This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- Arthur Rivoire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Arthur Rivoire) > > > > Hello from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova > Scotia - > > THERE IS NO SUBSITUTE FOR PEDIGREE INFORMATION IN > THE SHOW PROGRAM! > I would suggest to the show committees that they > make every effort to > encourage competitors to pre-register so that they > and their horses CAN > APPEAR IN THE PROGRAM. > > Those that register at the show miss out being in > the program. > Years ago when we first began going to the Libby show, the entry blanks asked for the horse's name, registration number, sire and dam, owner, and handler. I don't recall that this information was necessarily for inclusion in the program as the programs were pretty informal in those days. I don't have one that old to refer to, though, so maybe it was included. I do know that the announcer received this information and did his best to pronounce all those names - both horse and human - correctly(sometimes with pronunciation corrections yelled from the audience<G>). The person keeping the records for the class placings, and making sure the announcer had the right sheet to read from for each class, sometimes also had the duty of checking out the pronunciations ahead of time! But that was 'way back' when we were just a little 'backwoods' show and were VERY informal. Sure was fun though - and I learned more about Fjords and Fjord breeding back in those days than I do now at shows. 'Back then' there was usually at least one Norwegian judge around somewhere - either as an official judge or as part of a group from Norway visiting and just attending the show, sometimes actually filming the show for Norwegian television. Now THERE was a resource not to be ignored! And we learned plenty - by asking specific questions about our own horses, and getting answers from the Masters at the art of Fjord breeding! Had it not been for this(Norwegian) resource, I never would have known what I had in my barn, or how to improve on it. I would not even have been able to communicate with my Norwegian import mare - who came to us not understanding English and very sure that 'she was in charge'. One of the first things I learned was that Fjords kept out in pasture are not lead with a halter - they are lead by the forelock. Halters were for tying them up in the yard or barn. Consequently, Line did not know she was supposed to come with me when I tugged on the halter - she just braced and pulled back. She goes anywhere you ask her to with just a tug on the forelock. She also 'comes when you call her' - if you know how to call her in Norwegian. Calling her in English usually gets no response! Opinionated, or what! Of course, at her age we make allowances for her 'Norwegian-ness'. But, I digress. Somehow we need to get that basic pedigree information out to the audience at the shows - for the halter classes at the very least. Whether we do it by publishing it in the program - and the 'late comers' are simply left out - or by announcing it over the loudspeaker - again the 'late comers' may be left out - we need to do something. The info needs to be there, either 'in hand' or otherwise, at the time of the class, not days later when you finally get time to sit down at the computer. By then the 'moment' is lost and what interested you about the horse is faded by time. We learn through all our senses, but seeing AND either hearing or reading at the same time stays with us the longest. Mary ===== Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
