Message text written by INTERNET:drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fairclough is a very wise and thoughtful man. I was at a press conference at Gladstone after he had just won the Four-In-Hand = competition. He touched everyone in the room, for instead of being jubilant, = (who wouldn't be?) he quietly told that it was a bittersweet experience i= n that = he had lost his favorite leader only a week before to colic and had to = substitute one of his wife's jumpers. This also explains why I have a video in which one of the leaders attempt= ed to = go over an obstacle rather than around it. -- = noel jones, aago athens, tennessee, usa 423 887-7594< I appreciate what you are saying and honestly have tried really hard to keep this from getting into a personal mudslinging fest. = I will say that I try to judge people from *my own* interactions with th= em and not from what I hear from others. From my personal experience, Mr. Fairclough used to be a gentelman, but his conduct at recent drivers meetings such as the one at Garden State this spring just could not, in a= ll fairness, be described in those terms. = Marjean = _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````