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National Sporting Library & Museum Side Saddle Symposium, March 15, 2014

Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880 – 1953), Portrait of Mrs. William C. Langley, Aside on Sandown, 1921, National Sporting Library & Museum,Gift of Mrs. Eleanor Langley FletcherMIDDLEBURG, VA – The National Sporting Library & Museum (NSLM) Side Saddle Symposium will provide an overview of a sport that occupies a special niche in equestrian competition and has experienced a resurgence of interest. Leading practitioners will talk about history, attire, riding and judging. British scholar and 2011 John F. Daniels Fellow, Professor Alison L. Goodrum, will present her research in the NSLM archives. The day-long event will include conversations with curators and a rare book expert in related exhibitions, Riding Aside by the Book and Foxcroft School: The Art of Women and the Sporting Life. Registration information is available at 504-687-6542 ext. 24 or www.nsl.org.