Re: RC: Why is weight an issue...

[BMcCrary27@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/21/99 12:10:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
DVeritas@aol.com writes:

<< I have to say it once again,  if their were NO AWARDS for completing a 
 ride/race, weight would be no issue.
     Ego is something best left at home, just bring a fit horse and the means 
 to care for him and I think alot of the sub-surface resentment and 
antagonism 
 evinced in this thread would just go away.
     And then "TO FINISH IS TO WIN" would be more than just words put out in 
 the public eye.
     Mileage tracked COULD be enough.   >>

Frank, once (many years ago) at a board meeting, I suggested AERC drop the 
whole awards thing, and I got an ovation from the board.  But I would guess 
that we would lose a lot of riders if there were no awards to run for.  Some 
people are more competitive than others .. some must have an award to go for, 
others are just happy with the experience and the mileage being recorded.  
Each of us looks for, and finds, something different in this sport.

Barbara McCrary


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