Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Helmets

I always tell my Western saddle friends to wear a helmet, they say it looks
goofy.  I ask them how goofy they think they'll look eating through a tube
and pooping in a diaper for the rest of their life?

C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Bergman-Smith" <peglets@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp - Endurance net" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: [RC] Helmets


> There are a number of endurance riders here in Bear Valley that have
started
> riding in play days put on by a club here. We were amused by the fact that
> you can't ride in their play days unless you have a horn on your saddle,
but
> helmets for under 18-year olds are optional. And, even some of the younger
> kids are out there without helmets. We had two youngsters come off last
> Saturday, thank goodness both were wearing helmets.  It's funny to hear
the
> parents yelling at their kids to put on their helmets, while they are
riding
> in the arena - with big, oil pipe fencing - with just visors or ball caps.
> Their rationale on the horn rule is you just can't stay on unless you have
a
> horn to grab. Gee, somehow I ride my fire-breathin', snortin, everythings
> out to get me Arab mare in a Wintec endurance saddle - nothing to grab on
to
> in that saddle! My helmet has saved what brains I have left at my age,
> twice!
>
> Peggy
> Bear Valley Springs
>
>
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