Word: equestrian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...physicist who is well-known for his tofu hot dogs, and the lab manager who is an avid equestrian, the new position in Leverett brings an opportunity to further strengthen the House advising system...
...ccasionally, strange figures appear in the Yard, perhaps carrying a jockey hat under one arm, or sporting tight black jodhpur pants and wearing tall shiny boots. No, these mysterious folk are not on their way to a Marquis de Sade costume party: they are members of the Harvard equestrian team. "I always get weird looks when I stride across the Yard in my riding outfit," complains the team's coordinating co-captain Sia Shin `99. "It's a good thing we leave the whips in the barn." Many of these weird looks may be due to the large percent...
...equestrian team is Harvard's own co-ed riding team, coached by Alice McNeill at Verrill Farm in Concord, Massachusetts, which competes as part of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. According to Michael K. Haynie `00, the team's co-captain, the show team has done well this season. Haynie and Langdon Fielding `98 will both be attending the regional competition at Dartmouth in April, and nearly all the other riders have won ribbons...
...shows aren't the only focus of the Equestrian Team. There are about ten riders who compete on the team, and another ten who practice with the team but don't go to the shows. Haynie explains that the team's show riders get more recognition, but other riders are still encouraged to practice with the team...
...Langdon Fielding '98, an equestrian who isheaded to veterinary school at the University ofCalifornia at Davis, came to Harvard thinking thathe would become an investment banker or abusinessman--"something usual," he recalls...