Lol! On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:31:43 -0800 (PST), S. Hieber <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote: > Karen, any horseshow methods relevent? > sh > > > --- Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I am not disagreeing with your point but to continue > > on w/ the Dog show analogy. In a dog shows smiliar > > dogs are judged together in "Groups" ie, working , > > Toy, Hounds. They way it is done on a judging level is > > that the dogs are not "judged" against each other per > > say but rather to the "Standard". > > > > The standard represents what the ideal breed of that > > dog should look like. How that dog conforms to the > > ideal standard is how well it will do in a show. That > > is how during best-in-show you can have an Akita vs a > > Shih Tzu vs a Jack Russel, etc. > > > > The responsibility for understanding the standards > > lies with the judges. They are selected for their > > assignments accordingly. Since there are so many > > breeds of dogs and yet only three main styles of > > aquascaping with many being derivatives of the three > > it should not be to difficult for the judges to be > > able to identify and score accordingly. > > > > That being said I thought the judges this year did a > > great job at judging and a wonderful job also at > > explaining their decision in front of a large > > audience. This is taboo in the dog world. The judges > > very rarely explain any of their decisions even in > > private. > > > > Regards, > > Larry > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm