QUARTER HORSE

American breed of light horse that originated during the colonial era, partly from Arabian ancestry (see Arabian horse). The name refers to the horse's reputation for speed at the quarter-mile distance. It can spring into full speed and consequently is faster than the Thoroughbred for a short sprint. The breed was by far the most popular cattle horse in the early West. It continues in this role today and is also used almost exclusively for rodeo events such as cutting, roping, and barrel racing. Registered quarter horses are of solid colors, stand 15 to 16 hands (60–64 in./150–160 cm) high, weigh over 1,000 lb (450 kg), and have thick muscular shoulders and short necks.

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books on: Quarter Horse  - 33149 results

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1.
The Death of Crazy Horse: A Tragic Episode in Lakota History
Book by Richard G. Hardorff; University of Nebraska Press, 2001
Subjects: Crazy Horse--Ca. 1842-1877, Indians Of North America--Wars--1866-1895--Personal Narratives, Oglala Indians--Biography, Oglala Indians--History--Sources, Oglala Indians--Interviews, Soldiers--United States--Interviews
...the scouts were quartered in a building where...Sheri- dan-Crazy Horse among the number...17 Laundresses Quarters 31 Magazine 18...Next day, Crazy Horse, accompanied by the...General Bradleys quarters, they stopped in...guardhouse. Crazy Horse noticed this and...
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The Horse & Buggy Age in New England
Book by Edwin Valentine Mitchell; Coward-McCann, Inc., 1937
Subjects: New England--Industries--History, New England--Social Life And Customs
...machine, and the manufacture of horse nails was begun in rented quarters in Hartford in 1881. As...until toward the close of the horse and buggy period it was ten...chiefly in the three and three-quarter foot size, are still made in...
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Kabuki: Five Classic Plays
Includes: Sukeroku: Flower of Edo; Saint Narukami and the God Fudo; Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani; Love Letter from the Licensed Quarter; The Scarlet Princess of Edo
Book by James R. Brandon; University of Hawaii Press, 1992
Subjects: Japanese Drama--Edo Period, 1600-1868--Translations Into English, Kabuki Plays--Translations Into English
...Love Letter from the Licensed Quarter Kuruwa Bunsho...has changed in many ways over the past quarter century. Many of the older generation...significantly from the performances I saw a quarter century ago and that are translated here...
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Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories
Includes: Silver Blaze; The Speckled Band; The Sign of Four; A Scandal in Bohemia; The Naval Treaty; The Blue Carbuncle; The Greek Interpreter; The Red-Headed League; The Empty House; The Missing Three-Quarter; His Last Bow
Book by Arthur Conan Doyle, S. C. Roberts; Oxford University Press, 1951
Subjects: Detective And Mystery Stories, English, Fiction, Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious Character)--Fiction
...not observed the quarter-mile posts, said...the owner of the horse, and from Inspector...reason taken out the horse for early exercise...tragedy. About a quarter of a mile from the...me. The track of a horse was plainly outlined...and passed over a quarter of a mile of dry...
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Riding for Caesar: The Roman Emperors' Horse Guards
Book by Michael P. Speidel; Batsford, 1994
...The whole army, horse and foot, armed...emperor. They took up quarters in the palace, porticoes...Having doubled the horse guard, Severus also...took up its new quarters upon return from...Under Hadrian a quarter of the horse guard spent the...
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journal articles on: Quarter Horse  - 856 results

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Full Employment: Gift Horse or Trojan Horse
Journal article by Douglas Mair, Anthony J. Laramie; Review of Social Economy, Vol. 60, 2002
Subjects: Business cycles--Research, Full employment policies--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Income--Research, Kalecki, Michal--Economic policy
...bargaining arrangements fell from around three quarters in 1979 to less than half by 1993. Strikes...dramatically in the sharp rise in x of nearly a quarter from 38 percent to 48 percent between...of "capitalist" income rose by over a quarter from 0.48 in 1972 to 0.64 in 1975. This...
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Chile, a Quarter of a Century on
Journal article by Manuel Riesco; New Left Review, Vol. a, 1999
Subjects: Right And Left (Political Science), Socialism
...Chile, a Quarter of a Century on A quarter of a century has passed since the Chilean...Pablo Neruda into exile via a clandestine horse ride through the Andes. Immortalized...Popular and Allende were up to theirs a quarter of a century ago. Some words must be...
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Occupational Changes during the 20th Century: Professional, Managerial, Clerical, Sales, and Service Workers (except Private Household Service Workers) Grew from One-Quarter to Three-Quarters of Total Employment between 1910 and 2000; Laborers (except Mine Laborers), Private Household Service Workers, and Farmers Lost the Most Jobs over the Period
Journal article by Ian D. Wyatt, Daniel E. Hecker; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 129, 2006
Subjects: Agricultural laborers--Forecasts and trends, Agricultural laborers--Statistics, Construction workers--Forecasts and trends, Construction workers--Statistics, Labor market--Forecasts and trends, Mechanics (Persons)--Forecasts and trends, Mechanics (Persons)--Statistics
...occupation also included many operators of horse-drawn vehicles. Operatives grew 28 percent...components for analysis: road (motor and horse-drawn) vehicle operators, mine operatives...employment in 1920 reflects the shift from horse-drawn to motorized vehicles, which greatly...
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Women of the World, Re-write! Women in American World History High School Textbooks from the 1960s, 1980s, and 1990s
Journal article by Roger Clark, Kieran Ayton, Nicole Frechette, Pamela J. Keller; Social Education, Vol. 69, 2005
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) in women--Education, AIDS (Disease) in women--Social aspects, Church work with women--Education, Church work with women--Social aspects, Education--Forecasts and trends, Education--United States, HIV infection in women--Education, HIV infection in women--Social aspects, Health education of women--Education, Health education of women--Social aspects, Mass media and women--Education, Mass media and women--Social aspects, Outdoor recreation for women--Education, Outdoor recreation for women--Social aspects, Physical education for women--Education, Physical education for women--Social aspects, Self-defense for women--Education, Self-defense for women--Social aspects, Social sciences--Study and teaching, Social work with women--Education, Social work with women--Social aspects, Vocational guidance for women--Education, Vocational guidance for women--Social aspects, Women and peace--Education, Women and peace--Social aspects, Women and the sea--Education, Women and the sea--Social aspects, Women in Mormonism--Education, Women in Mormonism--Social aspects, Women in advertising--Education, Women in advertising--Social aspects, Women in aeronautics--Education, Women in aeronautics--Social aspects, Women in church work--Education, Women in church work--Social aspects, Women in community development--Education, Women in community development--Social aspects, Women in community organization--Education, Women in community organization--Social aspects, Women in cooperative societies--Education, Women in cooperative societies--Social aspects, Women in education--Education, Women in education--Social aspects, Women in horse racing--Education, Women in horse racing--Social aspects, Women in motion pictures--Education, Women in motion pictures--Social aspects, Women in popular culture--Education, Women in popular culture--Social aspects, Women in real estate--Education, Women in real estate--Social aspects, Women in rodeos--Education, Women in rodeos--Social aspects, Women in rural development--Education, Women in rural development--Social aspects, Women in technology--Education, Women in technology--Social aspects, Women in the book industry--Education, Women in the book industry--Social aspects, Women in the civil service--Education, Women in the civil service--Social aspects, Women in the mass media industry--Education, Women in the mass media industry--Social aspects, Women in the press--Education, Women in the press--Social aspects, Women volunteers in social service--Education, Women volunteers in social service--Social aspects, Women--Education, Women--Language, Women--Life skills guides, Women--Psychic ability, Women--Social aspects, Women--Social networks, Women--Socialization
...chapters, such as sections on women in ancient Egypt, India, China and Greece. Even Ellis and Esler, however, with about a quarter of its pages mentioning women or womens issues, mentions no more than about fifteen women in its text for every one hundred...
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Economic and Tax Implications of Thoroughbred Racing
Journal article by Russell H. Hereth, John C. Talbott; Journal of Accountancy, Vol. 176, 1993
Subjects: Horse breeding--Economic aspects, Horse-racing--Taxation, Internal Revenue Code--I.R.C. 183, Livestock industry--Taxation
...advantageous three-year depreciation rates cannot be employed unless a horse actually is over two years old at the time of purchase. A two-year-old...the horses acquired during any year are purchased in the last quarter, the midquarter convention is required and rates different from...
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How Dark a Horse?
Magazine article by Jeffrey Hart; National Review, Vol. 39, August 28, 1987
Subjects: Du Pont, Pete S.--Evaluation, Presidential candidates--Evaluation
How Dark a Horse? by Jeffrey Hart THE SETTING for Pete du Pont that afternoon...Webster slept in a downstairs front room on his regular visits to the quarter-session court. The stout wooden shutters have arrow marks in them, souvenirs...
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The Darkest Horse: Vermont Governor Howard Dean Is a Fiscal Conservative Who's for Gay Civil Unions, against the Bush Tax Cuts, and Running for President as the Health-Care Candidate
Magazine article by Robert Dreyfuss; The American Prospect, Vol. 13, July 15, 2002
Subjects: Dean, Howard--Political activity, Politicians--Political activity, Presidential candidates--Evaluation, Vermont--Politics and government
...chair in an expansive office just off Lake Champlain. "One-quarter of 1 percent of Vermonters pay 16 percent of state income taxes...employer, and Dean has assiduously courted the company, meeting quarterly with its executives for 11 years. When the plant in Essex Junction...
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Economist on a White Horse: How Milton Friedman Saved the World
Magazine article by John O'Sullivan; National Review, Vol. 58, December 18, 2006
Subjects: Economists--Biography, Friedman, Milton
...Friedman. And these two leaders embarked on economic policies, broadly inspired by his theories, that have given their countries a quarter century of fast economic growth interrupted only by two short and shallow recessions in the U.S. and one deeper recession in...
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Still Losing Money after All These Years: Profit Is Everything to Rupert Murdoch, and Yet, after More Than a Quarter of a Century, He Still Can't Get the Times into the Black. the Man Has Just Turned 76; What Is He Waiting For?
Magazine article by Brian Cathcart; New Statesman, Vol. 136, March 26, 2007
Subjects: Murdoch, Rupert--Management, Newspaper publishing--Industry forecasts, Newspaper publishing--Management, Newspaper publishing--Officials and employees, The Times (London, United Kingdom) (Newspaper)--Management, The Times (London, United Kingdom) (Newspaper)--Officials and employees
...Is Everything to Rupert Murdoch, and Yet, after More Than a Quarter of a Century, He Still Cant Get the Times into the Black. the...how much longer can he wait? Perhaps we shouldnt look a gift horse in the mouth. Murdoch is spending a great deal of his hard-earned...
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The Bear Slayer: During His Quarter Century of Dictatorial Rule Nicolae Ceausescu Treated the Brown Bears of Romania Almost as Badly as He Treated the People. Only His Gamekeepers Saw the Grisly Reality
Magazine article by David Quammen; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, July 2003
Subjects: Bear hunting--Political aspects, Bear hunting--Social aspects, Ceausescu, Nicolae--Environmental policy, Ceausescu, Nicolae--Political activity, Romania--Natural history, Romania--Political aspects
The Bear Slayer: During His Quarter Century of Dictatorial Rule...tracks, lane closures for repair, horse carts looming unexpectedly...bulbs. Gasoline grew scarce, and horse cans, which had always been...occasionally the carcass of an old horse. Spring, summer, and fall, the...
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A BIG DEAL for Quarter Horse Lovers
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 24, 2004
A BIG DEAL for Quarter Horse Lovers. Byline: Mike Stahlberg...sponsored by the Oregon Foundation Quarter Horse Club (OFQHC). About 80 horses and...least 80 percent American ranch-bred quarter horse, a muscular "bulldog" of a working...
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Horse Racing: Moore Hails Eclipse Hero as York Repeat Now the Aim
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 9, 2007
Subjects: Cellular telephone services, Cellular telephone services industry, Horse racing, Horse-racing, Vodafone Group PLC
...as the best mile-and a-quarter horse in the country after his...is the best mile-and-a-quarter horse in this country." Moore...would follow me over. The horse has never got the credit...Ones over a mile and a quarter." Runner-up Authorized...
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Horse Racing: Twice over 'May Not Be Guineas Horse'
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), April 18, 2008
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
...other horse and Im just not sure if he doesnt want a little bit further. He could be more of a Dante or mile-and-a-quarter horse. He did everything right, though, and if you take the second away he won very easily." Durcan added: "He was lovely...
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Horse Racing: Doctor Brown's Day
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 25, 2006
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
...ODonohoe) thinks hes a proper Guineas horse and hell get the mile no problem...two and a half lengths and three-quarters. Trainer Mikael Magnusson said...because I believe he is a mile-and-a-quarter horse." Doctor Brown (left), ridden by...
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Horse Racing: CECIL THINKS TWICE; RACING: TOTAL OF 24 FOR CORAL SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL Craven Ace Not Certain to Run in 2000
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 18, 2008
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
...the other horse and Imjust not sure if he doesnt want a little bit further. He could be more of a Dante or mile-and-a-quarter horse. "I want to leave it open and see how he is and discuss it with the Prince. I dont want to ruin him in a race." Ravens...
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encyclopedia articles on: Quarter Horse  - 8 results

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Quarter Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
QUARTER HORSE American breed...ancestry (see Arabian horse ). The name refers...reputation for speed at the quarter-mile distance. It...most popular cattle horse in the early West...racing. Registered quarter horses are of solid...
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Arabian Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...intelligence, the Arabian has served as parental stock for such light-weight horses as the American saddlebred horse , quarter horse , Standardbred horse , and the Thoroughbred . Intercrossings of these and other light and draft horse...
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Light Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...and cow horses. See also pony , American saddlebred horse , Appaloosa , Morgan , palomino , Pinto , quarter horse , and Standardbred . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University...
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Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...Thoroughbred , celebrated as a racehorse; the American saddlebred horse , known for its easy gaits; the Morgan and the quarter horse , favored for riding and cow herding; and the Standardbred , or trotter, developed for light harness racing. The...
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Thoroughbred Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...for a distance of a mile (1.6 km) the Thoroughbred has held undisputed reign as king of horse racing (except for the quarter-mile sprint; see quarter horse ). Its temperament is racy and nervous. Thoroughbreds average over 16 hands (64 in./160...
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