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A record-breaking crowd of 430 turned out on Friday, February 18th at the Museum of Polo to celebrate the 22nd Annual Museum of Polo Hall of Fame Dinner and welcome the new inductees into the Hall of Fame; Stephen A. Orthwein (Living Hall of Fame Inductee) Charles Cary Rumsey (posthumous Hall of Fame Inductee), Merle Jenkins (Living Iglehart Award Recipient), Jules Romfh (Posthumous Iglehart Award Recipient) and the Horses to Remember Tenby and La Fortuna.

Arriving on a perfect balmy Florida night lit by a brilliant full moon, guests frst enjoyed the Grand Reception with appetizers sponsored by Marc and Melissa Ganzi, Grand

Champions Polo Club, Glen and Gloria Holden Celebrating 100 Years of Santa Barbara Polo, International Polo Club and Barbara Uskup. Wine and spirits for the evening were provided by Robert Lipman, Lipman Brothers, Brown-Forman and Bacardi USA and the entertainment sponsor was Jan Pamela Polo Team. The reception was followed by dinner during which the past Hall of Fame Inductees were introduced and given commemorative lapel pins for the Museum of Polo Hall of Fame. Dinner was followed by the awards presentation ceremony for the new inductees, all of whom gave very moving acceptance speeches. The evening was capped off with dancing and an exuberant celebration by the friends and families of the new members of the Hall of Fame.

Merle Jenkins was honored as the Living Philip Iglehart Award Recipient

as founder of the Detroit Polo Club, supporter of Intercollegiate polo, sponsor of the Michigan State University and University of Michigan Polo Clubs. He served as a USPA Governor, as Secretary and was the CEO of USPA Properties, Inc. He was the frst USPA Promotion Committee chairman, Merle served for 32 years on the USPA Safety Committee, was instrumental in initiating the frst tests of polo helmets and developing the frst USPA committee to formulate standards, testing and certifcation of helmets coming on the market

Glen and Gloria Holden, Siobahn Gallagher, Ruben Gracida, Dave Offen Photo by Krystal Zaskey Photography