Re: Log Book...

["Tamara Jane Habberley" <tamarahabberley@lineone.net>]

Does this mean horses in the USA dont have log books? Over here in the UK
the log books are mandatory and remain with a horse all its life. You also
have to bring all previous vet sheets to rides inc ase the vets or technical
advisors want to inspect them

Tamara

----- Original Message -----
From: <Kenzie_Kelly@spc.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 5:56 PM
Subject: RC: Log Book...


>
> Hi,
>
>      I find this idea extremely intriguing.  Where can I find more
>      information on an endurance log book?  How many riders keep their own
>      version of this, writing down conditions of the trail, weather, and
>      pull or completion info in a central source?  If a standard one sheet
>      form could be made, what would you put on it?  Could I give this form
>      to a vet at the beginning of the ride to record their comments, or is
>      this type of information on the vet card?  Do you get to keep your
vet
>      card at the end of a ride?
>
>      I know endurance.net has the distance riders journal, but I was
>      thinking more of a sheet you could take to the ride to record all
>      kinds of other stuff.  (And I guess since I've never seen a DRJ, I'm
>      not sure what's in it.)
>
>      Would you want to record other management type info, like the type of
>      food served and completion awards, ease of access and regress from
>      camp, location and safety of finish line, etc.?
>
>      I think this would be very helpful to riders, especially newbies like
>      me, because I could go back year after year and see what rides I do
>      well at and which I should skip in the future.  I'm envisioning
simple
>      things like a note which says the ground was so hard you couldn't use
>      tent poles which would make it easier to prepare for the ride in
>      general.
>
>      Kenzie & Zane (4 days and counting to shoes :D
>      Birmingham, AL
>      http://kenzie_k.tripod.com/zane.html
>
>
>
>
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