Re: David Boggs?? How about Us???

["Dyane Smith" <sunibey@sisqtel.net>]

You've got a point, Sylvia.  I feel tired to death of the things I've seen
at shows, but two friends of mine used to vet rides and both were shocked by
some of the riders-- not all by any means.  Probably would not hurt to speak
out about abuse wherever we see it.
Dyane
N. Ca

----- Original Message -----
From: <Dbeverly4@aol.com>
To: <karlak@mail.tca.net>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 10:57 PM
Subject: RC: David Boggs?? How about Us???


> In a message dated 9/20/99 1:32:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> karlak@mail.tca.net writes:
>
> << GREAT IDEA...let's ALL show up at a BIG Arab show with cameras in
>  hand.  In big
>  <<numbers, WE will intimidate them instead of the other way
>  around...Then the
>  <<spinless stewards will HAVE to do something!!!>>
>
>  Or better yet, Camcorders!<G>  And the best footage can go to the local
>  TV station if the stewards don't do anything about it. >>
>
> ((FLAME SUIT ON))  I'm gonna go out on a limb here. I do not like the
abuses
> that go on in the horse show world.  No doubt about it there is some
pretty
> terrible stuff happening out there.  But, let's not wear rose colored
glasses
> here.  If ANY of us took a camcorder or a Polaroid camera to an endurance
> ride, we could take some pretty nasty, nasty pictures at any given ride.
> I've seen horses drop and roll at their trailer at the end of a ride (the
> rider was inside having a beer).  I've seen horses "whipped up" behind the
> scenes to get them to appear "forward" for the final vet check.  And the
list
> goes on.  Its fun to blast those "horse show" types, but let's look to our
> own and take care of our own.  What's happening in our own "backyard" that
we
> can fix?  Don't we know some Davis Boggs types in our own media?  How
about
> we nail THOSE guys??
>
> Sylvia
> (asbestos at the ready)
>
>
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