Pony Club Instructors Courses
by Jan Royce Conant
July 17, 1964
The Instructors Course Committee of the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. is delighted with the number of regions which have held or plan to hold a course this year. Whether of one day or seven days duration, mounted or unmounted, for adults only or including Pony Club members, each and every course offers a tremendous amount of value to those participating. Each of these scheduled events means that more and more people are getting together to share ideas and learn new methods, which will strengthen the Pony Club movement throughout the country. Thirteen of 18 Regions have already scheduled a course, and by the end of the year we hope it will be one hundred percent. The first of these courses was held on April 10-12 at Potomac Horse Center, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Members from other regions, some quite a distance away, availed themselves of the exceptional opportunity to take part in the outstanding program offered under the direction of Miss Betty Howett.

U.S. Pony Club Regional Games, 1st International Games
Competition by J.D.J. Sadler
September 27, 1974
The Coliseum at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse was the site of the 15th USPC National Games, August 1-3. Syracuse University generously provided ultra-modern dormitory housing for all the teams and chaperones at their nearby campus. Ten regions were represented, a big increase from previous years. Most remarkably, there were 34 boys and 51 girls participating, an encouraging variation from the usual ratio at USPC Rallies. The competition was quite keen and close, but when the smoke cleared the award winners were as follows: Jr. Championship, Echo Hollow P.C., representing Western New England Region; Sr. Championship, Groton P.C., Eastern New England Region. Sunday, August 4, was the time for the first international games ever held. There were two teams from the United Kingdom, one team from Canada, and two teams from the United States. The U.K. Teams had to ride borrowed ponies. Through the generosity of all the USPC teams involved in the national games, the U.K. teams were able to select their mounts from all the ponies present, which were formed into a pool and whose performances they had been observing during the previous two days. The competition was so close that the final game determined the victor–one point between first and second and only five points between first and fifth.

Some Pony Club Statistics
by Peter Winants
November 29, 1974
The 1974 annual report of the United States Pony Clubs lists statistics that substantiate the fact that the Pony Club has come of age in this country. The reports, dated April 1974, list a total of 9,324 members in 250 individual clubs. The boys are outnumbered by the girls, 7,910 to 1,414. At that date, there were 81 A’s, 740 B’s, 3018 C’s, and 3,762 D’s, with the remainder unrated. Pony Clubs have now been established in 40 states and the Virgin Islands. Maryland heads the list with 22 clubs, followed by New York (20), and Pennsylvania and Virginia (19). The list of graduated A Pony Clubbers (308, including 55 men, from 105 clubs) includes well-known horsemen (and women) in many horse sports.

United States Pony Club Annual Meeting
by John Strassburger
February 10, 1984
A successful festival had spirits soaring at the 30th annual meeting of the United States Pony Club in Philadelphia on Jan. 27-29. Even the nettlesome problem of declining participation by older Pony Clubbers couldn’t completely dampen the overall ebullience of the weekend. Last August, more than 450 horses and 1,000 Pony Club people converged on Lexington, Kentucky, for the first-ever Pony Club Festival, an event described as a “clean Woodstock.” Planned as a shot in the arm for Pony Club, the effect of the festival was seen in a renewed feeling of cooperation and increased interest in many areas of the Pony Club program. Four people without whom the festival would not have been possible were honored for their efforts at Saturday night’s banquet: Margaret Smith, the new vice president for activities, served as festival secretary and processed mountains of paperwork; Jim Ligon, acting as treasurer, kept the finances straight enough to make the festival break even at $100,000; Pat Maykuth masterminded the schedule and a million other details; and Gordon Wallace handled the grounds and communications.

Benefits Of Vaulting As A Pony Club Program
by Carol Fuller with Merry Cole
October 5, 1984
Vaulting is offered as a Pony Club activity, but few Pony Clubs have vaulting as an integrated part of their program, largely because of a lack of time and, oddly enough, because many feel it isn’t really riding. If nothing else of vaulting is incorporated into Pony Club’s program, the vaulting dismounts should be–for safety’s sake. A vaulter knows how to dismount safely from almost any position.