[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Small is not alway bad
- From: Peggy <pmick@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ELG440@xxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:49:52 -0400
Evan...
some day you will have to climb down off the fence and put both feet
on the same side.
If Lance, or some other historic great dog from the past, was
entered, wouldn't you like the chance to beat him? Or would you rather
beat dogs who probably will never finish, or if they do, will never be
true specials quality?
Someone wrote to me earlier this evening that they could remember
when the FV/FVX and MV/MVX would finish pretty quickly -- that is not
the case these days. I can't prove it, but it isn't my comment, it came
from someone else. I can think of one dog who took a year to finish,
and I doubt it's the same dog that other person is thinking of, so maybe
it's true.
Certainly more competition is better...and not for the money it
brings. It's better because it is ALWAYS better to beat the best of the
best...there is no glory in winning in small entries unless all the
competition is fantastic...and you know, or you should know, that it isn't.
Peggy
ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote:
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>In a message dated 6/14/2005 4:55:46 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>pmick@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>More competition is ALWAYS better than less.........
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>Kind of a neat phrase, but why is it true? And, is it true?
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>If I go to a show and see Lance, I don't care how many more dogs were in the
>class.
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>I keep hearing how it was so much better in the old days when we had classes
>of 30 and 40. Well, I was there, and I had as much fun at a show then, as I
>do now. The difference is that now I get home in time for dinner, instead
>of in the dark.
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>Bigger isn't always better. I do agree that the entries bring more money for
>the clubs, and that is important. But when I see a class of four dogs, all
>of whom can finish that day with the win, I find it more exciting than when I
>used to see 30, and 22 weren't going to even be considered.
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>We should be careful of statements that sound good. I don't think large
>classes or more competition is good in and of itself.
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>I had a friend tell me it was too easy to finish a dog today. Ask anyone
>who is campaigning a dog how easy it is? Because the AKC modifies the point
>count, it is no harder to day or easier than it was.
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>Why do we think bigger entries must be better? I do not agree. More pain
>is not better than less. More debt is not better than less. More mortgage
>payments is not better than less. More divorce is not better than less,
>(sorry
>Flower Boy), and more hair loss is not better than less. On the other hand
>more laughter is always better than less. Maybe Peggy is right.
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>Not that there is anything wrong with that.
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>Evan
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