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Joe's response is excellent.  I would add just one thing to his comment, "I 
see stopping to help a rider in need as good sportsmanship, WITHOUT 
expecting a quid-pro-quo in return."  There IS a quid-pro-quo and that is 
the next time YOU see someone in need, YOU stop to help - what goes around 
comes around.  But you can't equate stopping to help with not trying to 
beat the other guy.  You can only equate stopping to help with stopping to 
help.

On not rushing up to a drinking horse or waiting while the other horses 
finish, Joe said, "I would never want to win a race by depriving another 
rider's horse of drinking as much as it needs."  This goes to the same 
rationale AGAINST cheating.  When you cut trail or otherwise cheat to win, 
you may get a prize and the reputation of being a winner but in truth, you 
haven't won at all.  You've beaten the others by using an advantage that 
they didn't have; you've won on an uneven playing field.  When you cause 
another horse not to drink its fill, you've done the same thing, taken an 
advantage that is not now available to the other horse AND you've hurt that 
other horse in the process.  You have behaved in both a cruel and
unsportsmanlike manner.


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