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Re: [RC] LTE - Tucson Citizen this morning - Eric Drew

most of the time I dismount and just kick it off the trail with my boots [especially on multi-use single track].  takes a minute and creates goodwill....


-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara McCrary
Sent: Feb 1, 2005 8:40 AM
To: Vallonelee@xxxxxxx, Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] LTE - Tucson Citizen this morning

The only solution I can think of is for riders to carry mini-lawn-rakes with very short handles, available at garden supply centers. The rider dismounts and rakes the pile off the trail into the brush, or whatever vegetation is alongside the trail.  I guess some people just aren't used to horse turds, but in my opinion, since horses are vegetarians, their turds smell a lot more acceptable than do dogs'. There is something about the scat of meat-eaters that is not very pleasant.
 
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:51 AM
Subject: [RC] LTE - Tucson Citizen this morning

From a Tucson, Arizona paper.  Boy this one could be a problem.........

Riders should clean up after horses
Generally, I am all for multiuse of our beautiful mountain trails. But as a cyclist, I have one gripe about horses. It is what they leave behind.We all must leave only footprints (or tire tracks) and take only pictures.Even dog owners clean up after their pets. Why is it OK for a horse to make a pile on a trail and the owner leave it? Horse riders should be required to clean up messes their animals make.- GREGG HLAVACEK

 
Lee
".......and God sought to bestow upon man a supreme mark of his blessing. God created the horse. The horse could run faster than the deer, jump higher than the goat, and endure longer than the wolf. Man, being encompassed by elements that sought to destroy him, would have been a slave, had the horse not made him king."








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