Carlton Beal

Carlton Beal represented four generations of his family in polo. He began polo on a bicycle and later in the 1930s under his father’s guidance and the tutelage of Hugh Drury and Snowy Baker, at Menlo School and at Stanford. Highlights of his active career included the Monty Waterbury Cup in 1950 at Meadow Brook, the U.S. Open Championship in 1952 at the Beverly Hills Polo Club and in 1956, rated at 6-goals, the Intercircuit Cup with two of his sons at Oakbrook.

His playing career was matched by his devotion to every aspect of polo from club activities in California and Texas to governorship of the U.S. Polo Association, the Polo Training Foundation, and the Polo Museum.