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Sherry Hamill-Huff, Class of ‘73, was inducted into the Polo Wall of Fame at Cornell University on April 24 along with three men players.
Ms. Hamill-Huff’s involvement with the game began her freshman year, when she discovered the Cornell Polo team after becoming disenchanted with the Equitation Program. Initially she was only a spectator, attending every Saturday night game between October and May.
The team had an extremely successful season, and Ms. Hamill-Huff noticed that the school and local papers barely acknowledged their existence. After writing a letter protesting this state of affairs, she was contacted by the thenreporter who offered her his position as he was graduating. She accepted.
The beginning of her second year at Cornell found Ms. Hamill-Huff immersing herself in the past and present of polo in order to be able to report accurately. Incidentally, she noticed that she rode at least as well as most of the players. Thus was bom the idea of trying out for the allmale team.
The freshman coach ignored her presence all-together, and was heard to comment that he hoped she would go away. Head Coach Dr. Steve Roberts, however, allowed her to try out after the men had finished and told her she could “exercise the lame horses on Sunday mornings” after the Saturday night games.
Figuring any “in” was better than none, Ms. HamillHuff did this and also attended every practice for the following three years, helping out any way she could. Soon she found herself schooling the green ponies and learning to referee. On the side she spent hours practicing hitting the ball off Pedro, a wooden horse with iron legs (unlike the real thing) as well as writing weekly pre- and post-game articles.
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