ridecamp@endurance.net: trail etiquette aka manners

trail etiquette aka manners

Cob Web (suzyk@ix.netcom.com)
Mon, 25 Aug 1997 19:52:52 -0700

DO DRIVE THE WAY YOU RIDE??? THINK ABOUT IT. DO YOU WANDER ALL OVER THE
TRAIL? ARE YOU AWARE OF THE HORSES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE ALSO OR
IS THIS "YOUR TRAIL" NO ONE ELSE IS ALLOWED TO PASS, COME UP BESIDE YOU
IN FEAR OF YOUR HORSE RETALIATING AND YOU OFF IN LA - LA LAND? DOES
SOMEONE GET HURT? DO YOU "SUCK OFF OTHER PEOPLE" AND BE A TOTAL
PASSENGER? IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE? THINK
ABOUT IT!

HORSES ARE BIG AND CAN HURT YOU AND EACH OTHER IF THEY ARE NOT
MONOTORED. ENDURANCE HORSES IN MOST INSTANCES ARE USE TO BEING AROUND IN
A CROWD BUT THEN THERE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BAD MANNERS AND THE "RIDER"
DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR THEY HAVEN'T EVEN READ THEIR HORSE TO
PREVENT AN INCIDENT.

INCIDENCE: LAST DAY OF A MULTI DAY RIDE A NEW RIDER JOINS IN WITH FOUR OF
US TOP RIDERS ON THE LAST DAY. THAT IS FINE EXCEPT HE AND IT IS A HE
SUCKS OFF US, WEAVES ALL OVER, CUTS YOU OFF,MADE MY FRIEND ALMOST RUN
INTO A POST (I RETALIATED AND DID THE SAME BACK TO HIM AND HE FELT
NOTHING, I DON'T THINK!!) HAD TO BE ASKED TO TAKE HIS TURN OPENING A
GATE. WE DECIDED TO LET HIM GO ON BY HIMSELF. WE WANTED HIM TO GO FIRST
AND WE WOULD FOLLOW A BIT BEHIND. WELL IT SEEMS HE HAD A HARD TIME DOING
IT BY HIMSELF. THE WHOLE JEST OF THIS HE HAD NO MANNERS AND EITHER DOES
HIS HORSE SO I HAVE JUST LEARNED. AT A WATER HOLE A WHILE AGO (2-4 WKS
AGO I GUESS) (IN AZ) I THINK THIS FELLOW COMES TO THE WATER HOLE WITH
EVERYONE ELSE AND IF I NOW THIS PERSON , HE JUST LET HIS HORSE BUTT IN.
WHAT HAPPENED? A RIDER'S HORSE ENDED UP GETTING KICKED REALLY GOOD IN THE
SHIN I THINK IT WAS AND NO APOLOGIES WERE MADE THEN AFTER OR EVER. THE
PERSON THAT WAS KICKED HAS SPENT OVER $100 ON DOCTORING HER HORSE AND I
FEEL SHE SHOULD PRESENT THIS FELLOW WHO MADE NO EFFORT TO CORRECT HIS
HORSE,WITH A BILL.

ONE OF MY BIGGEST PET PEEVES IS PEOPLE TAKING MORE THAN THEIR SPACE.
THAT CERTAINLY DOES NOT TEACH YOU HORSE ANYTHING. A HORESE THAT ALWAYS
FOLLOWS IS NEVER GOING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ITSELF. LET HIM HAVE AN
OPEN WINDOW SO HE CN SEE WHERE HE IS GOING.

ALL RIGHT I HAVE THIS SOMEWHAT OFF MY CHEST WHAT LITLE THERE IS OF IT AND
I FEEL SORT OF BETTER. LETS HEAR IT FOR MANNERS!!!!!!

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