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Lecture IJt. 



HIGHSCHOOL. 



The training- school for the horse may be compared to the gymnasium 

 of man. 



The untrained body of the animal may contain faculties the use- 

 fullness of which depends upon their development. 



A a animal may possess relative intelligence, that is, it may be sus- 

 ceptible to education and then become the interesting- and lovable com- 

 panion, as well as the useful friend and servant to man. 



The development of the physique and the growth of the intellectual 

 forces must go hand in hand. 



Combined they give the results -which stamp the training of the 

 educated and scientific horseman a "work of art, a production of brain 

 worthy of the respect and admiration of his fellow men. 



It lies in the instinct of man to control the elements, natural forces 

 and raw materials and make them serviceable and refine them in 

 science, art and the practical uses of life. 



The training of the human voice, of the hand of the sculptor, painter 

 are carefully conducted, the musician and the composer, the actor and 

 the playwright, the engineer and mechanic, all in their own branches 

 receive careful trainings; even -jewels and precious metals are trans- 

 formed from their crude stake into objects of brilliancy and purity for 

 the enjoyment and benefit of man. 



The horse, aside from its value for agricultural purposes and its 

 use in war, has in my opinion a destination in art. 



It is certainly the noblest of domestic animals and why should not 

 its splendid faculties and ready understanding be developed ? The art 

 of riding to my mmd and as conceived by me is one of the most beauti- 

 ful arts. 



It has over painting and sculpture, the advantage that its creations 

 live and that besides the form and beauty, grace and majesty, -which 

 training has developed, the will of the horse is mastered 



The disadvantage for the art of riding is, that -with the life of the 

 horse, the work of art is extinct and no canvas, marble or printed notes 

 will deliver it to the after world. 



The art of riding has much in common with music and the horse is 

 in many instances to be compared to a musical instrument ; it responds 

 to the touch of the novice but it unfolds volumes of beauty and grace to 

 the master. Its cords like those of the violin, the harp or the piano may 

 be strained, sprung or put out of tune by the hand of the unskilled. 



The widely read and popular novel by Du Maurier "Trilby" con- 

 tains a comparison which appeals to me strongly as applicable to horse- 

 manship. 



Trilby had sung the simple melody of "Ben Bolt" in her artless, plain 

 and unmusical way to the piano accompaniment, equally unskilled, of 

 little Billee" when Svengali "put his big hands on the piano, over little 

 Billee's, pushed him off the music stool with his great gaunt body, and 



