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...wasn’t meant for walking. His shoulders slant downwards and his arms hang awkwardly at his sides; the athlete sometimes looks downright goofy. But on a horse, the brawny 23-year-old is all grace, efficiency, and power. Nick happens to be the best player in intercollegiate polo??and he’s willing to share some of his secrets...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grabbing the Reins | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...most, “Polo?? calls to mind a tiny emblem on an overpriced shirt. But some—like Crocker Snow Jr. ’61, the coach of the newly formed Harvard Polo Club—insist that while polo??s “image is white britches...the reality is dungarees.” Read: no Ralph Lauren. The Harvard Polo Club has existed sporadically since the mid-1800s. Thanks to Harvard Extension School student and co-captain Michael G. Svestka, this equine extracurricular has come back into fashion, hopefully in conjunction with...

Author: By Natalia I. Irizarry-cole, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ride Those Ponies | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...Brown—more focused on fighting Offsay than on playing water polo??was unable to stop his insatiable hunger for a goal when it mattered most...

Author: By Megha Parekh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking Offsay at Northerns | 11/2/2004 | See Source »

...polo phenomenon has not gone unnoticed by local shopkeepers either. Kerry C. Simon, owner of Proletariat, says that students regularly come to his JFK Street store to look for the perfect polo??collar and all. “The Harvard guys are mirror whores, making sure the polo looks great in all the right places,” Simon says...

Author: By Adam P. Schneider, Bari M. Schwartz, and Wendy D. Widman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Strutting their stuff | 4/29/2004 | See Source »

Afterwards, job-seekers mingle with the Polo representatives in an attempt to make that perfect first impression. “A lot of [creativity] happens in-house. Often, inspiration strikes just sitting in our lobby with all the wood and leather and whatnot,” Lauren Rosenthal, of Polo??s replenishment department, tells a student...

Author: By V.e. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scene and Heard | 2/12/2004 | See Source »

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