Word: equestrian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bauer's next goal is to be a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team. "I probably won't be able to make the team this year, but I've received an invitation to attend summer training with them...
Harvard's student body contains a little bit of everything. including a national equestrian champion. Sophomore Fred Bauer currently holds the Maclay Trophy signifying his supremacy in the under-18 age group in his specialty, stadium jumping...
...Bauer impressed the judges, as well as the 12,000 equestrian fans who paid $10 to $15 for their seats. Near the end of the competition- after the field of 80 had been narrowed down to two finalists- the judges requested that Bauer and his rival trade horses and show their skill at maneuvering a strange animal. Said Bauer, "The other guy did very badly in the final ride. I was lucky...
Britain's Royal Family continues to be as hippophile as ever. Princess Anne recently took time off from the family holiday at Balmoral to compete in a series of equestrian events. She trains so assiduously that friends are speculating that she has her eye on the Olympics. Mrs. Alan Oliver, who has instructed Anne since childhood, notes that "the competition is much tougher now that she is in the open class. But she is a very determined girl." Says Sir Michael Ansell, chairman of the British Show Jumping Association: "She would be most welcome in the international field...