This gets back to the issue of enforcement - or maybe nonenforcement in
this case. How are you going to inforce it? How is the ride manager
going to know short of intercepting the call - which is by the way in
violation of federal law.
On most trails there is a much more reliable way to convey much of the
same information and it is done on a regular basis. It's on trail
crewing where the crews pass on the information directly.
There seems to be a fundamental issue here - specificity in the rules.
This rule is so vague as to be so open to interpertation as to be very
open to abuse. At a ride a few years ago a rider is riding a new horse
and is going fairly slow. The ride is held on public trails and this
rider came upon some trail riders and rode with them for awhile. He was
telling them about endurance riding, and was making some converts who
whated to give it a shot. They were on a dirt road when the RM comes by
and accusing the rider of using the trail riders to "pace" has tired
horse and damn near pulled him - probably would if she hadn't finally
realized she would have been "strung up" if she had. Of course the
attitude of the ride manager soured the trail rides from trying the
sport.
Was his horse being paced - nope. Is this rule so vague as to be open
to this interperation - well it was by this ride manager on this day.
Truman
Michael Maul wrote:
My
understanding was that use such as
First place rider comes into vet check. Crew for second place rider
calls them and says - you are only 10 minutes behind. Step up the pace
to catch them. Or horse in front of you was pulled - and the horse
behind you took an extra 10 minutes at the hold you left. You can back
off your pace.
Emergency use is fine but calls that give an advantage in pacing is
not.
This is just my view.
Mike
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"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
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