On the 4th of July 1946 performed the Spanish Ridingschool especially in honor of the U.S. Army.
Place of action: the ridinghall of the Dragoons in Wels (Upper-Austria). This was the residence in exile of the Spanish Ridingschool from 1945 until their return to Vienna in 1955. Wels was located in the American zone within Austria, after WW II.
Since the famous performance of the Spanish Ridingschool for General Patton in St.Martin, May 1945, the U.S. Army took over the patronage of this ancient institution for the classical art of riding.
Please find a copy of the original program and enjoy ancient names of riders and Lipizzaner stallions!
The original document is owned by my dear friend, Mr. Jacques Pieterse, former trainee with the SRS in Wels and personal friend to Col. Alois Podhajsky.
Atjan
