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I'm late to the party so if someone already said this I apologize.

There's a wonderful book that details the history of the GAHR, which I  
was lucky enough to be able to borrow from a friend.  It completely  
blew my tiny little mind!  Tom et al are my HEROES.

I think maybe you can order a copy by calling the AERC office???  Tom,  
do you know?

-Sharon L. in Maine




Quoting Tom Sites <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Tammy,  You asked abdout the record of the "Longest Endurance ride   
> on one horse".  That would have to quantify if there was any Vet   
> Control.  To my knowledge the longest would have to be the Great   
> American Horse Race in 1976.  We had damn good Vets.  Drs. Kerry   
> Ridgeway and Dave Nicholson were at the start in Frankfort, NY and   
> left in St. Josephs, Mo. according to the rider meeting tapes left   
> by Eva Taylor because of the Ride Management which did not fulfill   
> its obligation and started on the Pony Express and the XP rides of   
> today.  Most of you probably never heard of or even knew Drs. Bruce   
> Branscomb or Homer Webb who were with us at the finish.  All one has  
>  to do is look at the AERC Hall of Fame and see that in 1977 Bruce   
> was inducted as the first Vet in the HOF.
>
> The GAHR was 'supposed' to be 3200 miles but was in reality a tad   
> under 2,000, because of the RM fiasco a riders committee was set up   
> to run the race and fisticuffs was used to run the last one out of   
> camp.  The originator, Randy Scheiding was a dreamer and found he   
> was in over his head.  He was not a crook and his intentions were   
> pure and he put the $50,000 purse in an escrow account in Sacramento  
>  and said.."if you want this purse money then bring the GAHR to the   
> finish line"
>
> There were 9 of us that finished that started w/ one horse tho the   
> rules stated you could have 2.
>
> I guess if there is a record to one person it should be to the one   
> that finished highest in the standings and that is...
>
> Sam Garner  8th place
> Theodore, Alabama
> Arabian Stallion   Bogams Dude
>
> a side note about Dude, Sam trained him to pull a plow
>
> Francis Arnaud 23rd place
> Paris, France
> 12 yo Arabian Mare    Wassana
>
> Anne Babbott 27th place
> Shelburne, Vermont
> Mule Gelding   The Deacon (owned by Virl Norton)
>
> Tom Sites 28th place
> still from Luray, Va.
> Grade (an oletimer called him a Sabine but he came from the   
> livestock auction) Jose Dante  9yo gelding
>
> Ted Allegri  34th place
> Moscow, Idaho
> Arabian/Quarter Gelding   Monte
>
> Theresa Muller 39th place
> Sainte Suzanne, France
> Quarterhose Mare 15 yo
>
> Sharon Francis 42nd place
> Joliet, Illinois
> Palamino Mare 6 yo  Playboys Bunny
>
> Mary Ann Stewart 46th place
> Poway, California
> Arabian Gelding
>
> Dan Daley 50th place
> Galway, New York
> Appaloosa Gelding Scisor Snow Cloud
>
> So Tammy, thats my take on what i know. If there are others that are  
>  longer w/ Vet control i would be interested to know.
>
> tom sites
> GAHR # 77


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