 | Thomas Lister Ribblesdale (4th Baron) - 1897 - 434 páginas
...wants line and drawing, and very few Arab horses lend their forehand to your seat and horsemanship. Charles Davis's horsemanship was as stainless as King...riding to hounds may have been a little wanting in geniality — perfect in form and satisfying in result— but somehow wanting in that impalpable quality... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 524 páginas
...quotation, the bearing of which, as of Mr. Bunsby's aphorisms, lies in the application. Charles Dnvis's horsemanship was as stainless as King Arthur's morals....riding to hounds may have been a little wanting in geniality — perfect in form and satisfying in result — but somehow wanting in that impalpable quality... | |
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Charles Davis's horsemanship was as stainless as King Arthur's morals. But I imagine his riding appealed to the head rather than the heart. As we have seen, the expression on his features was severe and serious, and I cannot help thinking that his riding... 