. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. I20 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS England and his suite had difficulty in following his majest)' Louis XIV. He ranked the Arabian and Barbary stallions abo\-e the Spanish for breeding purposes, and he aided in abolishing certain absurdities of the Italian school. 1 j^^Hfc^^K 11- i'l 1 H^Rn^I^ 'M H J ^K --_^ 1f^ yr 1 m' â 'jiiW''''wi^^ L ^^£^^^^ ^m f^ *^'*'^ii^K^ ----'^^â¢^t^JSKIk mS^^^BL KE^â TU('K^â HdRSK The above schools (the Latin schools) de- manded
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. I20 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS England and his suite had difficulty in following his majest)' Louis XIV. He ranked the Arabian and Barbary stallions abo\-e the Spanish for breeding purposes, and he aided in abolishing certain absurdities of the Italian school. 1 j^^Hfc^^K 11- i'l 1 H^Rn^I^ 'M H J ^K --_^ 1f^ yr 1 m' â 'jiiW''''wi^^ L ^^£^^^^ ^m f^ *^'*'^ii^K^ ----'^^â¢^t^JSKIk mS^^^BL KE^â TU('K^â HdRSK The above schools (the Latin schools) de- manded c/cgaucc in the horse,âthe pointed head, the long mane, the fine swan's neck gracefully curved, the long and supple back, the slender but sinewy fore legs flung high and majestically (as in the " Siianish step " ) with an elastic, dancing motion. The Andalusian and Neapolitan horses fulfilled these require- ments better than all others. The German school, which followed the Latin school only to a certain point, held a medium place between that school and those of the Slav races, â Russian, Hungarian, and Polish. The latter governed their restive horses by violent means, and could never bring themselves to use the gentler methods of the Latin nations. Americans and their English cousins have always preferred the enjoyment of trotting and galloping across country to making any fine display in the riding schools. The rough, harsh way in which the Slavs ride is partly caused, no doubt, by their saddles, which project so far from the body of the horse that the rider cannot direct the animal by knee or thigh. His heels are usually under the chest of the horse, and he controls him entirely by bit and spur. He will often, in the middle of a gallop, fling the horse backward or to one side b)' pulling violently on the bit, using both whip and voice at the same time. The saddle is high in front and back, and the stirrups very short ; consequentl}' it is almost impossib
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