Re: Keep it simple.

["Robert J. Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

THANK YOU JULIE SHUR YOU HAVE DESCRIBED IT AS IT IS THANK YOU


Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

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> From: Marinera <Marinera@aol.com>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Keep it simple.
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 12:08 PM
> 
> Dear Ride Campers,
> When the AERC was formed, one of the main thrusts was to "keep it
simple".
> "Simple" is 50 miles in 12 hours, 100 miles in 24 hours and that has been
the
> standard since the inception of the sport and AERC records have been kept
with
> this as a basis.  If you don't make it in  time  either your horse failed
> because he wasn't up to it or was ill prepared; you weren't ready or
became
> ill; or the trail was too tough. But life isn't fair. It is full of ups
and
> down, moments of triumph and moments of defeat just as endurance riding
is.
> You have the right to pick and choose  the horse you ride, your own level
of
> fitness and the rides you attend.  You will  get some bad breaks and you
will
> get some good breaks. I have finished rides I never should have and I
have
> failed to complete rides that I felt I deserved. It all sort of evens up
over
> the long run. But you cannot let your life revolve around the outcome of
one
> ride.
> Everyone wants to be known as a good sport. Good sports take their lumps 
and
> they realize there can not be  a rule or an exception to the rule to
cover
> every possible contingency.  So, for the sake of the sport of endurance
> riding, keep it simple.  Otherwise we will founder on a set of complex
rules
> that no rider or ride manager can interpret or comprehend.
>      Julie Suhr
>