| 词条 | Cheyenne Mountain Country Club |
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| name = Cheyenne Mountain Country Club | image = | fullname = | short name = | founded = 1891 | ground = | track(s) = | league(s) = | affiliations = | website = www.cheyennemountaincountryclub.com }} The Cheyenne Mountain Country Club is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the mouth of Cheyenne Canyon. HistoryClub foundedThe Cheyenne Mountain Country Club Association was founded on February 19, 1891.[1][2] The founders were successful men or came from wealthy families, many of whom came to Colorado for the climate and high altitude as a means to improve their health.[1]{{#tag:ref|Founders included "Dr. B.F.D. Adams, Arthur Baker, Thomas W. Edsall, E.C.G. Robinson, William H. Sanford, William R. Varker, C.H. White, William J. Wilcox, and Henry Le B. Wills.[1]|group="nb"}} Two years prior, in April 1889, a country club was created that offered members facilities for polo, golf, cricket, equestrian riding, shooting, horse racing, shooting and bowling facilities. William A. Otis sold the club a casino and property for the country club in 1891. The club then became the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club.[1] Early yearsWilliam H. Sanford was the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club's first president and was head of the Polo Committee. Foxhall P. Keene joined the team as a non-resident player in 1896. President Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Payne Whitney and John Percival "Percy" Hagerman played on the club's polo fields.[1] Members—who came from England, Europe, and the east coast of the United States—were called "Grizzlies". They were generally socialites and businessmen in mining or other industries.[1] By the 1890s, a trolley system was inaugurated to run from downtown Colorado Springs to the Broadmoor Casino and the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} In 1893, Spencer Penrose was made a member.[1] Chester Alan Arthur II was president of Cheyenne Mountain Country Club between 1905 and 1908. He also provided funding for facilities at the club.[2] Richard Bolles was the country club's president for 6 years.[3]At one time the club used live birds for shooting events and docked polo ponies tails; To address concerns about humane treatment the club switched to clay pigeons for shooting and discontinued docking ponies tails.[1] The club won the Rocky Mountain Polo Championship and the Interstate Polo Club trophy in 1906 and 1907.[1] Broadmoor HotelSpencer Penrose built the "premier golfing resort", The Broadmoor near the country club.[1] To further attract patrons to the hotel, Penrose developed a polo team. As a result of The Broadmoor resort's success, the country club has not had the notoriety of its early years.[4]Club facilitiesPolo is no longer played at the country club. As an homage to the club's polo-playing history, there is an exhibit with the Foxhall Keene Cup.[5] Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite book|author=Horace A. Laffaye|title=Polo in the United States: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8m29zYOU4C&pg=PA37|accessdate=June 11, 2013|date=March 2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8007-4|pages=37–38}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|author=Steve Bogener|title=Ditches Across the Desert: Irrigation in the Lower Pecos Valley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6O3Vg7UJXyYC&pg=PA30|accessdate=10 June 2013|year=2003|publisher=Texas Tech University Press|isbn=978-0-89672-509-6|page=30}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=Steve Bogener|title=Ditches Across the Desert: Irrigation in the Lower Pecos Valley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6O3Vg7UJXyYC&pg=PA41|accessdate=10 June 2013|year=2003|publisher=Texas Tech University Press|isbn=978-0-89672-509-6|page=41}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=Horace A. Laffaye|title=Polo in the United States: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8m29zYOU4C&pg=PA82|accessdate=June 11, 2013|date=March 2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8007-4|pages=82}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=Horace A. Laffaye|title=Polo in the United States: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8m29zYOU4C&pg=PRix|accessdate=June 11, 2013|date=March 2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8007-4|page=ix}} References{{Reflist|2}}Further reading
1 : Organizations based in Colorado Springs, Colorado |
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