Re: RC: V/C Pet Peeve

[Sheila <tondi313@yahoo.com>]

Getting a time first, before pulse  is not how it
happens in the West.  So, of course it's nerve
wracking for the pulse taker to be slow.....then you
get an out time, when they finally find your horse's
slow double beat pulse......

--- Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com> wrote:
> >I have a pet peeve about this too, only in reverse.
>  I bring a horse >in
> and >he's down and they can't get his pulse.  Horses
> are coming in behind
> >me and >getting their 'in' times but not my horse,
> because they can't
> find >it.  He's at 40,
> 
> In the southeast the timer records your time the
> second you enter the
> gate of the P&R area.  Then, when the pulse taker
> takes your pulse if
> you're down, they call out and ask what time you
> entered.  If you're down
> your official time is WHEN YOU ENTERED the P&R area.
>  If you're not down,
> they call out for them to mark out that time and
> they have to go out the
> back gate and come back around.  So...if you're
> standing there and they
> can't find your pulse, your horse is simply having
> more time to come
> down.  The good thing about this is that nobody is
> in a huge hurry for
> the pulse taker to come to them first, and if you
> and another horse are
> running right together and you enter together,
> you'll get the same time
> so long as you're both down.  Doesn't depend on who
> gets pulsed first. 
> Usually there are enough pulse takers to get you the
> second you come in,
> but if there's ever a shortage this helps.  Also,
> having to leave the P&R
> area out the back, and walk all the way back around
> before presenting
> discourages presenting too soon.
> 
> Angie
> 
>
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She
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