This is one of a series of posts observing Women's History Month. Madame Eliza Dockrill was hailed as the greatest equestrienne of her age, popularly known as “The Empress of the Arena”. Born Elise Kennebel she married Irish horseman Richard Dockrill. The two rode together first as a “French” equestrian act in Howe’s Great American [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:04AM on March 1, 2013