Foxhall P. Keene

Foxhall Parker Keene began his polo career at Newport, Rhode Island and the Rockaway Hunt Club, N.Y. At the age of 16, he played on the American team in the first Westchester Cup matches vs. England in 1886. In 1929, Newell Bent in his book, American Polo, wrote of him, “Mr. Keene was a very brilliant and finished No. 3 and his play both in England and America was so outstanding over so many years, that he was long considered above all other polo players in this country. Handicapped from 1888 to 1918 – fourteen years at ten goals and sixteen years at nine goals – with never a man handicapped above him, and for eight years standing alone at the head of the handicap list, is Mr. Keene’s long record at polo play.”

Foxhall Keene on White Wings

The complete sportsman, Keene was also a founding member of the National Steeplechase Association, an avid golfer who competed in the 1897 U.S. Open and who made it to the quarterfinals in the 1898 U.S. Amateur, and a top-level tennis player, reaching the semifinals of the 1883 U.S. National Championships and the quarterfinals in 1885.