Willis L. Hartman lived in Wichita, Kansas, where he played polo on the Wilson Estates.[1][2][3]
In 1965, he established the Willis L. Hartman Trophy to recognize the winner of the Best Playing Pony of the U.S. Open Polo Championship.[1][4] The trophy is a silver polo pony manufactured by the London-based jewellers Garrard & Co.[2] The first trophy was given to Lovely Sage, a pony owned by the Hawaiian businessman Ruddy F. Tongg, Sr.[2]
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