Polo Centennial Schedule Highlights Aiken Events
Aiken celebrates polo with a multiday program including previews, tours, America Cup tournaments, parades, a fashion show, and a centennial ball. Major venues include Kalmia Plaza Hopeland Gardens and Whitney Field with tickets ranging around 2.50 and 60 dollars for select events.
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Kalmia Plaza
Eejay’s
Eenay’s
Green Boundary Club
Starlight Cloggers
Hopeland Gardens
Houndslake Country Club
Houndslake
Polly Chapman
Rosalee’s
Lionel Smith Ltd
Mallet Hill
North Carolina
East Powder House Field
Parris Island
Aiken Jaycee
Aiken
Whitney Field
Oldfield
Polo Centennial Committee
Call Gail
Desmond) Stoker
Easy St
Joan Tower
Newberry St
Tennessee
Ciao
Tulsa
Center Powder House
East Powder House
Center Powder House Field
Night at the Races lights up USC Aiken Polo Centennial
About 200 attendees joined USC Aiken's Night at the Races event as part of the Polo Centennial. Donated prizes valued at 126 items ranged from mugs to riding lessons while six bookies and cashiers handled bets using funny money.
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Aiken
Usc-Aiken Programming Board
Costantino
Joan Tower
Homes Blend Comfort and Contemporary Style on Tour
The St Thaddeus Home and Garden Tour showcased Aiken residences mixing comfort with modern design. Featured were 1630 Huntsman Drive, the Gingrey home with warm hues and a wet bar, the Edwards residence with bright guest rooms and a teenage den, and the Penland villa overlooking Houndslake Golf Course with a den autographed by Supreme Court members. Proceeds benefit local agencies.
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St. Thaddeus
Aiken
Huntsman Drive
Bill Gingrey
Dick Edwards
U.S. Supreme Court
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Whitney Field Hosts First Outdoor Polo Match in Aiken History
The article recounts polo's U S roots and Aiken's prominence with Whitney Field as the site of the first outdoor match at Whitney Field in Aiken. It highlights Thomas Hitchcock as a pivotal figure, the century long polo legacy, and Fred Post's role in developing polo ponies in Aiken. The piece notes Aiken’s nickname Queen of Winter Resorts and Newport of the South.
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Aiken
Newport
South
Polo
James Gordon Bennett
United States
India
Persia
Egypt
England
America
Whitney Field
Anther
Thomas
Hitchcock
Louise
Aiken Preparatory School
Meadowlark
Conrad Ruckelshaus
Evna Allen
Bernard Hopper
Richard Santamariana
W.C. Whitney
North America
Devereaux Milburn
Fred Post
Long Island
Post
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Aiken County
Usc-Aiken
Kathy Woodham
Marti Costantino
USC A
Ken Hardin
Robin Sullivan
Usc-A
Steven L. Troup
Suzan Boyer
Merilynn Richardson
Willie Minor
Ellison Garvin
Edwards
Robert E. Penland
Penland
By Phil Jones
Whitney
Dunbar Bostwick
Seymore Knox
B. Balding
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!