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Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1976 11 ll AFTER YOU’VE TRIED EVERYBODY ELSE . . . TRY US. Competition in local trail ride Honors won by A&M students 410 S. TEXAS RAMADA INN You’ll never go back to the others :: Red Ken 846-1441 COLLEGE STATION jLeh a^kivk 1 iftJA pl i ! T ! | T 1 '«b & U o 9 ' i « ■> 0 D “ § ^ B ^ f! ^ n • h t JmS/XjVTORAL? H€t>, $ Kolti-COLOR-B h , l "f'i S i » ! ! > s S » n 1 S H. 2?rn Sr WAr^HoUSt 5 * B S 3715 L 2?TH Street f B By LINDA HOWARD A Texas A&M University student probably would have been grand champion of her first competitive trail ride if it weren’t for her dad. Debbie Neely, a senior in Animal Science, took second place in her division of the Second Annual Gal loping Grapevine Ride for Research, held last Saturday. Her father, John Neely, won the whole works. Debbie and her dad were compet ing in a sport which is new to the Brazos Valley—competitive trail rid ing. The ride was sponsored by the Galloping Grapevine, a local news letter for horse enthusiasts. Its editors felt that competitive trail rid ing woidd easily lend itself to fund raising, and borrowed from the “walkathon idea. Twenty-one enthusiastic riders set out to cover 30 miles on horse back within 6V2 hours. They solicited pledges in advance for each mile rid den. Nineteen finished the ride, raising $300 for horse research. Tve never been on a competitive trail ride before, but I would ride in one again, said Dolph Morrison of Fairfield, Tex., who rode the 30 miles with his 11-year-old daughter, Kathy. Morrison explained that one aspect of the ride that appealed to him was its isolation from the harassment of the telephone. “I’m a very busy man, and my phone rings more at home than at work. You can’t put a phone on one of these,’ he said, patting his horse. Competitive trail riding combines the pleasures of trail riding with competition in an effort to determine which rider has the best conditioned horse. Riders who have ridden regu larly and whose horses travel easily tend to gather in the ribbons at award ceremonies. “Your horse’s endurance and way of going—that’s what competitive trail riding is all about,’’ said Doug Rose of Bryan, who judged the event. The real competitor in competi tive trail riding is the horse, not the rider. Veterinarians check the horse’s pulse, respiration, and tem perature at different points during the ride, and their findings ulti mately determine the winners. All riders who finish, even if it takes in excess of 6V2 hours, receive a rib bon. Prizes are also awarded for horsemanship, sportsmanship, and the best registered and unregistered trail horse. “If you trail ride anyway, why not do it in competition?”, said Sandy Portzer, a graduate student in the Animal Science Department at Texas A&M. This was Sandy’s sec ond year to ride, and her Appaloosa, Kimi’s, second “Best Registered Trail Horse’ award. Riders had different reasons for competing. Some, like Morrison, liked the inaccessibility and the chance to be outdoors. Others liked the training effect a long trail ride has on a young horse. Several liked the chance to participate in competi tion with their horse outside show ring. “I like the informality, ” said Cindy Wilke. “I don’t need show clothes.’ Sabra Hayes said she felt competi tive trail riding was more easygoing than showing. “You don’t have the big knot in your stomach”’ she added. The riders all said they would compete in this type of event again, though not necessarily next week. “I don’t think my posterior could take it,” remarked one rider. And Johnny Neely of Houston, who went home with the Grand Champion award as well as several other prizes, said, “I believe I en joyed this ride even more than I thought I had.” WEDNESDAY Omega Phi Alpha, Rudder 501, 6:30 p.m. (active meeting). Omega Phi Alpha, MSG 140A, 7:30 p.m. (pledge meeting). Faculty Members of Phi Beta Kappa, Harrington 204, 4 p.m. Outdoor Recreation Committee Canoeing Seminar, Rudder 510, 7 p. m. Social Dance Club, MSG 224, 7:30 p.m. SCONA Committee Membership Interviews, MSG Student Programs Office, (sign up for interview time). Alpha-Pi-Mu, MSG 352, 7:30 p.m. Society of American Military En gineers, Rudder 504, 7:30 p.m. Political Forum, Rep. John Wil son, “The Public Vs. Utilities,” Rudder 601, 1 p.m. THURSDAY > Centennial Assembly, Man and Nature, Rudder 601, 8:30 a.m. Cephied Variable, “Last Days of Man on Earth, Rudder Theater, 8 and 10 p.m. SCONA Committee Membership Interviews, MSC Student Programs Office, (sign up for interview time). Economics Department, Semi nar, Dr. Robert Glower, Library 226, 3:30 p.m. Black Awareness Committee, Donald Morris, “African History,” MSC 224, 8 p.m. Photo by Kandi Mauri Dewey, 3rd'year vet student, checks the respiratim rate of “Shiloh,” as rider/owner Johnny Neeley rests aftenj 30-mile ride. Chris Oefinger, farrier, keeps time for Mauri, Johnny Shiloh won Grand Champion in the Ride for Researd Saturday, which had 21 contestants. Prisoner exchange Group pushes for Soviet halt of whale /imt£s talks progressing well n Zodiac News The Greenpeace Foundation, the conservation group that has been using small rubber boats to interrupt whale-killing attempts by Soviet fleets, has apparently been success ful — at least, to a certain extent. Get into some great pants! TOP DRAWER Culpepper Plaza Nikolai Makarov, a Soviet minis ter in Ottawa, announced that Rus sian ships will cease all whaling op erations within two years. Makarov admitted that possible serious “polit ical consequences’ forced this deci sion. But workers for Greenpeace are not ready to sit back and rest on their laurels. A spokesperson for the foundation s San Francisco branch explained that if the Soviets continue to “wipe out whales” for another two years, as they have been doing, there won’t be any whales left by the time the ban goes into effect. “If we can hurt the Russian whal ers enough economically, they might be stopped before then,” the Greenpeace worker said. Associated Press HOUSTON — The U.S. Ambas sador to Mexico says negotiations on an exchange of prisoners between the two countries are progressing very well. PEACE CORPS * VISTA ARE COMING! Victor’s II JUST BOOTS SENIORS-GRADS.. SIGN UP NOW FOR YOUR INTERVIEW! 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