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Quotes of General Alexis L'Hotte
General Alexis L´Hotte
(1825 - 1904)
"Calm, forward, straight”
"The beauties of the horse reside in the nobleness, the grace, the boldness of his movements, their splendid achievement, their energy. The beautiful horsemanship, in its delicacy and its good taste, seeks the development of these gifts belonging to the horse, and not in perverting them. It is nature which we take as a guide, and not the extraordinary, the eccentric which we seek."
(1895; translation: T. Ritter)
"Dressage lessons in the manège, by reason of their constraints on the horse, must be of short duration and the horse must return to the stable in as happy a frame of mind as when he left it."
(1895; translation: T. Ritter)
"In the course of the horse's dressage (schooling), one must be content with only a little progress each day, and demand it, but no more. Consequently, with each lesson, the rider should remember the point the horse had reached the day before, but not remember a perfect execution. Progression in the schooling of the horse must, quite definitely, be graduated, because gradual progress is the main road to success. If on a given day, an unexpected improvement has been achieved, it should not be taken as something that has been definitely acquired and should not be taken as a basis for the lesson of the following day. If one did so, one would most surely be disappointed."
(1895; translation: T. Ritter)
"Nature is the foremost teacher. Its book is the most correct and wisest of all books, the most useful when you need advice. From the effects that are recorded on its pages it leads us to their causes. It explains to us in our activities better than the most convincing theories and most brilliant treatises."
(1895; translation: T. Ritter)
"As far as patience is concerned,
which is powerless if used alone;
there is no need to call upon it when
one knows what one can ask of the horse,
and only asks what he is capable of giving.
Instead of patience,
the rider must have sound judgment and knowledge,
never impatience;
he must have perseverence in choosing those methods which result in the daily progress of the horse."
(1895; translation: T. Ritter)
“Art is not learnt in the books that only instruct those who already know"
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