"Welcome"

[The top photo of John F. Ivory is from The Oakland Press]

[The photo below that of John F. Ivory is Saphire, a polo pony.]


Memorial to Jack Ivory (John F. Ivory Jr.)


Links to Detroit News Polo story plus Memorial guest book.

Because of space constraints on geocities, I have a 'mirror' site at http://jfromanrider.tripod.com/
This is where the Memorial link will take you.  I do have a link button back to this page.



 

 

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I am Dorothy Clarke, one of the senior Roman Riders of the John F. Ivory
Roman Riders of the early 1950s to mid 1960s
Back when you could get a gallon of gas, a coke, a comic book or a candy bar for 10 to 25 cents.
A hamburger, an ice cream soda or sundae, a paper back book or a movie ticket for 25 to 50 cents.
My first car, brand new from the factory, cost under $2,000.00 and was purchased from a car dealer.

This site is dedicated to the John F. Ivory Polo Club and Farm.



    "... Ivory loved sports in general and sponsored bowling, baseball and bantam hockey teams several of which won national championships, as well as polo.

      Despite the failure of his 20-year effort to make Detroit a major polo center, he stayed in the Detroit area. and opened his 150-acre farm in White Lake Township and allowed his 90 ponies to be ridden by school children.

      Weekend outings at his farm attracted groups of up to 10,000 youngsters. Many young girls learned to ride at the farm. Ivory claimed that girls were more adept at riding than boys because they had more sensitive hands, a better sense of balance and a better understanding of horses. ..."
excerpt from the Detroit News article on Polo.

http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=222&ampcategory=sports


If you are interested in the book, e-mail me at: jfromanrider@yahoo.com

I am in all 3 of these photos. In the first photo, taken at a parade in Pontiac, Michigan to honor the new Ford Edsel, I am riding (from your left) Challenger & Don Pedro; in the second photo, taken at John F. Ivory farms, I am riding Helldiver & Challenger; i n the third photo (color ) taken at John F. Ivory farms on the main polo field as a possible advertisement for Ford motor cars, Sharon 'Cookie' Lotz is riding Duchess & Little Sox, I am riding Challenger & Betsy Brown, Doris 'Butch' Ramsey is riding Dutch & Trixie.

This site was started 2, April, 2001 on equestrienne.com a wonderful equestrienne host site now closed.

Attention:


ELAINE KRAMER,
in the cowboy hall of fame
story here



I will be updating it as I receive stories & photos from other Ivory riders. I lost quite a few of my Ivory photos when I moved. If anyone has any they would like to send me, I will post them with the appropriate names and stories.

I've just created a yahoo group for anyone who wants to keep in touch, just click on the link below.
If you're worried about e-mail from the group flooding your mailbox..don't, there is a no-mail option and you can go to yahoogroups and read the messages there as well as post.

Click here to join jfromanrider
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A new page for the white Horse Troupes
http://whitehorsetroupe.tripod.com/



Links
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John Winslow's Trick & Romanriding Act

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Women Against Domestic Violence
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4 pages of Horse treat recipes at http://www.qtm.net/~mitchj/recipes.html
 

Other Horse sites by D. Clarke

http://hobbyhorsehill.tripod.com/      This is about a Spanish Barb rescue.

http;//horsesofwar.tripod.com/     Tribute to War Horses


If you have any stories, and/or photos, you want to add, you may contact me at:  jfromanrider@yahoo.com

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The welcoming horse photo is of Saphire, my first ever favorite horse. She belonged to Jack Stafani and she used to nudge the ball through the goal posts, therefore she had to be kept well back when the ball approached the Ivory goal.
She was also the only horse I know of who the players voted to have a polo handicap.

Most photographs on this site were provided by

Nelson Photography
Lakeview 6-2527
11701 Lakepointe Ave.
Detroit 24, Michigan

This is the way his business card read, from the 1950s
Thank You, Nelson Photography


This was forwarded to me via e-mail from an Ivory rider.
I think this sentiment is echoed by horse women everywhere.

AN OLD HORSEWOMAN

When I am an old horsewoman, I shall wear turquoise and diamonds and a straw hat that doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my Social Security on sugar cubes and carrots, and sit in the alleyway of my barn and listen to my horses breathe.

I will sneak out in the middle of a summer night and ride the old sorrel gelding across the moonstruck meadow if my old bones will allow it.

And when people come to call, I will smile and as I walk past the garden to the barn and show--instead of flowers growing-- stalls freshened with straw. I will shovel and sweat and wear hay in my hair as if it were jewels.

And I will be an embarrassment to all who will not yet have found the peace in being free to have a horse (or pony) as a friend... a friend who waits at the midnight hour with soft muzzle and a nicker and patient eyes for the kind of woman I will be (when I am old)!

--submitted by Trudy Hatfield, reprinted from the
So. Fla. Trail Riders/Broward newsletter.

Remember this motto to live by: Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO what a ride!'


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