Word: horsemanship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...courtship of polo will end. Without the opportunity to excel, without the ability to mount a pony and fly victorious across a manicured field, without all this Fabian's life need not continue. Hence, the books Fabian has written (he too is an author) warn of the dangers of horsemanship--there's no blithe extolling of the joys of riding here. Indeed, Kosinski--Fabian's creator--himself carries poison with him at all times so he can abruptly kill himself should he suffer such a crippling accident...
...difference between the two men, in role, approach, background and personality illustrates the new, more clearly defined structure of the College administration. Whereas von Stade, who served as freshman dean for 24 years, is perhaps best if unfairly remembered for his Great-Gatsbyesque style, an association with horsemanship and polo ponies, and an old-school style of administration, Moses was not born and reared in the Harvard tradition...
...Various," "In Pursuit of Comfortable Habits," "Perils and Precautions," "Mischief and Memorabilia." The atmosphere is English manor house, gently decadent. Catalogued are innumerable pointers, all that the debonaire and naughty aristocrat must do to succeed is meticulously explained. There are rules and tips concerning accent improvement, farting in public, horsemanship, ass-kissing, being a big shot, heaping abuse, shabby people, the Old School...
Like an Oriental scroll painting that sees the light only when its owner wish es to enjoy it, K'ang-hsi's words and sentiments have hardly faded with the years. A man achingly alive to art and nature, he wrote of the exhilaration of fine horsemanship and of his prowess with the bow and fowling piece. He combined his travels and hunting with military exercises, forging a large, disciplined army of mounted archers that proved itself in the rebellion and civil wars that plagued the middle years of his reign...
Died. Colonel Alois Podhajsky, 75, director of Vienna's Spanish Riding School (1939-65); of a stroke; in Vienna. Podhajsky was a retired Austrian Army officer and the holder of an Olympic equestrian medal when he became chief of the academy of classical horsemanship in 1939. The star attractions of his performing troupe were 80 magnificent white stallions whose lineage traced back to Spain and Arabia and whose world-famous, high-stepping, dancelike routines dated back to the 16th century. Fearing their capture by the advancing Russians in 1945, Podhajsky asked for help from fellow Horseman George Patton...