Re: Re: RE: Ah..the art of cheating - Guinepigs/cavies

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

I don't find it sad (annoying, yes, even mildly amusing in certain somewhat
desperate cases) to see people doing anything to win - UNLESS the animal
suffers (like underage horses, rapping, etc, etc.


I'll turn a blind eye to anything but what, to me, amounts to abuse of
horses, and if I happen to upset a few people by reporting these incidents,
BFD (see, Deanna, I finally got to use it!!!!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Tamara Jane Habberley <tamarahabberley@lineone.net>
To: Kerry Dykes <KDykes@cpes.com>; SandyDSA@aol.com <SandyDSA@aol.com>;
tvanhove@uswest.net <tvanhove@uswest.net>; Trailrite@aol.com
<Trailrite@aol.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 10:00 PM
Subject: RC: Re: RE: Ah..the art of cheating - Guinepigs/cavies


>to put this in perspective
>
>as a kid I entered my nice fat brown and black and white  pet guinepig
>(cavies to you in the USA?) in a pet show. The class was best family pet
>guinepig.
>
>My guinepig placed precisely no where, the winner was  a very nice
>longhaired guinepig that ahd had its hair in wrappers in its cage, it had
>also won
>
> best sheltie guinepig,
>champ sheltie guinepig and
> best of show champ
>
> handled by its rather middle aged male breeder.
>
> When it came to the family class he justhanded it to his kid who held it
up
>for the judge to check, and guess what it was the same judge who saw it in
>all the other classes...
>
>Morale - theres always some one who will do anything no matter how sad in
>order to win!
>
>Tamara
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kerry Dykes <KDykes@cpes.com>
>To: <SandyDSA@aol.com>; <tvanhove@uswest.net>; <Trailrite@aol.com>;
><ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 4:30 PM
>Subject: RC: RE: Ah..the art of cheating
>
>
>>
>> So "in general" people who go out and buy a good horse instead of riding
>> their backyard mutt don't deserve to be called "endurance riders" since
>they
>> don't have a "great love and respect for both the horse and other people
>in
>> it" -- so the next proper conclusion is they are more inclined to
"offend,
>> to cheat or abuse".
>>
>> And yes, I do get my "undies in a twist" over statements like this....
>even
>> tho I'm NOT one of those undesirables mentioned above  - thank goodness,
I
>> want to be able to sleep at nite!  Generalizations like this with no data
>to
>> back it up can't help but offend.
>>
>> Kerry
>> and Lefty, the backyard mutt
>> and Spiritism, the "move up" horse
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 5/24/00 6:13:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> tvanhove@uswest.net writes:
>>
>> <<  Secondly, it has seemed to us over the years that there are more and
>> more
>> riders in all persuasions, endurance as well, who had no real experience
>nor
>> great love and respect for the horse first. They discovered this fine
>sport
>> and then went out and bought a horse, just the right horse, a competetive
>> horse - like a motorcycle or something.  There is a distinct difefrence
in
>> attitudes between tehse folk and teh folk who perhaps even started on a
>> retired (remember, they retire show horse at about 5!) family show horse
>or
>> pet, and gradually moved up to a horse more specific to the sport. These
>> people seem to have a greater love and respect for both the horse and
>other
>> people in it, and so take care not to offend, to cheat or abuse. Before
>> anyone gets their undies in a twist, I know there ar emany, many
>exceptions,
>> but it is rather unnerving to think that ANYONE without an enduring
>> affection
>> and knowlege for the horse as well as a sense of competitive honor is
>> competing in this fine sport. I have wondered at times if it is becaus
>ethey
>> have no other claim to fame or strength of real industry or joy in their
>> life
>> and so this is where they find it. But as we ALL KNOW- cheating isn't it
>> either. The rest of us sleep nights - better and more often!
>> s
>>
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