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On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Sullys Maze wrote:
> Karen Chaton writes,
> Now this you guys won't believe. I hope I don't offend anybody. If I do,
> then too bad! Where we were camped this really rude girl and her friend
> drove up and parked right next to us, and then talked LOUDLY until at least
> 12:30 at night. Then, the next day when I'm out riding my husband sees this
> girl going over to our neighbors on the other side of us and stealing hay
> from them. Then, he hears this girl tell her friend "when I'm gone go over
> there and steal more of this hay, it's real good hay". Can you BELIEVE
> that??? I won't even say what I think about that, but I consider that to be
> very rude and inconsiderate. I mean, if somebody were to ask to borrow hay
> from me I would gladly give it to them if I had enough. Glad most riders
> aren't like that.
>
> Karen
> in Gardnerville
> & Weaver
> & Rocky
>
> ------
> I can certainly sympathize. I am one of those that has a hard time
> sleeping if it is noisy. I just am resigned that at an endurance
> ride it will be noisy, but on the other hand, you hope that since
> people are going to be getting up at an ungodly hour, they will go
> to bed early.
>
> At Camp Far West, we had the kids sleeping at 9:30. My husband and
> I took a short walk and were ready for bed at 10:30. I was tired.
> The camp was quiet. Then the lady next to us started banging truck
> and trailer doors, opening and shutting trunks, and making a racket!
> She was at this (who knows what the hell she was doing-my husband
> said probably rebuilding her engine) until 12:15! I almost went
> over there several times, but was too much of a wimp. Next day
> after the ride, I was really tired and decided to take a nap. (keep
> in mind this lunatic lady had kept me up, and I had mentally dragged
> my 8 year old daughter through her first ride) I tried to get the
> kids to nap, and so we were arguing for an hour over that in the
> tent. Finally I got up and started to break down camp. AFter about
> an hour of that (I was making a racket), I realized the lady was
> trying to take a nap in her trailer. My first feelings were of
> guilt I had been so noisy, then I sort of went "hehehehehhe". Oh
> well!
>
> -speaking of other rude people, there were some folks at Mendo that
> were conscending and unfriendly AFTER we told them we were only
> doing the 25....This is a lousy attitude. This may get into a
> discussion of 25's, verus 50's, but here are a few of my thoughts.
>
> -My horse came in from the 25 in fine shape. I feel pretty
> confident she could have done another 25. A horse nearby was
> at camp during the lunch break on the 50, THAT horse looked, to
> me, absolutely exhausted. But I guess the vets passed it through.
> Still, if my horse was standing with his head to the ground, I
> doubt I could bear to haul her out on another 25 miles.
>
> -I don't understnad the total distain for the 25 milers. Often
> these entries alow the ride to even be put on. There are people
> that only want to do 25's, don't care about points or anything.
> I hear lots of criticism of folks that "race" 25's, but none for
> folks that race 50's. To me, if a horse races a 25 in two hours,
> versus the horse that races the 50 in 3 hours, the horse doing the
> 50 is both going faster and farther. If the horse on the 25 is a
> mature horse, what is the problem?? If someone has a mature horse,
> and wants to do fast 25's, and their horses do fine, then, to me,
> this is less destructive to the horse than those doing competitive
> 50's.
>
> -Some people just physically can't do a 50. Yet, they can
> participate in the ride, go through the vet checks, and learn
> a ton about the sport, conditioning, tack fitting, etc. I
> don't see any need for seasoned or competitive endurance riders
> to be rude to them. This attitude will not encourage riders to
> return to the sport or graduate to 50's.
>
> -Also speaking of rude, can't believe how many folks bring their
> dogs to the ride. If they are riding the 50, their dogs are left
> in camp all day, usually barking. How rude and inconsiderate to
> everyone else. At the Mendo ride, Lari had a rule of all dogs on
> leash on her application. Yet, there were dogs wandering around,
> one totally clueless person brought their loose dog to the VET IN!
> I'm not talking about Lari's dogs; there were lots of other loose
> dogs, and several dog fights.
>
> -Yes, it is a camping situation, lots of people, rigs pulling in,
> horses neighing. Yet, people can exercise some common sense and
> consideration for others. I would expect and hope that folks would
> be sleeping and quiet by at least 10-certaihnly not the case at the
> rides I have been at.
>
> -Well, there are some of my gripes and thoughts.
>
> Karen S.
> Ashley
> Chancey
>
> To: ENDURANCE@MOSCOW.COM
>
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