Horsemanship: Art or Science? [2005]
The first paragraph condenses the 6000 years of equine domestication into a 24 hour time line. It ends: "If equine veterinary science commenced with the establishment of the first veterinary schools, it was born at 11.15 pm but did not mature until 11.48 pm. Equine behavioral science was not a recognized discipline until three minutes before midnight. Regarding the methods by which riders communicate with their horse's head, there has been much art and little science." The article urges a reversal of the familiar phrase. Students should first learn the science of horsemanship so that they can subsequently develop the art. (Published in Western Farm, Ranch and Dairy: Southwest/Rocky Mountain)
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