Liz
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> Subj:	 Re[2]: CMO
>  Date:	97-12-18 09:11:54 EST
>  From:	brian.latham@Aspinwall.co.uk
>  To:	cyndi@localaccess.com, jdmilam@fwb.gulf.net
>  CC:	ridecamp@endurance.net
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>       We don't have CMOs here in Wales but they sound like the kind of 
>       competition we could organise in some of the forests. What distances 
>       are they over and can anyone mail me a set of rules.
>       
>       Brian
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>  Subject: Re: CMO
>  Author:  MIME:jdmilam@fwb.gulf.net at UUCP
>  Date:    18/12/97 11:31
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>  Cyndi wrote:
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>  > Hi, just another lurker with a question.  I've seen lots of stuff about 
>  > endurance and competitive riding but nothing about CMO - don't remember
>  > what it stands for but think it's competitive mounted orienteering???? I>
>  think??  I have a friend who is doing it but wanted to check it out here> 
>  because she seems to think she has to race her horse hard, and take
>  > chances with her horse's legs, soundness, etc. by racing thru
>  > brush/gullies etc. without really looking before she sends her horse
>  > thru it.  And many of the other people in the club seem to be the same. 
>  > Is this normal for this type of riding or is it just this club? 
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>  It must be the club. Our CMOs are run by our local Arab Assn and safety 
>  and fun are the priority here. CMOs came from a military exercise so in 
>  war, yes you probably would take chances to "find the treasure" you 
>  wouldn't normally take with your horse. Our CMOs are a great time, but 
>  never at the risk of safety for you or your horse.
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>  Find a different group putting them on.
>       
>  Susan