Re: crewing & stuff to take along

Alice Steinke (alicest@hcc-uky.campus.mci.net)
Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:51:24 -0500

>What, are you kidding? Wasting water on THE HORSE!!! I don't think so!! If
>I have a bottle of water I can guarantee you it will go on THE HORSE FIRST
>before I get any to drink! I always carry water bottles for the horse, he
>comes FIRST!!!! I do carry a sponge AND a water scoop. The scoop is handy
>for pouring water on them out of a trough because it isn't polite to put a
>sponge soaked in sweat in one. Also, the horse can drink out of the scoop
>if for some reason it is too difficult for them to reach the water someplace
>out on the trail.

What do you use for a water scoop? I'd never thought about putting a dirty
sponge in a clean water trough. As I said before, I don't think it's
wasted, it was my friends.

alice

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