Show I Are Fine Horsemen 1 I Nothing evoked more genuine adS inlraUon at the great International horse show at Olympia recently than Italian officers who r took part In tho display They were especially remarkable remark-able for a firm seat and a very strong l grip with the leg and nothing seemed to move them In their saddles sad-dles In the Jumping Jump-ing competitions i t they particularly distinguished them Down an Alsclvea I In ho most Perpendlc ovor the course ular Drop of 16 competition for oft of-t ficers four of the first five were Ital ians and It was evident that both tho riders and their horses had been sub jected to a severe training It Is Interesting to remember that every year a certain number of Italian I I r r r I Vertical Section of Course Followed During Riding Exhibition u Vi AICVCI feet to 3 hard feet high grass H DOak to C Level hard grass about 9 feet wide C to DAhno perpendicular drop of 10 feet ll t Cliff to IS feet of hard tl pebbly soil und Iulto D dry to gSlopo ° l soft soil M to F jTnvT road with feet lung I n to 20 yards whlo The rough grass 15 oOlcers rode In three squads ot about 12 each at U hanl lop and there were gal on thIs occasion no falls or accidents The the cllrr C 10 D Immediately horses slid down jump Twelve following the line went down nearly In a ofllccrsabout 30 or 40Joln tho airy hiding school of Tor dl Cav Qulnto umio Just outside Home and there qualify as Instructors of riding for various regiments At the M end r of the course tho king who takes great Interest In the perfection of t detail In his army holds an official examination ex-amination which is a serious and 1 111i 1 very businesslike affair Tho officers Going Down Fast of tho year have on a 45 per to follow a guide Cent Grade 80 who is a drat Feet In Length rate horseman and admirably mountedfor about two hours over rough hilly and broken country with banks ditches and very formidable unbreakable rae fences and at the end of the ride the whole number follow him up and e D a 8 r II I II I I I t t r I I r e l L I f Vertical Section of Another Course AA gentle gravel slope DA steep gravel slope about 12 feet vertical height a bit rounded at top to C a strong stone wall 2 feet to 2V4 feet high and about 2 feet thick with Mat top DHounded bank falling iiway from trail D to U Slope at angle of 43 degrees P to F Gentle slope at bottom The olllcers rode the of firm grass about SO feet vertical height same horses as for the other course mostly Irish hunters some very well bred others more commonami here also there wero no accidents to record tho really fine horsemanship of the down steep declivities Interspersed with the Jumps around the hilton hilt-on which the buildings of tho Cavalry school stand From the top of this hill the king can see clearly the whole of this truly I wonderful display of pluck nerve patience and Judgment f which Is an admirable ad-mirable training Horse Taking i for the horses and Slope I After for the men who I I J u m pin I 9 Low ride them The Fence at Upper first portion of tho Edge ride may be described to a fast de-scribed as similar run with foxhounds in a dale country while the latter part con stltutes a series of achievements which are unique |