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LIPIZZANER HORSES (cont’d) • Today, the Spanish Riding School uses only Lipizzaner stallions, training them in the movements of high classical dressage. These graceful maneuvers and jumps were originally designed as equine military training to develop the horse’s strength, agility, balance, concentration, and focus on the rider’s commands. Over time, they have been transformed into a living art form of grace and precision, celebrating the ballet-like accomplishments of these remarkable horses. CLOSE CALLS • Yet, the development of this rare type of horse has been fraught with close calls that nearly wiped out the breed , mostly due to war. Consider: • In 1797 during the War of the First Coalition, the horses were evacuated from Lipizza as the fighting closed in. In 1805, the horses were evacuated again when Napoleon invaded Austria. In 1809, the horses were evacuated three more times during the unsettled period that followed, resulting in the loss of many horses and the destruction of the written studbooks that documented bloodlines of horses prior to 1700. In 1915 the horses were evacuated from Lipizza due to World War I. Yet the greatest threat to the breed arrived with World War II. • During World War II, the high command of Nazi Germany collected the best breeding stock of Lipizzaners, Arabian horses, and Thoroughbreds, bringing them from all across Europe and transferring them to a stud farm in Hostau, Czechoslovakia, with the thought of breeding a better war horse. • Meanwhile, the Lipizzaner stallions that remained at the Spanish Riding School were evacuated to St. Martins, Austria in 1945, when bombing raids neared the city. The head of the School, Colonel Podhajsky, feared the horses were in danger. (continued next page)

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• The U.S. Army under the command of General George S. Patton was near St. Martins in the spring of 1945 and learned that the Lipizzaner stallions were in the area. Patton was a horseman, and coincidentally had competed in the 1936 Olympic Games in equestrian events along with Podhajsky. • Podhajsky put on an exhibition of the Spanish Riding School Lipizzaner stallions for Patton. As Patton watched, the horses and riders went through the precise, ballet-like maneuvers they were famous for: a demonstration of controlled power and elegance set to music, which was beautiful to watch and difficult to execute. When the performance ended, Podhajsky asked for Patton’s help in protecting the horses from the Germans. Patton agreed, and stationed American soldiers all around the area to protect the horses as the war came to an end and the German forces fell back. • Patton, an expert horseman, described the exhibition in his diary, calling it “extremely interesting and magnificently performed.” He said, “It struck me as rather strange that, in the midst of a world at war, some twenty young and middle-aged men in great physical condition… had spent their entire time teaching a group of horses to wiggle their butts and raise their feet in consonance with certain signals from the heels and reins.” He went on to remark, “On the other hand, it is probably wrong to permit any highly developed art, no matter how fatuous, to perish from the earth— and which arts are fatuous depends on the point of view. To me the high-schooling of horses is certainly more interesting than either painting or music.” • Meanwhile, the U.S. Cavalry under the command of Colonel Charles Reed captured a German intelligence officer and found papers on him that led them to discover the horses at Hostau, Czechoslovakia. (continued on next page)

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1. Lipizzaner foals are about four years old when they begin their training at the Spanish Riding School. 2. Their training lasts about six years. 3. They will perform about ten years, until they are about 20 years old. 4. Like most horses, they will live about 30 years. 5. Today, all Lipizzaners trace their bloodline to eight stallions and 35 mares, all born in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

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1. Reserve 4 teaspoons blueberries for garnish. Evenly spoon about 1/3 cup blueberries into 4 dessert dishes. 2. In a large bowl, combine dry pudding mix, dry milk powder and orange juice. Mix well using a wire whisk. Blend in sour cream. 3. Spoon about 1/2 cup orange sauce over fruit in each dish. Garnish each with 1 teaspoon of reserved blueberries. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes. Serves 4.

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• Krakatoa is a volcanic island in Indonesia, between Java and Sumatra. Its original name Citizens of the U.S. consume 1.5 billion was Krakatua, which may come from the local trees annually. Between 1950 and 1980, the word for crab or lobster, “karkataka.” The name forested surface of the earth was reduced by of the island was misspelled by a reporter and 25%. it’s been Krakatoa ever since. • Krakatoa is located where two tectonic plates meet at a point on what is known as the Ring of Fire. These two plates constantly collide, resulting in much volcanic activity. • Krakatoa was an uninhabited jungle island formed by a ring of three volcanoes which had not erupted for over 200 years. But in the spring of 1883, one of the volcanoes sputtered to life. For months there were earthquakes and minor eruptions of gas and steam. • On August 26, 1883, clouds of ash and pumice rose to spectacular heights. It’s thought that Cruise Cruise an earthquake opened a vent in the side of the TRUCK Cruise FOOD FOOD TRUCK FOOD TRUCK Night volcano which allowed sea water to pour into Night Cruise Night FOODRODEO TRUCK RODEO the magma chambers. This resulted in a series RODEO Night of cataclysmic eruptions and catastrophes that RODEO Wednesday, August 22 Cruise lasted two days. Wednesday, August 22 Wednesday August 2222 Wednesday, August FOOD TRUCK • The initial blast created a caldera almost four 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. 5 p.m. -–822 5 p.m. 8p.m. Wednesday, August Night 5 p.m. –p.m. 8 p.m. miles (6 km) wide. The sound of the largest RODEO Elderwood at Lockport at Lockport 5Elderwood p.m. – 8 p.m. Elderwood at Lockport Elderwood at Lockport blast, thought to be the loudest sound in reElderwood at Lockport 104 Old Niagara Rd. NY 104 Old Niagara Rd.Lockport, Lockport, NYNY 104 Old Niagara Rd. Lockport, 104 Old Niagara Rd. Lockport, NY corded history, was heard in Perth, Australia, Wednesday, August 10422 Old Niagara Rd. Lockport, NY some 1,930 miles (3,330 km) away. On the5 p.m. – 8 p.m. island of Rodrigues some 3,000 miles (4,800 Elderwood at Lockport km) away, citizens thought there were ships 104 Old Niagara Rd. Lockport, NY firing cannons in the bay. That would be like people in New York City hearing explosions in Dublin, Ireland. It was so loud that it ruptured Mrs. Ribs The Cheesy Chick House of Munch Mrs. Ribs TheCheesy Cheesy Chick House Munch Mrs. Ribs The CheesyThe Chick House of Munch The Cheesy Mrs. Ribs Chick House ofofMunch Mrs. Ribs House of the eardrums of sailors on ships 40 miles (64 Mrs. Ribs The Cheesy Chick House of Munch Chick Munch km) away. A ship 15 miles (24 km) away was covered in three feet (0.9 m) of ash. • The blast was equal to 10,000 Hiroshima-size Mrs. Ribs The Cheesy Chick House of Munch Featuring Featuring Meatthe The Press Read’s Ice Cream Meat Press Featuring Meat The Press Read’s Ice Cream Featuring Meat The Press Read’s IceCream Cream atom bombs, and 18 times more powerful than Meat The Press Read’s Ice Music by Featuring Music Music by Music byby by Featuring Meat The Press Read’s IceArtistic Cream AudioMusic the Mount St. Helens blast. Artistic Audio Artistic Audio Entertainment Arti stic Artistic Audio Audio Music by • Pyroclastic flows reached the Sumatran coast Entertainment Entertainment Entertainment Artistic Audio Entertainment 25 miles (40 km) away, moving across the wa Featuring Meat The Press Read’s Ice Cream Entertainment Read’s Ice Cream (continued on next page)

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