What horse for the cavalry? by Borden Spencer

Author:Borden, Spencer
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses, Cavalry
Publisher: Fall River, Mass. : J.H. Franklin Co.
Published: 1912-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

It was the Emperor Joseph II, who reigned from A. D. 1765 to 1790, who first org-anized governmental horse breeding" in Austria, on its present lines, though in centuries previous to that excellent horses were bred in the Imperial studs of Lippiza and Prostranegg".

Indeed, the Archduke Charles, third son of Emperor Ferdinand I, noticing' the excellent cpiality of the horses about Lippiza and Prostranegg", also the adaptability of the land for horse breeding, laid the foundation for this stud on the Karst highlands at this very place as early as 1580 A. D. h^rom that time the Imperial Court stal^les in Vienna have had the exclusive call on tlie Lippizan stud farm for its horses. The only exception to this rule is the few that have been permitted to go into the 1 lungarian Government studs, as already stated.

The first material used at Lippiza for lireeding were Spanish horses—probably products of a cross between oriental (Morocco-Barb) horses and the big country mares of the Pyrenean peninsula. Later on were brought to Lippiza horses from the north of Italy, and in the eighteenth century several German and Danish stallions were used with much success.

It was in 1722 that the stud was enlarged by Charles VI, who bought the former monastery of Prostranegg", near Adelsberg". The branch stud of Prostranegg was finally joined in its operations to the main stud of Lippiza in 173G.

In 1809-1815 the entire Karst stud (Lippiza and Prostranegg) was presented to Marshal Marmont, who brought part of the horses to the neighborhood of Arad, in Hungary. After the downfall of Napoleon the stud was again concentrated in its former location.

In 1829 all the saddle horses from the Koptschan stud (near Llolitch, on the border of Austria-Hungary), where most excellent horses were bred, were brought to Lippiza, and the stud was from that time forward commanded to supply the Imperial stables with white horses. Here let

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