56 A MODEL RIDING -SCHOOL. 



and for twenty-five years he has followed his pro- 

 fession in the mando^e that his father had conducted 

 for a like term before him, Herr Fritz has a 

 theoretical and a practical knowledge of all kinds 

 of riding, is equally good in demanding the ' high 

 airs ' from a schooled horse, or in teaching a young- 

 animal the discipline of hand and heel, and he is 

 quick in learning the tempers of the horses he 

 rides. 



The horses of the school I mention are good 

 enough for the purpose for which they are intended, 

 and — what should be the rule in all schools, but 

 one which is more honoured in the breach than in 

 the observance — they are taught to go equally well 

 to either hand, in the walk, in the trot, and in the 

 gallop. 



The price of a single lesson is but half-a-crown, 

 and that for a course of twenty lessons is two 

 pounds, about one-third of the tariff usual in Great 

 Britain, and this in a country where many — if not 

 most — of the saddle-horses are imported, and where 

 the cost of keep cannot be particularly cheap. 

 That these prices are remunerative is proved by the 

 fact that the school has been in a flourishing con- 

 dition for about half a century, in a city that at 

 present numbers but little more than one hundred 

 thousand inhabitants. 



