Col. Alfred Kitts

Col. Alfred Kitts

Equestrian; Athletics

The Riding Ring riding club was established after four horses were donated to the College in 1922. At various times, Wilson College has had equestrian teams compete in Eventing, Drill Team, Dressage, Western, and Hunt Seat. The Penn Hall riding facilities were acquired by Wilson in 1973 and Marlys Palmer started an official equitation program. The husband and wife team of Thomas and Martha Shires and Col. Alfred Kitts joined the faculty in 1976. Colonel Kitts talked about the importance of sportsmanship in a speech to the International Equestrian Organization in 1986: “Those of you with whom I have spoken before know my strong feelings about good sportsmanship. One sees it often at events. A student of mine who was tied at the moment for first broke her rein en route to cross country. She had forgotten her spare. The person with whom she was tied volunteered to loan her a rein. She just made it to the starting box for cross country in time. In my opinion, that type of help among competitors is magnificent.”

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