Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [Guest] Young Riders/Sponsors

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:57:53 -0700, Ridecamp Moderator
<ridecamp-moderator@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Karen Nelson knelson@xxxxxxxxxx

>As for the damage to legs, bones, ligaments, etc.of young riders, I can 
>only wonder what damage is happening to the youth who spend most of their 
>lives on the couch watching TV.  

If I may be forgiven one more reply, as this has been said so often:
that is a classic example of the fallacy known as the "Fallacy of the
Excluded Middle."  It suggests that a child is either riding endurance
rides, or sitting on a couch getting no exercise -- it allows for no
other "in-between" situations.  In reality, any child who would do an
endurance ride is obviously riding horses other times, in other
situations -- but not riding 50 or 100 miles at one time.  Having to
wait a year or three to do his first endurance ride isn't depriving
him of exercise.

If you did not mean it that way, please disregard my comment.  I agree
it is bad for children's development for them to be couch potatoes
(but of course that is not in the AERC's purview, and is irrelevant to
the question of a minimum age for riders).

>There will never be a large enough thank 
>you for the Merrybens and Karen Chatons of AERC who go out of their way to 
>support new and often young riders.  Karen Nelson #4299   

For this, I say "You're welcome," and I appreciate the compliment.
(I've sponsored many Junior riders, including an AERC National Junior
Champion.)





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