Category Archives: Sporting

Gatsby Country

Posted on 26 May 2011 11:00 AM by JPS

Gatsby’s house was recently torn down but the sporting spirit of Long Island’s North Shore lives on… in pictures like these. Above, world class polo player Stewart Inglehart at the Meadow Brook Club. Check out the scene c.1946 at A … Continue reading →

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Set Sail for the Shipyard Cup

Posted on 5 April 2011 8:00 AM by JPS

Three of our favorite things in life – sailboats, good beer and Maine – will come together this summer at the 2011 Shipyard Cup. The three day series of races in the traditional Corinthian style will be taking place in … Continue reading →

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Boat Races at Oxford, 1958

Posted on 28 March 2011 8:00 AM by JPS

This past weekend the 157th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race took place on the Thames, continuing the universities’ storied sporting tradition. Although nowadays the sculls are made of fiberglass and the clothes of Coolmax, in essence the event is largely … Continue reading →

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Must Have: Ernest Hemingway’s .577 Westley Richards Nitro Express

Posted on 2 March 2011 6:52 AM by JPS

The author’s safari rifle is up for auction in Maine. UPDATE: It sold for $340,000.

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Barbour Country

Posted on 20 September 2009 1:44 PM by JPS

Photo by Adrianna Ault Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG, Middleburgh, NY.

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