Quotations and Literature Forum

Who said "The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man?" My husband is beginning to think I made this up since I can't remember the source. Thanks.
Sharon

There is no source for this old saying, adage, axiom, etc.
So, you can tell your husband that you did not make it up. Many people have used it.

"The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man."
- Author Unknown -
http://www.quarter-horse.com/bye.html

The North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, Purina and several equestrian special need groups offer another “must”. Because the old adage, “The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man” is so true.
http://www.cchexpo.com/entertainment.htm

"...the school founder had opined in 1889 that "something about the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a student"
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/stor ... 89,00.html

"The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a girl."
http://www.extendinc.com/phoenix/

Green Acres Riding Center is a Christian organization and believes that "The Outside of a Horse is Good for the Inside of a Kid" (as quoted by Winston Churchill). Horses are also good for the inside of all of us!
http://www.greenacresridingcenter.com/

"The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a person"
~T. Roosevelt
http://www.televar.com/~gcaudell/title.html

President Ronald Reagan used to say: "The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man."
http://www.charactercenter.com/myhorses.htm

It was one of Reagan's favorites, but it was quoted earlier in the century by Lord Palmerston ("There's nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse"). It was also credited to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Dr. John Abernethy and Woodrow Wilson's physician, Dr. Gary Grayson.


In 1946, M.C. Self, writing in Horseman's Encyclopedia, said "There is something about the outside of a horse which is good for the inside of a man."

The author of this quote was the great horseman, the Duke of Beaufort. Not sure why so many other people are given credit instead -- guess the others were just quoting him.

It seems that it was said by Duke of Beaufort，the great horseman.

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