as to cause it to rebound high in the air, and catches it, if he can, that is to say, before it reaches the earth, though I must confess I never saw a single jereed player, succeed in this feat. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
It is fantastic to see him reach this milestone - he is one of the best horseman in the business
He was well – mounted upon a sturdy chestnut cob, and had the graceful seat of an experienced horseman; while his riding gear, though free from such fopperies as were then in vogue, was handsome and well chosen. Barnaby Rudge
He was a keen horseman and a former member of the Swiss dressage team. Times, Sunday Times
That means improving microcirculation to the disks by avoiding obesity, smoking and diabetes, a trio I've come to regard as the three horseman of the health apocalypse. Mel Walsh: Growing Down: What to Do About Height Loss
But there is little doubt that Culloty's horsemanship has improved over the last couple of seasons - and a lot of the credit must go to Knight's husband, Terry Biddlecombe.
Testifying" this morning -- (if you can call prevaricating, lying, and posturing "testifying") -- to another toothless Beltway body called the "Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission" were the four horseman: Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, John Mack of Morgan Stanley, Brian Moynihan of Bank of America, and Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs. Joseph A. Palermo: Defiant Wall Street Welfare Kings Come to Washington
Besides all this, they had valorously mounted en croupe behind the ghostly horseman of Prague, through all his seven translators, and followed the footsteps of Moor through the forest of Bohemia. Waverley
Her show achievements include numerous regional championships in stock seat equitation and regional reserves in horsemanship and showmanship.
Cowboy mounted shooting is a combination of reining, barrel racing, and horsemanship, while shooting at balloon targets.
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Alone, but with unbated zeal, The horseman plied with scourge and steel; What Is Man? and Other Essays
He is now highly experienced, a very good horseman and a fine judge of pace. The Sun
With a horseman's knowing, appreciative eye, he watched the stallion mince up to the fence and nicker a greeting. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
He'd have been riding with pistols in his holsters, wrapped in a horseman's cloak and wearing a plain bobwig. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920
This lively convocation of gods, goddesses, demigods, kouroi, korai, horses, mythical beasts, and grave stelai is electrifying, all the more so because the ensemble includes such Ancient Art 101 mainstays as the Kritios Kouros and the torso of the Rampin Rider (fitted with a casting of the horseman's head, now in the Louvre). Grading the New Acropolis
He ducked a blow from a horseman riding up close to him and then grabbed onto the man's leg.
‘A good horseman can ride any horse and it's the same with dancing,’ said the vaqueros and it was true.
Bandits and other miscreants roamed the dirt track after sundown, waiting for a horseman to come along so they could ambush him.
With a horseman's knowing, appreciative eye, he watched the stallion mince up to the fence and nicker a greeting. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
I couldn't have been more surprised if a headless horseman had galloped past the sofa. Times, Sunday Times
One shot of a young boy claiming to be an expert horseman shows a toddler rocking on a hobby horse.
His father, also named Hugo, is a three-time Mexican charro champion, recognized for his work as a horseman and his talent for competing in the charreada, or corrida, which is the national sport in Mexico. KansasCity.com: Front Page
He told us the legend of the ghostly horseman.
As always, it is the third tercio that is the climax, with the horseman wielding the rejon de muerte, a lance to kill the bull. There is no such thing as a bullfight
One could lie in wait on some high crag, and at hitherto unheard-of ranges hit a horseman far below.
Let even Clarendel have a care of himself! or, when least he suspects any danger, some fair dairymaid will praise his horsemanship, or take a fancy to his favourite spaniel, or any other favourite that happens to be the foible of the day, and his invulnerability will be at her feet, and Lady Clarendel be brought forward in a fortnight. ' Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
In the mid-1980's he had purchased a rather dramatic lurex jacket which had a tailor's label bearing the word MERC with the device of a mounted horseman.
He was a great horseman and he fed his horses human flesh to make them fierce in battle.
I was dressed as a horseman at the ball.
I'm not a skilled horseman by any means. Times, Sunday Times
Braves, albeit the elder was a doughtier horseman than the younger. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Copmanthorpe Parish Council has voiced strong objections to plans to demolish the former health centre on Horseman Lane, and build three detached town houses on the land.
The noble steed which he reined bounded and caracoled, and displayed his spirit and agility in a manner which might have troubled a less admirable horseman than the The Talisman
The respect he earned was due in one part to his horsemanship but mostly to his character. Times, Sunday Times
He was the first to spy the horseman in the distance.
Military precision, like magic, is not supposed to be easily explicable to the masses but a close look at the lead horseman was revealing.
A fearless horseman, he was a joint master of foxhounds and served as medical officer with the Scottish Horse in the Territorial Army.
Two British gold-medal-winning athletes from the Athens Paralympics will be taking part in a display of horsemanship at this year's Grand National meeting.
Plenty Doors told me that Bill is mad because he aint much of a horseman, tried to break a mustang on his own last year and the horse throwed him and broke three ribs. Come Again No More
Danny Locke is known as a wrangler and horseman as much as he is recognized as a successful cotton farmer. Western Farm Press RSS Feed
Down in the valley Amalric had stiffened in his saddle when he saw that wild horseman curvetting and caracoling on the slopes while he brandished that blood-stained serpent-banner. The Bloody Crown Of Conan
Thus the novel follows the Carthaginian foot soldier, Imco Vaca, and also tells of a Numidian horseman, Tusselo, and of a Greek scribe, Silenus, and of the camp follower, David Durham explains his interest in Hannibal and refutes the historical concept of him as a brutish barbarian.
There is also an example of dramatic irony when Huck tells of the drunk horseman at the circus.
When he encountered a problem he couldn't figure out, he would consult with tribal elders who were versed in the ‘old ways’ of horsemanship.
If you have any questions or concerns, ask an experienced horseman or veterinarian for instruction.
He saw, too, that the mountaineer was a fine horseman, and as he carried a long slender-barreled rifle over his shoulder, while a double-barreled pistol was thrust in his belt, it was likely that he would prove a formidable enemy to any who sought to stop him. The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign
The horseman asks no more than his shield and spear, but the infantry have also javelins to shower, several per man, and they can hurl them to a great distance; for they are either naked or only lightly clad in their cloaks.
It was his lyric about the fair young horseman who is begged not to caracole too high, because he is carrying someone's heart and one more leap might break it. The Praise Singer
I thus aimed to avoid padding, which is the almost inevitable penalty of trying to put Pushkin into English verse and which inevitably adulterates his quality, and which I believe I avoided completely when I later translated the whole of The Bronze Horseman. The Strange Case of Pushkin and Nabokov
I couldn't have been more surprised if a headless horseman had galloped past the sofa. Times, Sunday Times
He was a crack shot and a good horseman. The Tribes Triumphant
Railroad train and ocean grayhound, stage and pony cart, spurring horseman and naked brown runner sweating through jungle paths under his mail bags, would bear the news of me East and West, until they met in the antipodes and put a girdle of my loveliness right round the world! The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day
There was funding for a lance-wielding horseman - or 'picador' - but only on one of the two days. BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
Let even Clarendel have a care of himself! or, when least he suspects any danger, some fair dairymaid will praise his horsemanship, or take a fancy to his favourite spaniel, or any other favourite that happens to be the foible of the day, and his invulnerability will be at her feet, and Lady Clarendel be brought forward in a fortnight. ' Camilla
She extended her hand to the stocky horseman. Times, Sunday Times
We hike back to camp and begin preparing a hearty dinner, when up rides a lone horseman.
He is not a keen horseman. Times, Sunday Times
The horseman rode down the narrow vennel which led to the St. Denis gate of Paris, holding his nose like a fine lady. The Path of the King
[Verse Three] Trees buckled like knees Continuing to build and break the seventh seal From the sky came firey hail, trains derailed Horseman hooded with sheets shaped in concrete War of the lion, voids thunder when I speak From their finger came lightning, striking the beast {* thunder*} Jail cell broken by the wise WN.com - Articles related to Product Review: Easy Cake Chocolate Cake with Dark Chocolate
Dr. Thomas Ritter is one of a very exclusive group of people in the United States dedicated to the preservation of the classical art of horsemanship.
He was the first to spy the horseman in the distance.
Harvey was a very good rider and an excellent horseman.
I could make a blanket statement that lead shanks with chains are bad for horses or that they're a sign of poor horsemanship.

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