Re: RC: Control

[BMcCrary27@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/30/99 7:14:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
carlmey@citrus.infi.net writes:

<< These mad starts, sometimes just before dawn or when 1st light is barely
 visable, can be just that....mad! <g>
 
 Do you do this at your rides? >>

Unfortunately, no ... our ride starts on a flat meadow nearly a half-mile 
long.  However, most of the endurance riders don't go any faster than a 
strong trot.  It's the R&Ters who go off like they were fired from a cannon.  
But that's their style.
I'm just very into self-preservation, so I'm terrified of out-of-control 
starts.
I think some rides are geographically set up for controlled starts, others 
aren't.  When I first started endurance riding (back in the dark ages), 
someone literally fired a pistol into the air and it was the Oklahoma Land 
Rush re-staged.  I'm so glad we've learned better.

Barbara


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