John Cooper--You have got some explaining to do!!!!

ROCKING-HORSE TRAINS BRITISH RIDERS
Mounted on rocking-horses, recruits of the British cavalry are now receiving preliminary training in horsemanship. At the Army Equestrian School, at Weedon, England, the wooden horses were recently installed to give rookies the feel of the saddle and practice in mounting and dismounting before they tackle the spirited animals stabled at the school. In advanced horsemanship, the wooden horses are also employed in teaching acrobatics and trick riding. They are said to be especially useful in helping riders acquire the right balance when a horse takes a hurdle. Dismounting from one of the rocking-horses, by means of the spectacular neck-roll, is being demonstrated in the photograph by the chief instructor. Popular Mechanic's July, 1933

WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE!!!! I have always been impressed with the pictures I have seen of the Royal Stable at Buckingham, and the Household Calvary. Now I'm thinking it has been some kind of a joke. You Brits are special. What we Yaks call "getting dumped on our ass," you folks call the "spectacular neck-roll!!!!" Did the Light Brigade really charge, or did it just rock real fast into the face of the enemy?

Courtesy of Miss Kitty