24 Modern Riding and Horse Education 



and in 1904 a deputation of English officers visited 

 Saumur and found plenty to learn there. Two 

 cavalry officers were lately sent to Saumur in order 

 to qualify as instructors for our Cavalry School at 

 Netheravon, which came into existence after the 

 Boer War. Let us hope that in 201 1 we shall be 

 in a position to take pupils from other nations. 



The professional civilian teacher of riding is very 

 often a retired soldier, so those outside the Army 

 should eventually profit from Government money 

 judiciously spent at Netheravon or the Riding Estab- 

 lishment. As in James I's time, the formation of 

 scientific civilian schools in different parts of the 

 country is out of the question at present from a 

 financial point of view, as there is no demand for 

 them; but I have great hopes that in course of time 

 the British riding public will become alive to the fact 

 that well-made horses are uncommon, and that no 

 hunting man, breeder, or horse dealer can go any- 

 where to learn how to train them and at the same 

 time improve his own riding ; or to have his children 

 taught equitation in a thorough and practical 

 manner. 



