Hey Ridecampers and especially Howard: (Good Morning Howard, rise
and shine!) I got my newspaper this morning with a big photo splashed
across the front, a bunch of folks riding horses across the desert. Was
it a ride photo of the endurance nationals? No, it was our troups on horseback
with the Northern Alliance.
I thought to
myself, "Good grief, do those guys know how to ride? What if their
horses spook and spin? What if they are too poorly fed to spook and
spin? What if our military in all its wisdom, buys them a million pounds
of sweet feed/grain or corn or something and colics the lot of them? What
about founder? What about sore backs? They are requisitioning saddles? Holy
cow, that could be roping saddles. Some requisition clerk from Texas or
somewhere could go to the local western store and get them a bunch of big old
western saddles! " It's too ea! rly in the morning to think
these grim thoughts.
Then I thought of Howard! Go Howard Go! Go
down to your recruiter..bug him one last time! "I'm
ready sir, and I know how to requisition proper endurance tack. I know the
meaning of beet pulp. " Or you could call your senator, or call
the defense secretary! Tell him about endurance net. "Easy boots!
Karen's easy boot page! It's a matter of national defense."
Wouldn't this be the right thing to do? I know a few of you have
complained about the poor horses being ridden in the war. I don't feel
that way. I have a feeling of pride. Isn't this Hannibal crossing the Alps
revisited? I guess we learned our lesson from that and the Russian
failures in that country. Cavalry fighting may just be the quick and correct
solution to the terrain of Afganistan. I think outfitting the horses
correctly would be a humane act. I hope that some military person finds
out! about us distance riders. Many of us would be happy to share the
mysteries of biotane, the wonders of beetpulp, the ecstasy of fleece covers,
and the importance of good endurance saddles.
Anyone up to write their Congressperson, Senator, or
favorite Military advisor? Come on Howard, you can lead the
way!
cya, Beth Glover