The sleek sides of the chestnut gelding glistened in the sunshine, and he certainly looked a winner.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
He was a dark-brown gelding, about 15.3, with strong, square hind-quarters, and a fair slope of shoulder-without much knee-action-but springy enough in his slow paces: his turn of speed was not remarkable, but he could last forever, and, if the ground were not too heavy, would gallop on easily for miles with a long, steady stride; like most Maryland-bred horses, he had wonderfully clean, flat legs: after the hardest day's work, I never saw a puff on them; he was not sulky or savage, but had a temper and will of his own; both of these, however, yielded, after a sharp wrangle or two, to the combined influence of coaxing and a pair of sharp English rowels: in the latter days of our acquaintance we never had a difference of opinion.
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence
I had a splendid gelding, which I named the Pearl Beyond all Price, though he was only called the Pearl.
"Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration Australia Twice Traversed. The Romance Of Exploration, Being A Narrative Compiled From The Journals Of Five Exploring Expeditions Into And Through Central South Australia, And Western Australia, From 1"
Ernest Giles