Training Hunters Jumpers and Hacks

<p>A modern classic by the U.S. Cavalry's greatest horseman - everything the rider needs to know about selecting training & riding the hunter-type horse from evaluating its conformation to basic dressage and jumping.</p><p>The genius of Brigadier General Harry Dwight Chamberlin’s contributions to horsemanship links a modified concept of Italian forward riding with French dressage and the American cavalry’s vast experience in riding long distances. The totality of Chamberlin’s writing provides a complete protocol to train both horse and rider for Eventing Show Jumping Endurance Riding Hunting and just plain hacking for fun. In <em>Training Hunters Jumpers and Hacks</em> he focuses on the training of the horse for various disciplines.</p><p><em>“It is in its field the greatest book of the century not only in the United States but in the world. I know nothing comparable produced abroad.” </em>- Vladimir Littauer</p><p><em>“So often I think I have come up with an idea of my own only to find it in one of Chamberlin’s books.” </em>- William Steinkraus</p><p><em>“Chamberlin is to horsemanship as Mozart is to music.” </em>- James Wofford</p><p>George Morris ranks Chamberlin as <em>“the 20</em><em><sup>th</sup></em><em> Century’s greatest combined horseman theorist teacher and writer.”</em></p><p>In a life cut short Chamberlin provides several lifetimes of insight. He writes:</p><p><em>“Nothing aside from the dearest human relationships can give the pleasure found in working and playing with a horse.” </em></p><p>Expert Chamberlin biographer Warren Matha introduces this new edition offered proudly by Xenophon Press.</p><p>This volume is considered to be the “Standard modern American book on riding training and schooling hunters jumpers and hacks.”</p><p>Illustrated with drawings by Paul Brown and with many photographs complete index and a new introduction by Chamberlin historian Warren Matha. Chamberlin describes criteria for selection conformation and gaits of a horse the objectives of training stages of training of a young horse advanced work and jumping. Each section is well-organized with a general overview including objectives followed by easy to follow detailed explanations.</p>