Re: RC: sportsmanship

["Jerry Fruth" <hikryrdg@evansville.net>]

Striders, While racing in Florida this past December I was running with a
gorup of 5 riders, 6 counting myself.  This was on ths second loop .  We
came upon a dip in the road, lots of water.  I backed my stallion out
letting the ladies and one newbie gentleman go first.  Low and behold, the
guy and a lady{ahem} that he was riding with took their fill and than raced
off, leaving the rest of us in the lurch, and no water for our horses, for
they wanted to catch the runners.  So, off we went, and bingo, we caught
them at the next water hole.  At that point in my most kind midwestern way
I informed them  that if they did that trick again, I was going to ride up
and jerk them off their  horses.  Two of the ladies{ahem} im the group
informed me that waiting for others at a watering hole was not very
competitive.  I told her that if she wanted to be competitive to come on up
and we would have at it. No luck.  They as a group finished about an hour
behind me that day.  Angie, maybe you need to create a small list of trail
etiquette for our newbies.  Jerry

Hickory Ridge Arabians web page:
http://www.evansville.net/~hikryrdg

Standing JABASK KNIGHT
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Angela C McGhee wrote...
>>Good post but unfortunately the biggest trouble of riding up front is 
>>that>there is normally someone who wants to win.
>
>Are you sure a person who has never ridden in the front understands ride
>etiquette?  Maybe she was doing things that are considered rude and
>didn't realize it, thus bringing on the other riders' behavior.  There's
>nothing quite so irritating as a newcomer with blood in their eye...even
>if the horse can handle it.  Maybe that wasn't the case this time, but
>it's happened before.
>
>The best route in most cases is just TELL a person if they're doing
>wrong.  I offered to share my bucket of water that was on the trail with
>several riders who were racing me for the front.  A newcomer who was
>running up front with us.  She let her horse drink half the bucket, and
>then was just trotting off.  I would have let her go and hated her the
>rest of my life.  Nina Gibson handled it much better.  She yelled, "Hey,
>you get back here.  You drink Angie's water and then trot off and leave
>her and she'll beat the hell out of you!"  She stopped and fell all over
>herself apologizing.  Turned out to be a really nice lady, just had no
>idea what to do and what not to. 
>  
>Angie
>
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