Re: RE: Ah..the art of cheating - Guinepigs/cavies

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

to put this in perspective

as a kid I entered my nice fat brown and black and white  pet guinepig
(cavies to you in the USA?) in a pet show. The class was best family pet
guinepig.

My guinepig placed precisely no where, the winner was  a very nice
longhaired guinepig that ahd had its hair in wrappers in its cage, it had
also won

 best sheltie guinepig,
champ sheltie guinepig and
 best of show champ

 handled by its rather middle aged male breeder.

 When it came to the family class he justhanded it to his kid who held it up
for the judge to check, and guess what it was the same judge who saw it in
all the other classes...

Morale - theres always some one who will do anything no matter how sad in
order to win!

Tamara

----- Original Message -----
From: Kerry Dykes <KDykes@cpes.com>
To: <SandyDSA@aol.com>; <tvanhove@uswest.net>; <Trailrite@aol.com>;
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 4:30 PM
Subject: RC: RE: Ah..the art of cheating


>
> So "in general" people who go out and buy a good horse instead of riding
> their backyard mutt don't deserve to be called "endurance riders" since
they
> don't have a "great love and respect for both the horse and other people
in
> it" -- so the next proper conclusion is they are more inclined to "offend,
> to cheat or abuse".
>
> And yes, I do get my "undies in a twist" over statements like this....
even
> tho I'm NOT one of those undesirables mentioned above  - thank goodness, I
> want to be able to sleep at nite!  Generalizations like this with no data
to
> back it up can't help but offend.
>
> Kerry
> and Lefty, the backyard mutt
> and Spiritism, the "move up" horse
>
>
> In a message dated 5/24/00 6:13:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> tvanhove@uswest.net writes:
>
> <<  Secondly, it has seemed to us over the years that there are more and
> more
> riders in all persuasions, endurance as well, who had no real experience
nor
> great love and respect for the horse first. They discovered this fine
sport
> and then went out and bought a horse, just the right horse, a competetive
> horse - like a motorcycle or something.  There is a distinct difefrence in
> attitudes between tehse folk and teh folk who perhaps even started on a
> retired (remember, they retire show horse at about 5!) family show horse
or
> pet, and gradually moved up to a horse more specific to the sport. These
> people seem to have a greater love and respect for both the horse and
other
> people in it, and so take care not to offend, to cheat or abuse. Before
> anyone gets their undies in a twist, I know there ar emany, many
exceptions,
> but it is rather unnerving to think that ANYONE without an enduring
> affection
> and knowlege for the horse as well as a sense of competitive honor is
> competing in this fine sport. I have wondered at times if it is becaus
ethey
> have no other claim to fame or strength of real industry or joy in their
> life
> and so this is where they find it. But as we ALL KNOW- cheating isn't it
> either. The rest of us sleep nights - better and more often!
> s
>
>
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