Re: AERC Completion Time Rule

["Joe Long" <jlong@mti.net>]

On Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:22:30 EST, Chaco L <ChacoL@aol.com> wrote:

>In a message dated 98-01-15 05:47:08 EST, jlong@mti.net writes:

>> In the 50, the *First Place* time was 13 hours, 43 minutes, and 40
>>  seconds including holds (I looked it up).  Under our current rule,
>>  *nobody* would have completed the 50.  Even with the 15 hour limit we
>>  only had about a 50% completion rate in the 50.
  
>>  Does this mean those riders were wimps?  That their horses weren't
>>  good enough for endurance? 

>In my opinion, no, it means the ride should have been canceled due to extreme
>weather conditions.

Uh huh.  Well, that was an option.  However, a lot of people had gone
to the time and expense to travel to the ride, some from great
distances.  I put the ride on out of my own pocket and would have lost
far more money than I could afford if I canceled it (and would
probably have never put on another).  So I'm sorry, I believe it was
far better to allow extra time and have a successful ride.

Please tell me, who was hurt by the time extension?  Certainly not the
horses -- they were able to be ridden more slowly, which is probably
why we didn't have any get into trouble.

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