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by warrenmatha1
Tue Sep 01, 2020 1:25 am
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: Chamberlin Biography and Chamberlin Reader
Replies: 0
Views: 2277

Chamberlin Biography and Chamberlin Reader

Xenophon Press has released two new books:

General Chamberlin: America's Equestrian Genius

The Chamberlin Reader: The Education and Writings of H.D. Chamberlin

https://xenophon-press.myshopify.com/

Also available on Amazon.com
by warrenmatha1
Sat Jun 06, 2020 3:12 am
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: General Chamberlin: America's Equestrian Genius
Replies: 0
Views: 2258

General Chamberlin: America's Equestrian Genius

Xenophon Press released a biography of Brig. Gen. Harry D. Chamberlin. It title: General Chamberlin: America's Equestrian Genius. A companion book titled The Chamberlin Reader will follow shortly. At present, you will find the book here: https://xenophon-press.myshopify.com/collections/xenophon-pres...
by warrenmatha1
Sun May 31, 2020 9:08 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: General Chamberlin: America's Equestrian Genius
Replies: 1
Views: 1823

General Chamberlin: America's Equestrian Genius

Xenophon Press just released for publication my biography of Brig. General Harry D. Chamberlin. The title: General Chamberlin: America's Equestrian Genius. Lt. Col. Lou DiMarco wrote an Introduction. George Morris and Jim Wofford both wrote Forwards to the biography. You can locate the biography her...
by warrenmatha1
Sun Aug 18, 2019 7:51 am
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: Email regarding General Harry D. Chamberlin
Replies: 0
Views: 2368

Email regarding General Harry D. Chamberlin

I need help: several years ago, in connection with the biography of Brig. Gen. Harry D. Chamberlin that I am finishing, a gentleman and I engaged in a short email conversation regarding the man's mother. I cannot locate the emails in my files, the email rosters of two email accounts, and anywhere el...
by warrenmatha1
Thu May 02, 2019 6:08 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: Re-print of Chamberlin's Training Hunters, Jumpers, and Hacks.
Replies: 1
Views: 1727

Re-print of Chamberlin's Training Hunters, Jumpers, and Hacks.

I have written a new introduction to General Chamberlin's classic work Training Hunters, Jumpers, and Hacks. Xenophon Publishing just released the new edition. The introduction provides a foretaste of what the reader will find in my soon- to- be published biography of the General entitled "Gene...
by warrenmatha1
Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:20 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: WWII Ft. Riley
Replies: 16
Views: 13350

Re: WWII Ft. Riley

My father was in the same barracks and the same horsemanship class as Oleg Cassini, Pat DiCicco, Turk Greenough, and Henry Morgenthau III. He made riding instructor the same time Oleg Cassini did. He often spoke of how beautiful Oleg's wife, Gene Tierney was and also commented on Gloria Vanderbilt D...
by warrenmatha1
Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:52 am
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: Biography of Brig. General Harry D. Chamberlin
Replies: 2
Views: 1018

Re: Biography of Brig. General Harry D. Chamberlin

Thank you Lewis. Sorry it took so long.
by warrenmatha1
Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:41 am
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: Biography of Brig. General Harry D. Chamberlin
Replies: 2
Views: 1018

Biography of Brig. General Harry D. Chamberlin

After 14 years of on and off research and writing, the death of one publisher rep, and then finding a new publisher, I have completed a biography of Gen. Harry D. Chamberlin. The help over the years of members of The Military Horse such as Col. Lou DiMarco, Ron Smith and so many others as well as of...
by warrenmatha1
Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:46 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Gen. Harry Disston
Replies: 3
Views: 1957

Re: Gen. Harry Disston

Harry Disston, Gen. Disston wrote two books on equestrian matters. One comprised a dictionary of equestrian and cavalry terms authored for young people. I will have to search through my things to find the two titles. (I moved recently but have both books packed away in boxes.) After the General pass...
by warrenmatha1
Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:02 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: Gordon Russell Army Remount
Replies: 14
Views: 7042

Re: Gordon Russell Army Remount

Pat: I think Citation or Secretariat has a heart twice the size of a normal T-bred.

Warren
by warrenmatha1
Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:44 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: WWII Ft. Riley
Replies: 16
Views: 13350

Re: WWII Ft. Riley

AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT FT. RILEY, MY FATHER TAUGHT JOE LOUIS HOW TO FOLD THE ARMY'S SADDLE BLANKET...."SIX CORNERS TO THE NEAR AND REAR." HE ALSO HAD THE BUNK NEXT TO PAT DICICO AND SHARED THE BARRACKS WITH OLEG CASSINI, HENRY MORGENTHAU, JR. IN ADDITION, HE SHARED THE BARRACKS WITH THE HUSBA...
by warrenmatha1
Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:28 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: Military Seat bibliography
Replies: 33
Views: 20014

Re: Military Seat bibliography

INSTEAD OF THE "CREST HOLD....OR RELEASE"?.... WHY NOT USE THE BELT AROUND THE HORSE'S NECK AS THE ARMY DID? IT PUTS THE RIDER'S HANDS IN THE PROPER POSITION FOR THE "FULL RELEASE" AND PROTECTS THE HORSE'S MOUTH UNTIL THE RIDER ACHIEVES BALANCE. ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA AS TO WHY THI...
by warrenmatha1
Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:52 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: Gordon Russell Army Remount
Replies: 14
Views: 7042

Re: Gordon Russell Army Remount

LOU: REALLY INTERESTING. NOW: HOW TO FIND A HORSE WITH THOSE BLOOD LINES!

WARREN
by warrenmatha1
Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:33 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: War Horse by Louis A. DiMarco
Replies: 51
Views: 26020

War Horse Louis A. Dimarco

War Horse A History of the Military Horse and Rider Louis A. DiMarco, Lt. Col. USA (Ret.) Westholme Publishing LLC Eight Harvey Avenue Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067 www.westholmepublishing.com For those interested in horsemanship, this book ranks with Vladimir Littauer’s The Development of Modern Ridi...
by warrenmatha1
Mon May 26, 2008 2:58 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: War Horse by Louis A. DiMarco
Replies: 51
Views: 26020

War Horse by Lt. Col. Louis A. DiMarco

War Horse A History of the Military Horse and Rider Louis A. DiMarco For those interested in horsemanship, this book ranks with Vladimir Littauer’s The Development of Modern Riding. For those interested in military history, this book ranks with the works of John Keegan. The book offers so much about...