article_title nationality employer name occupation
paul d. cronin
 american sweet briar college -lrb- 1967 -- 2002 -rrb- paul d. cronin horseman , riding instructor , and author
paul d. cronin

paul d. cronin is an american horseman , riding instructor , and author .
he studied under vladimir littauer for 30 years , and teaches littauer 's forward seat riding system .
his book `` schooling and riding the sport horse '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- was intended to be a modern and updated version of littauer 's `` commonsense horsemanship '' .
in it , cronin detailed the history of the american forward seat riding system , gave advice on training young and green horses , and outlined a three-part system based on controls , position and schooling .
cronin was director of the riding program at sweet briar college from 1967 -- 2002 , and became professor emeritus and director of riding emeritus in 2003 .
among his students there was olympic athlete lendon gray , rider of seldom seen .
cronin has been involved with the american national riding commission , and was an `` r '' judge for hunt seat competitions from 1965 to 1987 .
in the state of virginia , he was a member of the equitation committee of the virginia horse show association from 1974 to 1980 , was a director for the virginia horse council in 1981 -- 1982 , and was on the riding committee of the old dominion athletic conference from 1985 until 2001 .
beginning in 1999 cronin was an advisory member at large for the affiliated/american national riding council .
