How shall I acknowledge it -Equestrianism was never my forte.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
It almost broke Ray's heart when that morning Dandy was led past his window, and presently he saw the post quartermaster, a bulky youth of some forty summers, climb on his back, get a rein in each hand, and with knees well hunched up and elbows braced, settle himself according to his ideas of Equestrianism in the big padded saddle.
"Marion's Faith."
Charles King
Mr. Young was a universal favorite in the best London society, and an eagerly sought guest in pleasant country-houses, where his zeal for country sports, his knowledge of and fondness for horses, his capital Equestrianism, and inexhaustible fund of humor, made him as popular with the men as his sweet, genial temper, good breeding, musical accomplishments, and infinite drollery did with the women.
"Records of a Girlhood"
Frances Ann Kemble