"Bareback" Quotes from Famous Books
... our horse, bareback, and keep straight on up the road," he announced, coming back. "I will not have to go very far before ... — The High School Boys' Training Hike • H. Irving Hancock
... sheriff's a duffer! Here, Van, give me the horse." And with the words Chamberlain grabbed Little Simon's best roadster, mounted him bareback, and turned ... — The Stolen Singer • Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger
... now appeared in their turn upon the arena. A dozen of the wild horses, which they had seen before, were now seen galloping wildly over the plain, while some Indians, mounted bareback on their horses (having taken their saddles off for greater speed), with their knees almost up to their chins, were pursuing the terrified animals. At first there were but three Indians visible; but one by one about twenty appeared, some armed with lances, and others ... — Wood Rangers - The Trappers of Sonora • Mayne Reid
... science not unknown, in its rudiments, to our rural population. You can remember when we took our first lessons, bareback, with a rope-halter looped around the horse's nose for a bridle. No—that was our second lesson; the first was on father's old grey horse, which was blind of one eye, and had a natural saddle curved into his back. Being a mite of a child, I sat in that hollow like a bird in its ... — Phemie Frost's Experiences • Ann S. Stephens
... have come to be! Is it possible that I once rode frisky colts bareback and had no nerves! I mustn't have nerves! They make one old. Mr. Blumenthal said so. But how to avoid them? Oh, I must be careful; so careful! How do women dare to ... — The Bacillus of Beauty - A Romance of To-day • Harriet Stark
... good word, Leigh. You happened on what I managed you should, else that long circus performance with Mademoiselle Rosella Gimpkello, famous bareback rider, had not been put on the sawdust this ... — Winning the Wilderness • Margaret Hill McCarter |