Miss Hoover

Mre Mott

Miss Hoover

Mre Mott

Miss Hoover

Mre Mott

Miss Hoover

Mre Mott

PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTH
Radio Program
HORSEBACK RIDING ecese

May 18, 1939 ee Thure

 

 

It noticeable that more people than ever before recognize horse=-
back riding as a major sport and a means of delightful exercise,

so this is an opportune time to discuss the subject of horses and
horseback riding with a man who is well qualified to answer my
questionse He is Mr. Gayle Mott who has recently opened a riding
academy in Lawrence and formerly instructed college riding classes
in Emporia, Kansase

Mre Mott, what is the location of your stables, and how many horses
have you?

The stables are located on University Drive, a few blocks west of
the campuse I have thirteen horses at present, two of which are
still in training.

Do you break and train your own horses, then?

Yes, Miss Hoover, I buy my horses as young colts and train them in
fields of riding for which they are best fitted, such as; three
gaited, five gaited, highschooled, or jumping horses. I have all
these in my stables--some of them are trained for driving horses
as well. I like to break and train each horse myself so that I
know the horses are dependable and fairly uniform in performance
and responsée

You mentioned the gaits and gaiting of horsese What are the gaits
and how do three and five gaited horses differ?

The five gaits are: walk, trot, canter, slow gait (or single fbiot)
and rack. The three gaited horse has only the first three gaits
namede The average saddle horse has only the three gaits-~and is
the best type for the ordinary rider. It is difficult for any but
expert riders to keep a five-gaited horse in the proper gaits and
there is no advantage in having a horse with all the gaits unless
the rider is skillful enough to keep them distinet. If the rider
is less instructed than the horse, a sad confusion of paces is apt
to results a horse with a good trot and a good canter is more useful
to the ordinary rider than one of the highly accomplished gaited
saddlers, and hence the popularity of the three-gaited horse.

I understand that there is quite a general confusion regarding the
blood strains in saddle horses. I am interested in the character-
istics of and the outstanding differences between the Thoroughbred
and the American Saddle Horse.

There are two opposite types of blood strains in horses. The hot-
blood is represented by the thoroughbred or racing horse and the
cold-blood by the cow=-pony or mustange The Thoroughbred horse was
orighbally brought to this country from England and it is the race-
horse or running horse. The Thoroughbred has three gaits. The
American Saddle Horse originated from erosses of the thoroughbred