Note 96 — Chapter XIX · THE TRAINING OF THE HORSE

The pose, however, of decrying haute école methods is a totally mistaken one. The finest all-round horsemen in the world are the masters of haute école, whilst some of the worst horsemen are the butchering hard-riders to hounds, who bunch up their reins in their mutton fists, and hold on by them till their mount stops pulling and going. They are little better than, though of another class to, the viceroy who said to his A.D.C., “Don’t talk to me now; don’t you see I am busy riding?”