A Model Riding-School. 



The tedium of riding about in the ' dull round ' 

 that is the custom in most riding academies has 

 deterred many who would like to receive instruc- 

 tion in horsemanship from taking lessons, and, while 

 the usual charges are low enough if the pupil could 

 really learn ' the whole art of managing the horse 

 in twelve easy lessons,' they are much too high for 

 the kind of instruction that is usually offered. If I 

 should write a description of all that I think a 

 riding-school should be, it would be said that I sug- 

 gested something that was impracticable. I will, 

 therefore, give an account of the manner in which 

 the school of Stallmeister Fritz, of Stuttgart, is 

 carried on, as an example of what may be done in 

 the way of interesting pupils, as well as of improving 

 them in the art of horsemanship. 



In the first place, Herr Fritz is a thorough horse- 

 man, having been graduated from the celebrated 

 Royal Hanoverian School as a Master of Riding ; 



