26 WHAT SCHOOLING WILL DO FOR A HORSE. 



martingale. This is the 'authority' who, relying 

 upon his experiences in training horses, stigmatises 

 my statements regarding the results of a thorough 

 system as 'incredible.' 



Representatives of The Times, of Vanity Fair, 

 and of The I llust7^ated Spotting and Dramatic 

 News, who saw me ride Alidor, all stated in their 

 papers that the horse was formed as I set forth, 

 and that at the time they saw it ridden, it was 

 remarkably light, easy, and graceful in its move- 

 ments ; and the Editor of the last-named paper, 

 who had read my letter to the Editor of The Field, 

 added that in that communication I had kept far 

 within the bounds of truth. I have certificates from 

 the vendor of the horse, and from the proprietor 

 and the head groom of the riding-school where the 

 horse was trained, that the animal was at first in 

 the condition I described. Finally, the illustrations 

 in my book, taken when Alidor was six years old, 

 and had greatly improved in form by age and by 

 the exercises of the vtandge, show that he has a 

 heavy jaw, a short neck, and is low at the shoulder, 

 and that he is remarkably well trained. 



To one who knows anything about training all 

 of this will appear a ridiculous contention, for there 

 was nothing strange in the fact that a young horse 

 should be greatly improved in carriage and af)pear- 



