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> read my original post. it simply stated all mileage could be counted. if
>  there is somewhere in the bylaws that addresses how the AERC counts
> mileage, please point it out. after all you stated it would require a
> bylaw change.
Truman, read the ride records.  "All" mileage IS counted.  But it is
counted in separate categories--endurance miles and LD miles.

That said--since "endurance" is defined in the bylaws as rides of 50 miles
or more, and since it is our "endurance" miles that are tracked, to
"count" rides of less mileage as "endurance" miles would therefore require
a change in the definition.  And the definition is in the bylaws.

What part of this is so difficult to comprehend?  Pardon me for being a
bit sarcastic here, but I just came home from a day of substituting at our
local alternative high school, and I observed far better comprehension of
written English there than I do from a few folks on this list.

What you are suggesting is that we CEASE to track our "endurance" miles as
such--and yes, we COULD do that, I suppose, without changing the bylaws,
if we carefully stated that we were ceasing to track actual "endurance"
miles, but why on earth would we WANT to?  Part of our function is to keep
records of ENDURANCE riding, for goodness sake.  And one of those very
valid records is our career ENDURANCE miles.  Just as our LD miles are a
valid part of our records.

Again, if it makes you feel good to count your LD miles with your
endurance miles as some sort of total "distance miles" no one is stopping
you.  Do you really think that it would change anything if the AERC office
added one more thing to our ride records, where they took our endurance
miles and added our LD miles and gave us a total that any of us can come
up with by taking a calculator to the numbers ourselves?  Do we REALLY
need that kind of hand-holding to have some self-respect about what we've
ridden?  Not any riders that *I* know need that--LD or otherwise.  The LD
rides are right there on our records, right along with our endurance
miles, counted for God and everybody to see.  It's all right there in
black and white--no discrimination, no disrespect.  But there IS validity
in tracking the two separately--Bruce Weary is right on the mark that
there IS a difference in getting a horse through a 50 vs getting a horse
through a couple of 25s.  It DOES take a larger measure of horsemanship,
and a larger measure of either talent or preparation (or hopefully both)
on the part of the horse.  And no amount of circumlocution from folks who
want to twist and evade the language of the rules or the bylaws changes
that--it was BECAUSE of that observed difference that the rules and bylaws
are written the way they are.

Heidi


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