Bareback riders

[Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com]

Bob Morris <bobmorris@rmci.net> said:

>Once again; READ YOUR RULE BOOK!!!  There is no such rule in the AERC!
There
>never has been such a rule!!! So someone was giving you a pile of Bull.
>
>Bob Morris
>Member of the Rules Committee (for a long time)
>
>>Pam Abreu sisterm@pacbell.net
>> I was a happy bareback rider before I joined AERC and was told
>>a saddle was necessary or "no ride" The last year of the Cow Mtn
>>Ride in CA they allowed me to ride bareback! It was my first
>>ride! I don't see what the big deal is about a saddle. Where are
>>the indians anyway? Needless to say, after discovering most of
>>a ride is done at a trot. I am very happy with a saddle these
>>days
Bob, I can understand your frustration as a member of the
Rules Committee at the prevalence of all of the "urban
legend" rules.  However, it has been established that ride
managers can add any rules they wish.  It is quite possible
that this was a ride manager's rule and that the ride
management just didn't make it clear either verbally or in
print which rules were "AERC" and which were purely local
to their ride.

Linda B. Merims
lbm@ici.net
Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com
Massachusetts, USA



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