ON THE NECESSITY FOR APPLYING SCIENTIFIC 

 PRINCIPLES TO THE TEACHING OF RIDING 

 AND THE TRAINING OF HORSES 



" The most exalted seat in the world is the saddle of a swift 

 horse, and the best companion for all time is a book." 



Arab Poetry. 



'T? NGLAND has long been behind other 

 European nations in certain branches of the 

 equestrian art, and rather despises foreigners for the 

 time and trouble they bestow on riding instruction 

 and on the higher education of the horse. General 

 von Bernhardi says that " Anglo-maniacs and fad- 

 dists still seek to exercise an influence the reverse of 

 favorable in this respect." France and Germany, 

 to quote only two countries, aim at making both 

 the horse's and the man's training as perfect and 

 as comprehensive as possible. 



Riding for spectacular purposes, whether in the 



riding school or the show-ring, is unlikely ever 



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