1953 John F. Ivory Polo Club,
8 Mile and Lashur
Myself on Happy leading the Polo
Parade onto the Polo ground
infront of the Ivory clubhouse.
I was ~14 and just graduated from
Christ The King grade school
and been accepted into Ladywood High.
Livonia MI.
~1954 Myself on Daisy Mae and
Sombrero, my first Roman Team.
I am participating in the Roman
Rider exhibition at the John F. Ivory
Polo Club on 8 Mile and Lashur.
Polo games were usually played on Sunday afternoons.
The Polo Club was ~2 miles from
my home. My best friend was Barbara Kutz and my favorite horse was
Saphire with Quicksilver 2nd and then Daisy Mae 3rd. Sombrero was
a Saint! My instructers were: Mike Wacker, Shirley Wizmael,
Jenny Castle and Johnny Wallace (in Northville, MI) for jumping.
Either 1956 or 1957 jumping Chalenger
on the new polo field during a Roman Rider exhibition
during a polo game intermission
at John F. Ivory farms in Union Lake, MI.
1959 Myself on Whitey working
for Warvel's White Horse Troupe
riding in a circus in either
Austin or Houston TX.
1962 or '63 Myself preparing to
jump 3 horses abreast at the Roman Rider
exhibition before the polo game
at the Burrough's farm show.
I had just come from my job as
a mail teller at First Federal Savings & Loan, Detroit, MI.
It was Friday afternoon and I
had to rush to change and tack up. I forgot and left on my new glasses.
In the 1980s, probably 1983 or
84. I was a student at Chemeketa Community College
in a pre-med course to enter
Western States Chiropractic college. From your left:
Francesca Maria, my mother (in
the back), Anastasia Natasha and Myself.
We are visiting my mother in
Bend, OR and we are in front of her house.
My brother is probably taking
the photo with my camera.
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