So u think your an Historian

wallie

Can u look at a statue and tell how the person died
Did Peter die in battle, from his wounds in battle or
from natural causes.There is a clue in the photo




How did these Famous Horsemen die
Left to right

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top to bottom
Photo 1----B
Photo 2----B
Photo 3----C
Photo 4----A
Photo 5----C
Photo 6----B

A

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In Battle
B

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Battle wounds
C

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Natural cause

Wallie pick
1---A
2---B
3---C
4---C
5---B
6---A

fishkiller41

BOTH front hooves off the ground.That man died IN BATTLE...1 hoof, died from wounds,all 4 hooves on the gnd.Natural causes.

Rockatansky

Natural causes, but I can't find the clue in the photo.

FrostDawg

rearing horse means died in battle...right?

Rockatansky

quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
BOTH front hooves off the ground.That man died IN BATTLE...1 hoof, died from wounds,all 4 hooves on the gnd.Natural causes.


Except, he died of gangrene of the bladder... Can you send me some of whatever it is you are high on, though? [:X]

Rockatansky

Or is it not the same Peter I am thinking of?

FrostDawg

I wondered about Peter the Great's death also...but there is a "belief" that the position of the horse's legs signifies how the rider died. Apparently it was popular after the Civil War but not always adhered to...especially world wide. If the horse has one leg up, its supposed to mean the rider died from battle wounds. All four legs on the ground and the rider died of natural causes.

Of course, if the horse has all four legs up in the air...I guess both horse and rider died in the battle??[:D]

kidthatsirish

the horses leg "clue" is largely an american tradition.

LesWVa

I am not sure.

But I think that guy in the lower left corner wearing the Gee-Haud mask and white shirt may have had something to do with it.

wallie

So u think u know the answer[8D]

Rockatansky

Yeah, it is the monument to Peter the Great. Who died of bladder infection. What "the clue" is I have no idea.

dfletcher

quote:Originally posted by Rockatansky
Yeah, it is the monument to Peter the Great. Who died of bladder infection. What "the clue" is I have no idea.


Bladder infection? Well, he is green on the horse ....[^]

If the "tradition" is accurate then it would mean we shouldn't see a fellow on a horse with "differing" feet on the ground, right?

wallie

If a statue in the park(in the usa ?) of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural

Rockatansky

Are you really arguing the fact that Peter the Great died in battle? Lay off the crack, wallie.

jonk

There's a statue in vienna where the horse is rearing up on just ONE hind leg.....apparently caused the sculptor fits getting it to balance and take the weight. So what does that signify?

utbrowningman

James Longstreet's monument in Pitzer's Woods at Gettysburg has the horse with one hoof raised yet he died in 1904.

ltcdoty

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General Phil Sheridan one.
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General Phil Sheridan two.
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General Phil Sheridan three.

wallie

Well maybe the first statue he still was in service and was fine

The second statue he was in service and had battle wounds

The third statue he was in service and died in battle on his second reenlistment

So the third statue is the correct one

Some of these dam sculptures can't wait

wallie

I just Goggled Sheridan and the first statue is the correct one

This is a case of sculptures gone wild

11b6r

Virginia State Capitol. Gen. Geo Washington. Horse is trotting- ONE front hoof and the opposite REAR hoof off the ground. The one hoof/ 2 hoof is not an absolute.