Fragments from the writings of Max Ritter von Weyrother, Austrian Imperial and Royal Oberbereiter (eBook)

With a foreword by Andreas Hausberger, Chief Rider, Spanish Riding School of Vienna and an introduction by Daniel Pevsner FBHS

Ritter von Weyrother Max (Autor)

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2017 | English translation with full German text side by side
124 Seiten
Xenophon Press LLC (Verlag)
978-1-948717-02-1 (ISBN)

Infos

When Weyrother was posted to Vienna the SRS was the only school left that concerned itself with the methodical practice of the art of high-school and, with the cultivation and the preservation of the purity of equine locomotion. There were quite a few very good cavalry schools throughout Europe but all had to fulfil a practical brief which demanded immediate results. The only other school devoted to the art of pure riding was the School of Versailles in France. This was closed after the French revolution and thus the SRS remained the sole guardian of the art. Ironically though, French ideas and practices that were lost to France, never to be fully recovered, found a new home in the School of Vienna.It was perhaps Weyrothers greatest gift to Austrian horsemanship, and therefore to that of the world, that he introduced the school to the writings of the great French Ecuyer, de la Gueriniere, the founder of modern dressage. The twenty years or so that Weyrother served the Vienna school were dedicated to the installing, practising and promoting of de la Guerinieres principles and equestrian legacy as described in his book, Ecole de Cavalerie.In Fragments, Weyrother faithfully follows de la Guerinieres precepts and expands on them in various ways. Aside from technique and science, Weyrother also offers a moral and philosophical view of horse training. Schooling methods are variable and numerous but they only work for the one he describes as a reflective rider, one who works humanely and respects the horses physiological and psychological needs. This is a message that is as fresh and relevant today as it was in the early nineteenth century. -Daniel Pevsner

Inhalt

PrefaceIntroductory NoteTranslator’s NoteTranslator’s Reference SourcesForewordIntroductionClarificationApplication of the Basic Principles of Equilibrium to the RiderMountingThe Position and Seat When MountedPosition of the HandPosition of the LegsUsing the HandThe WalkThe TrotTraversThe CanterCanter ChangesThe GallopTraining the Green Untrained HorseFirst Working of the Horse in the ManègeAppendixTaming a Horse That Can No Longer be Corrected by KindnessXenophon Press Library

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2017
• Übersetzer: Hilary Fane
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
• ISBN-10: 1-948717-02-6 / 1948717026
• ISBN-13: 978-1-948717-02-1 / 9781948717021