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It is
not the fact that the purses may be big. It is not the fact that money is
available. It is not the fact that some people do not care.
It is
the lack of integrity of some competitors and their supporters. This lack of
integrity starts with the AERC Rules and Regulations. These are very simple
statements and stand on their own merits. It is the lack of integrity on the
part of some competitors that questioned these rules and regulations and lead to
the extension by the addition of rule subsections. It is the lack of integrity
that leads the AERC to have a number of protests each year as more and more
riders try to stretch the limits.
Integrity does not cost you any money. It may cost you a small bit of
effort. It can cost you a tremendous amount of respect when you ignore
it. Is it really worth it?
Bob
Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID
Oh, i just love RC. Where we can discuss differances
of opinion in a civil manner. Intregrity. civility, Love, empathy,
kindness etc...all cost nothing. Horses, tack, shoes, Vets, entry
fees, land, fences, trucks, trailers, insurance etc...all cost
something. Over time i realize my grant to study the Sexual Lives of
Savages probably won't come thru. My poetry will never bring even a
return on my pens and paper. Since we live in a capitalistic society and
socialism is dead then i have to be pragmatic about the situation. The
purists who want to keep $$ out should realize that Flat Track Racing to me
injures and kills more horses than endurance ever will. The walking
horses look inhumane to me. So this sport Endurance is gonna remain
pure? If you can't trust a priest who can you anymore?
Howard, how do you figure your Gal Val keeps it up? Does she make a
buck how she can? I say go for it...
for if money comes in so should all those intangibles
that cost nothing. Thats where AERC and the Vets come in and believe me
folks its coming in and you can sit back and cry PURITY or you can
shout CONTROL. tom sites
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