| Title: | Equine Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151 |
| Moderator: | MTADMS::COBURN IO |
| Created: | Tue Feb 11 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2080 |
| Total number of notes: | 22383 |
Did anybody see the final of the VOLVO Nations Cup Show Jumping
on ESPN last weekend? It was televised from Paris (France not Texas).
The notable part of the event, and I haven't yet looked at the video
recording I made, was all the blue and white
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signs all around the arena. DEC France also supplied the computer that
worked out the scoring. I guess you can do these things when you're
removed from the corporate headquarters bureaucracy that has to review
everything sixteen times before modifying it out of all recognition.
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| 296.1 | ....but somebody else does. | SMAUG::GUNN | Wed Jul 15 1987 12:23 | 14 | |
The latest junk mail to drop into my mail box is from the American
Equine Association. It appears that this "Association" is another
front for the Chase Manahattan Bank, since you join the Association
by applying for a Chase credit card, the "Equine Card". This is
really a VISA card with a picture of a mare and foal on the front.
You will also get the opportunity to use this new found plastic
happiness to purchase at a discount and 17.5% APR goods and services
from national equine suppliers.
In the words of H.L. Menken:
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the
American public"
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| 296.2 | One more time.... | A1VAX::GUNN | I couldn't possibly comment | Thu Oct 01 1992 22:41 | 8 |
Two of the things I brought back from my just completed trip to Europe
were NTSC videotapes of the 1991 and 1992 Volvo World Cup Dressage
Final Competitions. The 1991 Finals were held in the Palais Omnisports
in Bercy, a suburb of Paris. I started looking at this tape last night.
Various, presumably sponsors', banners were hung around the walls of
the arena, with Volvo banners being most prominent. There hanging on
the side of the arena behind S was the blue and white Digital logo.
Somebody high up in DEC France must like horses.
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| 296.3 | Digital Ireland, too | ESCROW::ROBERTS | Fri Oct 02 1992 10:12 | 4 | |
Yes, Digital has prominent banners at the Dublin horse show as well,
and also does the time-keeping, etc.
-ellie
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