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The renewed efforts will be on display Sunday, when Jones and other alumni donors attend the club’s annual match against Yale at the Canter Brook Equestrian Center in Hamilton, Mass.
Jones has led the club’s early endeavors to develop a competitive intercollegiate team, providing financial assistance and donating three new horses, named Patches, Commondante, and Munyeca.
In addition to those contributions, Jones also has invited the athletes to his Texas ranch before the start of the school year for intensive pre-season training.
“I was asked 10 or 15 years ago to see what I could do to help the polo team, which at that time had no place to play and no horses,” Jones said in a phone interview Sunday. “I had two...
“Tommy Lee Jones really emphasizes that the students are not to be treated like princes during their stay at the ranch,” he said. “They are working on horses and riding every day, so it’s more like boot camp...