Show are fine horsemen nothing evoked more genuine ad mi ration at the great international horse show at recently than italian officers who took part in the display they were especially remark able for a firm seat and a very strong grip with the leg and nothing seemed to move them in their sad dies in the jump ine competitions they particularly distinguished them down an A 1 fi elves ln the most over abe course ular drop of 16 competition for of feet bleers four of the first five were ital lans and it was evident that both the riders and their horses had been sub ejected to a severe training it Is interesting to remember that every year a certain number of italian vertical section of coure followed during riding exhibition A level hard grass B oak rail fence 2 feet to 3 feet high B to C level hard crass about 9 feet wide C to D almost perpendicular drop of 16 feet to 18 feet clart of hard pebbly soil and quite dry D to K slope of soft aall 28 feet long E to FG ravel road with rough grass 15 to 20 yards wide the rode in three squads of about 12 each at a hand gal lop and there were no falls or accidents on athla occasion the horses alad down the cliff C to D immediately following the jump twelve went down nearly in a line officers about 30 or 40 join abe caa airy riding school of tor dl quinto just outside rome and there quality as instructors of riding for various regiments at the end ot the course ho king who takes great interest in the perfection of detail la his army holds an official ex which la n serious and very affair the officers going down fait of the year have on a 43 per to follow a guide cent grade 80 who Is a first feet in length rate horseman and admirably mounted tor about two A hours over rough hilly and broken country with banks ditches and very formidable unbreakable ral fences and at the end of the ride the whole number follow him up and vertical section of another course AA gentle gravel slope BA steep sra el slope about 12 feet vertical height a bit rounded at top to C a strong stone wall 2 feet to 2 teet high and about 2 feet thick with flat top D rounded bank falling away from wall D to EL Slope at angle 0 45 degrees E to slope at bottom the officers rode the of firm grass about 80 feet vertical height same horses as tor the other course mostly irish hunters some very well bred others more com monand here also there were no accidents to record the really fine horsemanship of the down steep declivities interspersed with the jumps around the bill on which th buildings of the cavalry school stand from the top of this hill the king can see clearly the whole of this truly wonderful 1 display of pluck nerve patience and judgment which Is an ad training horse taking s tor the horses and slope after tor the men who J u m p I 1 n g low rade them the fence at upper farst portion of the edge ride may be described as similar to a fast run with foxhounds fox hounds in a dale country while the latter part con statutes a series of achievements which are unique |