I wrote: > I found some more interesting sites, and will try to > find my books at home (many still packed away). > > Fun! :D
Well, I found my picture references at home, but _no_ primary sources for the text was given (usually this author is meticulous about appending her sources). And the on-site references I glanced at Tues nite looked good -- until I read the URL today, which indicates that it refers to the Crimean War -- hardly applicable! (But it's interesting reading for the horse or cavalry enthusiast - here they are:) http://www.silverwhistle.co.uk/crimea/cavalry3.html http://www.silverwhistle.co.uk/crimea/cavalry6.html [Note that there are some errors in horsemanship here, but it's worth reading anyway.] So I'm going to have to change 'revolution' WRT cavalry tactics to 'sea-change'...does that sit better, Damon? `:} A couple of previous statements also need to be modified: where I spoke of 'antiquity...Andalusians' I should have written 'Iberians,' which includes Andalusians, Lusitanos, and Alter-Reals. The native Spanish horses crossed with oriental stock _became_ 'jennets;' they were not jennets before the Moorish additions (the word apparently derived from the Zenetes, a Moorish tribe). Debbi who had to cancel riding plans yesterday and today as a spring snowstorm rolled in and hasn't left yet, although it is diminishing __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861
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