The poor devil of a cracked soprano (are there such people still?) 

 who has been turned out of the Pope's choir because he can't sing a 

 tune, after all! think of him yelling 1 and squeaking his treble rage at 

 Santley, Sims Reeves, Lablaehe! poor, lost, beardless, nondescript! why 

 not fly to other climes, where at least thou mig-ht'st hide from us thy 

 woeful era ek, and keep thy miserable secret to thyself! are there no 

 harems still left in Stamboul for the likes of thee to sweep and clean, no 

 womens beds to make and doors and windows to bar and tales to carry. 

 and the Pasha's confidence and favor and protection to win? Even that 

 is a better trade than pandering- for higher to the basest instincts of all 

 the dirty pleasure some feel in seeing mud and dead cats and rotten 

 aggs flung at thos° we cannot but admire — and secretly envy. 



Few people stop to think, that it requires years of earnest study 

 and hard work, theoretical and practical, to gain that knowledge which 

 iits one to impart to others, the theories of the art of riding, imiformly 

 and intelligently. 



Long experience only and intimate acquaintance with the thousand 

 and one peculiarities both of pupils and horses, enable one to adopt a 

 s v st em and method, by which in the shortest possible time liorse and 

 rider can be practically educated with success. 



It is to be desired, that pupils should find in their master a man 

 whose social position and education make their relations agreeable and 

 pleasant. 



The hours of duty are long and the work sometimes laborious and 

 not without dangers. 



I sincerely hope, that in time, not far off, our competent horsemen in 

 America will succeed in giving the Art of riding a distinction and rec- 

 ognition which it enjoys among the educated in Kuropc, and thereby 

 make our position what it should be : respected, appreciated, and ad. 

 equatelv compensated. 



ERXST CARL VOX GILLMAXN. 



