Early life Cecil Smith was born on the Moss Ranch near
Llano, Texas, on February 14, 1904. He later played polo with
Will Rogers,
Darryl Zanuck,
Walt Disney and
Reginald Denny. He often competed at the
Meadow Brook Polo Club in
Westbury, New York. He won the
Monty Waterbury Cup in 1930 and the
U.S. Open Polo Championship five times. He played with the U.S.A. team against
Mexico three times. (Quote from New York Times article dated Feb.14, 1999, "Then, starting in 1938, he began a string of 26 years, 25 consecutively (1938-62), in which he was a 10-goal player".) He owned a 100-acre ranch in
Boerne, Texas, where he rode and trained horses.
Personal life He married Mary Miller in 1935. Their sons, Charles and Sidney, are polo players.
Death He died on January 21, 1999, in Boerne. ==Legacy==