So here are a selection of photographs from the Boston Public Library about the halycon days of eastern Massachusetts as the center of the equestrian world.
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Friday, January 13, 2017
Boston Public Library Photograph Collections: Horse Sports, Part 1
Massachusetts - and, more broadly, central/coastal New England - used to have a much bigger tradition of horse sports than it does now. Not for nothing was the USET based out of Hamilton, MA, one of the earliest international three-day events was at Ledyard Farm, Myopia Hunt is one of the oldest in America, and equestrians like Karen O'Connor and Bobby Costello grew up in the area.
So here are a selection of photographs from the Boston Public Library about the halycon days of eastern Massachusetts as the center of the equestrian world.
So here are a selection of photographs from the Boston Public Library about the halycon days of eastern Massachusetts as the center of the equestrian world.
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THIS IS SO COOL.
ReplyDeleteI spent waaaaaaaaay more time than I should have finding them!
DeleteThese are so cool! I also love seeing the "fails" because sometimes people pitch the good ol' days as a time where everyone was brave and perfect. Obviously not always true!
ReplyDeleteI left out some truly ugly crashes, too. People fell just as often, and they did it without real protective gear.
DeleteTHERE IS SO MUCH TO LOVE HERE! I love the dog running through the track in the first image. I love the gravitas with which those two women take themselves. I love that some pictures are before the "forward seat" was invented. I love that guy jumping out of the ditch underneath a trakehner? I love the one where he's getting pitched over post and rails!!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these! Thanks for posting them!
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