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talked about Jack over lunch
in Washington, D.C, where
she worked as the Inquiring
fi nished in second place in lecture. And Sue (her room-
Camera Girl for the Wash-
horsemanship to a fellow rider mate) locked me in the stall
ington Times-Herald. Jackie
named William Steinkraus, with her. I was practically late
confi ded that Jack was allergic
who went on to win the fi rst- but it was so much fun. She
to animal hair, especially
ever individual U.S. Olympic is very happy in a box stall
horse hair. “Imagine me with
gold medal in equestrian sport between two horses whom
someone allergic to horses!”
in 1968. she kisses through the bars
Jackie exclaimed. Both she
and she is wearing a stolen
and Davis had a good laugh
In 1944, Jackie at age blanket which I snitched from
over that.
fi fteen became the undisputed another horse!”
champion equestrienne of her
On September 12, 1953,
age group on Long Island’s
“Imagine me Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and
East End. Riding aboard Dan-
with someone
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who
seuse, she won all the shows
had been elected to the U.S.
at Southampton, East Hamp-
allergic to Senate the year before, were
ton, Bridgehampton, and
horses!”
married at St. Mary’s Church
Smithtown. That fall, Jackie
in Newport, Rhode Island. On
entered Miss Porter’s boarding
In the fall of 1947, Jackie November 27, 1957, Jackie
school in Farmington, Con-
entered Vassar College, where gave birth to a daughter,
necticut, where she began
she joined the Riding Club, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy. A
her three-year preparation
competing in horse shows, few weeks after Jack Kennedy
for college. Jackie pleaded
gymkhana, and cross country was elected President, a son,
with Grandfather Bouvier to
rides. Jackie fi nished her last John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.,
have Danseuse boarded in the
year of college at George was born on November 25,
Farmington’s stables, and he
Washington University. In 1960.
agreed.
early June 1951, she was
Soon after Danseuse
introduced by friends to Jack Caroline and John Jr. had
arrived, Jackie wrote a let-
Kennedy, a young Congress- a menagerie at the White
ter home.“Every day since
man from Massachusetts. House. The most famous pet
Donny came I’ve gone up and
was Caroline’s pony, Macaroni,
groomed her and last night I
In November 1952, Jackie which was given to her by
went up to see her before the
and her cousin John Davis Vice-President Lyndon B.
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