The largely German-American Hoboken Riding Club celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with its annual horse riding display at the Hexamer and Walter Riding School in Hoboken. A main attraction was an exhibition, reportedly for the first time in the United States, of "Jeu de Barre," a contest in which riders attempt to strip ribbons from their opponent's shoulders without losing their own. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Riding the "Jeu de Barre," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 21, 1866, p. 68.
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