RC: Re: Cause and Effect

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

and how do you know that the person that caused the accident knew that somebody had been hurt?  Other riders there said that he might not have known!  It's hardly fair to condemn somebody publicly without even hearing their side of it, especially from people who weren't even there!!!! (don't tell me you believe everything written on ridecamp is fact?---I've read a lot of misinformation about Tevis this year!)  It could be that the man that caused this only found out later on about Debby's injuries and maybe he felt just awful about it --- heck, I rode right PAST while Debby was lying on the ground and didn't see her. 

Karen

P.S.  though if he did know......ugh.......


>Resent-From: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 21:19:26 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Dbeverly4@aol.com
>Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 00:16:21 EDT
>To: rubyjwl@cts.com
>CC: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Resent-Sender: ridecamp-request@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:  Re: Cause and Effect
>
>In a message dated 8/1/99 8:37:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rubyjwl@cts.com 
>writes:
>
><<  While the
>  underlying reason for the saddle slipping may have nothing to do with rider
>  error, leaving the scene of an accident without at least surveying the
>  wreckage left behind can hardly be considered sportsmanlike. >>
>
>This is probably as important as the fact that whoever the rider was, they 
>didn't appropriately tack up their horse (whatever that may be for that 
>horse).  The fact that they could just ride on after CAUSING this horrible 
>accident is mind boggling!  Now, here is where I think there should be some 
>kind of retribution possible.  And I'm not talking "shunning" (although 
>that's all we have available to us).  If a person is caught drugging their 
>horse, they can be banned for a certain period of time.  How about "hit and 
>run"?  Any penalty for that?  No?  Maybe there should be.  At Malibu this 
>year I was run into from behind (by an LDer -- let's not go THERE) and if I'd 
>been on my green horse, trust me, I'd be telling a different story now (if I 
>was lucky).  This person did everything but go over the top of us to get 
>around and didn't care what she left behind.  If she'd left behind a big 
>wreck, I'd like to think there would be some punishment available.  
>Unfortunately, as this sport gets bigger, and more people are participating 
>with different levels of horsemanship we have to think about ways to protect 
>ourselves and our horses from some of these gross errors.  Don't go crazy, 
>I'm not talking about anything as extreme as a "helmet rule", just some 
>'cause and effect' justice that would make people think twice before they 
>totally abused another rider's safety and rights.
>
>Sylvia
>
>
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