Re: Horse/Rider I.D. at events
BP&A (scuba@b022.aone.net.au)
Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:22:03 +1000
RUN4BEAR@aol.com wrote:
>
> The chief reason for numbering a horse is to indentify the HORSE! I was
> crewing on the SC 100 when I can upon a lose horse, saddled, with number on
> his butt, galloping down the road in the middle of nowhere (off trail by
> miles). If I had not seen the number and known a ride was going on, I would
> not have known where to bring the horse. We ponied him out the truck window
> for three miles to the nearest vet check where the owner (dumped somewhere)
> could retrieve him.
>
We are used to the ride vests and most of them are comfortable. We also
have a lot of radio checkpoints at most rides who keep a good check of
riders by their numbers so if a horse passes one check and does not
arrive at another a search is on.
Another thing we have here is tokens. We are given disks with our ride
number on them and instead of calling out our numbers at checkpoints, we
hand in our tokens. Just another idea to throw into the ring!
Anne