France and American Cavalry Schools Contrast in Training Styles
Prince Louis of Battenberg viewed Fort Myer drills and monkey riding as showy but France’s Saumur school trains officers to handle the battlefield through hard, precise horsemanship. French officers learn to control fractious mounts, detect animal tricks, and perform in full uniform, with an emphasis on steadiness, balance, and readiness for combat.
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Hein Prince Louis of
Battenberg
Fort Myer
Fort Riley
Baumur
France
Fort Roley
Cyr
West Point
Saumur
Europe
French Subaltern Horsemanship Training at Saumur Academy
The Saumur academy trains riders with padded posts and leather harnesses to prevent falls then applies a strict progression from tethered lessons to free horses. They practice jumping hurdles and ditches, cross country sidestepping, and even humorous over dinner tables to harden riders for unusual conditions. The program, run under eye of a sergeant, produces skilled instructors for mounted squadrons.
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Dris Sergamant
Shor
Great Britain
Ssumur
Saumur
On Lark to the Planets Chapter VI Saturnian Odds
Uranian travelers land along a broad river in a Saturnian village of tall houses, rigid chairs and clocklike routines. They meet stern teachers, observe endless study, and hear of a daring mission beyond dangerous gates of Hades as a guide promises a safe return.
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Mercury
Saturn
Hhoura
Farold
Ione
Wheo
Hades
Coud
Baraki
Ives
Santa Claus in Hades Ride and a Primitive Skull Find
An excerpt follows two travelers in a fantastical journey where a red clad figure and a green scaled being abduct them to Hades. They witness vast chambers of punishment, meet guides, and overhear grim histories before escaping to daylight and a cometed airship, ending with a note about a seven foot skull with a ten inch back cranial measurement found near Sulphur Springs.
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Jone
Xliris
Lone
Ivan
Snorite
Strug
Hades
Magia
Ione
Chainel
Harold
Prince
Harole
Uranus
Baturn
Alonzo Lewis
Sulphur Springs
Hag
Teddy's bootprint marks a Roosevelt tale on Executive Ave
A street tale recounts President Roosevelt as a heroic figure who left a bootprint in stone in front of the Treasury Building. A narrator to a child relays a fable about Teddy pursuing justice, exposing corrupt Gratt brothers, and sealing the boot in the pavement as a symbol of vigilance and protection for the people.
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Hobver
Teddy
Treasury
Roosevelt
Whch
Executive Avenue
Washington
Todd
Teddi
Hetle
Teddy Mked
Gratt
Jay
Mian
Gatt
Tedd
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Starland
Cam de
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