Re: RE: Death Visits Ridecamp in the May EN!!!!!!!

["Cheryl Newbanks" <horsetrails@cybertrails.com>]

Sorry Kerry I wasn't on RC when you had these discussions,  I belong to
another list.  But I still think it needs to be addressed that AERC
shouldn't of published these articles and maybe they'll stop the following
ones.

I also sent an email to AERC's Mailbag.

Cheryl

----- Original Message -----
From: Kerry Dykes <KDykes@cpes.com>
To: 'Ridecamp' <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 6:48 PM
Subject: RC: RE: Death Visits Ridecamp in the May EN!!!!!!!


> Cheryl, I have to admit I was surprised to see it after all the
controversy
> last month, and there were a number of things I would have edited out
before
> publishing since they weren't necessary to the story.
>
> However, I doubt that many folks reading it who are not on Ridecamp and
> haven't been exposed to the "conflict" would experience the same level of
> offense.  For instance, we don't know that Howard crashed a horse - we
know
> he lost one "to similar circumstances" seven years earlier - it's an
> assumption on our part that he over-rode one, probably because he has said
> some things on RC that many people don't like and we're tempted to assume
> the worst.
>
> Please let's not re-live this for the next two weeks.....Let's talk
> riding....   Anybody going to Mt. Carmel this weekend????
>
> Kerry
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cheryl Newbanks [mailto:horsetrails@cybertrails.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 4:16 AM
> To: Ridecamp
> Subject: RC: Death Visits Ridecamp in the May EN!!!!!!!
>
>
> Ok I can not hold my tongue back any longer!  Is anyone else having
trouble
> with this article too?  First off the whole tone of this article is so
very
> self centered.  I thought so before when we read it here on our ER list
and
> I still think so now!  Second off Howard admits in the 3rd paragraph that
> this is not the first time that he's crashed a horse, and that they
actually
> lost the first one seven years earlier!  So hey gang lets reward him for
> that by publishing this article for him!!!  NEXT his references to Angie
are
> belittling and arrogant, even if you didn't know what a P.I.T.A.  he's
been
> to her, it would still be rude for them to let him print that garbage,
they
> should of heavily edited those portions or removed them all together!!!
> Witch, Bitch what ever he said it was a bad call to print this article
with
> these jibs at Angie in them!  And the worse part is it looks like we'll
have
> to be tortured with his bull-hockey for the next few issues too.
>
>  I know the point of the article was to wake other people up to the
> potential dangers of a metabolic crash, but the tone of the article was a
> "Howard pity pot ego trip and look how wonderful a person I am even in a
> catastrophic dilemma" tone instead!!!!  I don't understand why AERC would
> print such an article with the slandering tone towards Angie in the first
> place, but second off I don't see why they would give Howard the lime
light
> so to speak either.  Yeah, lets reward Howard by making him an author in a
> AERC article!
>
> Having read the whole article months ago I'd be interested to see how many
> ACTUAL ENDURANCE RIDERS have an idea at which point he should of pulled
the
> horse!  Its pretty obvious to me, that would be when the horse's heart
rate
> was hanging the first time!  Too bad Howard didn't get a chance to read
> Jamie Kerr's vet forum article in the May issue before he competed in that
> ride.  Hmmmm, do you think he would of paid attention to Dr Kerr's
> suggestions at all?  I doubt it!
>
>                                      Cheryl Newbanks
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