Will Rogers (Davidson) to send him some of Rogers worn clothes, which “still contained his personality,” which she did, and they were modeled on the nude clay. When he had completed the life-sized clay model, he made a plaster cast and sent it to the Valsuani foundry in Paris, where two casts were made, one for the National Statuary Hall Collection and the other for the Will Rogers Memorial, then recently opened in Claremore, Oklahoma, near Rogers birthplace. When that statue was unveiled, president Franklin Delano Roosevelt broadcast a message live on coast-to-coast radio from his home in Hyde Park. The plaster cast
Will Rogers Polo Club Will Rogers Polo Club The Will Rogers Polo Club is a polo club in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. It is the only remaining polo club in Los Angeles. It is located at 1501 Will Rogers State Park Road, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. The original polo field was designed by Will Rogers (1879-1935) on his ranch before he even designed his house in the 1930s. Early players were friends of Rogers, including David Niven (1910–1983), Spencer Tracy (1900–1967), Hal Roach (1892–1992), Walt Disney (1901–1966), Clark Gable (1901–1960), and Robert Montgomery (1904-1981). In 1953, amateur polo player C.D. LeBlanc started