Can't we suppose (generously) that the dog in paddock rule
is simply an extension of someone's concern that 1. pit traffic
is already fierce; 2 race cars are crochety beasts that don't
take kindly to being balked by heedless pickups, pedestrians,
all terrain vehicles/ bikes/carts driven by the underage, etc?
Why, I read that PanAm race marshalls would shoot a stray
dog on sight anywhere near their event -- but @ Roebling
Road a lost Walker hunting dog that was found in the car
roussel a few years back was rescued, named (Elvis) and
came to be regarded as a mascot.
Jack W Drews wrote:
> Re: the Flounder's comments concerning the "no dog" rule:
>
> I've always wanted a dog and never got one, waiting for when I retired
> and could do justice to a good animal.
>
> Now that I'm retired, I have resisted getting a dog because i thnk it
> would be a problem taking it to races if allowed, or boarding it if not
> allowed. I must admit that I have very mixed emotions on the subject,
> since I once saw a Dobermann almost take the arm off of a little toddler
> girl who wandered too close and startled the animal -- at a sports car
> race. What a tragedy. It still haunts me, even though I know that was a
> freak accident.
>
> I'm kind of curious about others' opinions on the subject, but I really
> don't want to start a war or anything. Vaughn Rockney refuses to race at
> tracks where his dog, Einstein, is not welcome. Einstein is a small and
> well behaved dog. Almost better behaved than its master.
>
> --
> uncle jack
> TR4 - 10 mpg
> TR6 - 30 mpg
> (plus a few other differences)
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