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- From: "wwfarm" <wwfarm@wiktel.com>
- To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [MSAR] Night Lights Test
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:39:52 -0800
Although I have never seen a problem with properly adjusted
low hanging lights effecting
the sight of horses, after some
people showed a concern, last night I decided to do a
test.
Test Standards
I did the test in my indoor riding arena. Let me tell you it
was dark. I believe it was very
representative of a dark night with no moon light. The
horse that I chose for my test was
one that I had only ridden once
in the last six months. (I did not use my personal riding
horse.) This horse had never seen these
obstacles until the very time the test was started.
For test #1 with lights on I used a three cell maglite equipped with my special holder (http://www.airscentinghorse.com/parts.htm) mounted on each side of my horse lower than knee level pointed
slightly forward and downward as described in my
Night Lights Part ll. My
goal was to cross a obstacle
course, first with lights than without in order to determine if
correctly mounted lights effect the night
vision of the horse.. (In both test when
ever I reached
the tire maze I did not rein the horse at
all. I only encouraged forward moment with leg
pressure.)
Test # 1 Using correctly adjusted lights mounted
low on each side of horse - Results
Ten inch log step over - one click Six inch log walk over - cleared perfect Weave through tire maze - cleared perfect. Test # 2 No lights, after the horse had about five minutes in total darkness inorder to let his eyes adjust. - Results
Ten inch log step over
- one click
Six inch log walk over - cleared perfect Weave through tire maze - The horse stepped on a tire.
I than repeated Test # 2 ( no lights) - I had the same
results with the horse tripping over a tire.
Deduction - If the proper lights are positioned low on the side of
the horse at a downward angle,
they do not hinder the horses near by sight
and in certain cases they may actually
help the horses sight when it comes to
difficult footing
areas. I believe it is the same
as with people, if we held a flash light the sides of our head it would
blind us but if we hold it
low and downward it helps us. I totaly agree with the others that a
high held light like a hand
held flash light or head lamp will negatively effect the horses
vision and could temporary blind him.
In many cases on a dark night the rider needs a
consistent light source on both sides of the horse for searching and
navigating.
TER
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Re: [MSAR] Night Lights Test,
wwfarm, 03/04/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Night Lights Test,
Paul Fleming, 03/04/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Night Lights Test, Jorene Downs, 03/04/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Night Lights Test, wwfarm, 03/04/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Night Lights Test,
tm'-fi, 03/04/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Night Lights Test, wwfarm, 03/04/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Night Lights Test,
Paul Fleming, 03/04/2004
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