In a message of , Bob Kohl (1:102/861) writes:
 >Someone PLEASE help this poor gal out! :)
Doesn't anybody know how to use a library anymore?   :-6
These two books are the best place to start:
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Author:        Podhajsky, Alois.
Uniform title: Leben fur die Lipizzaner. English.
Title:         My dancing white horses. Translated by Frances Hogarth-Gaute. 
                 [1st ed.] New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1965]
Description:   302 p. illus., ports. (part col.) 24 cm.
Notes:         Translation of Ein Leben fur die Lipizzaner.
Subjects:      Spanische Reitschule (Vienna, Austria)
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Author:        Podhajsky, Alois.
Uniform title: Meine Lehrmeister die Pferde. English.
Title:         My horses, my teachers. Translated by Eva Podhajsky. [1st ed. 
in                 the U.S.A.] Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1968.
Description:   x, 202 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes:         Translation of Meine Lehrmeister die Pferde.
Subjects:      Podhajsky, Alois.
               Spanische Reitschule (Vienna, Austria)
               Horsemen and horsewomen -- Austria -- Correspondence.
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There are also a good half-dozen books on the market which are basic horse 
breed guides, giving basic info on how big, range, type of use, etc.  Simon 
and Schuster put one out a couple of years ago; Dorling Kindersley's ULTIMATE 
HORSE GUIDE is the weightiest and prettiest.  Marguerite Henry's ALL ABOUT 
HORSES or the ALBUM OF HORSES may also be some help.  Ditto her book on the 
Lippizaners.  
HORSE ILLUSTRATED is bound to have done an article sometime or other.  That 
and other more recent stuff on the breeding farms can be tracked down by 
searching through the reference room at the library; the READER'S GUIDE TO 
PERIODICAL LITERATURE might be of help.
Contrary to what you may think, reference librarians don't bite -- they are 
trained to help people and are usually very friendly.  And really, there's no 
point in getting history second and third-hand when you can read source 
material from people like Podhajsky and get it straight from the horse's 
mouth (sorry, couldn't resist).
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