ROFL! Whuff! I DID that...on Sunny's first ride! That's why I now use paste electrolytes! I can even GIVE them at a trot...well, at least a SLOW trot! :) I lost so much salt the grass probably won't grow on that trail for 2 years! Had to borrow electrolytes to finish the ride.
See, Angie, if you had used one of those spring loaded dog leashs on your sponge like I recommended, it would have automatically retracted when you let go of it ! <grin> Jim, Sun of Dimanche, and Mahada Magic Rides 2 Far wrote: > > But then again I'm not anywhere near competitive > > enough to try it at the trot! :-) > > > > Is "competitive" another word for brain damaged? I was at Big South Fork > a couple of years ago and traveling at a nice steady trot in a pretty > tight string of horses and thought I'd try loading dry electrolytes while > going down the trail. I was about third in line and they were all > traveling nice and steady so I stuffed my sponge under the front of my > saddle, took the canister of dry electrolytes out of my zippered pocket. > Sort of dropped the reins while I held the syringe in one hand (plugging > the bottom with a finger since I'd lost the cap) and the plunger & > electrolytes in the other. Then I took out a waterbottle to pour water > down into the top of the syringe. About that time the Yahoo who was 2nd > in line (who I had never seen before ...no helmet, long hair blowing in > the breeze, and a big western show saddle on her Arab) decided to pass > the leader and take off downhill at a gallop. Kaboot bolted after > her...my finger came off the bottom of the syringe as I grabbed for the > reins. The dry electrolyes drained out like sand through an hour glass > all over my horse...while I tried to haul Kaboot down from a mad gallop > on a downhill with pieces of the syringe in both hands the sponge came > out from under the front of my saddle and was dragging by the wrist loop > and snapping at his heels. I thought I did pretty well. I only dropped > the film canister and I lived. > > That's the long version of. "I don't recommend mixing at a trot". > > Angie > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Richard T. "Jim" Holland Three Creeks Farm 175 Hells Hollow Drive Blue Ridge, GA 30513 (706) 258-2830 FAX (706) 632-1271 The Fall Pig is September 21st, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
