This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Bill Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted/wrote:
>
> > The NFHR Judges Rule Book states "Horse to pull log in work harness
> > through 5 cones both directions. Cones set 6 inches less than length of
> > log." The rules are not complete. The log should be 12 to 15 feet
> > long. The rules mentions a 5 second penalty for touching a cone and 2
> > seconds for going outside the 30 foot side boundry lines.
>
> If a 12 foot log is used, then the cones would be set 11 feet six
> inches apart???
Yup.
> At last year's Woodstock show, the cones in the single log pull were
> set about 2- 4 inches wider than the evener, making it really
> challenging.
I believe that we're talking about two different types of events. The
Libby course is a SINGLE line of cones, with sidelines on either side.
The cones are negotiated in a serpentine course, with the horse and
the log having to stay between the sidelines, and go AROUND each
cone---sort of doing a 5-loop version of a "figure-8". It's tough,
with a log (actually more of a telephone pole) longer than the
distance between successive cones and longer than the distance between
cones and the sidelines!
>From your description, I suspect that the Woodstock course is a series
of PAIRS of cones, which the log is to be pulled BETWEEN. Entirely
different setup, testing different skills and strategies.
Marsha Jo HannahMurphy must have been a horseman--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will!
15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon
