Bronx Horsewoman

Most Manhattan papers brushed off last week's awarding of the American Horse Shows Association's annual medal to Lois Lisanti as horsewoman of the year. But caustic Dan Parker, Daily Mirror sport columnist, whose pet targets are boxers, wrestlers and race-trackers, found it worth 1,200 words. Wrote Columnist Parker:

"Miss Lisanti should have won the medal last year . . . [She] had the highest point total . . . [but] the stuffed shirts in the Horse Show Association found themselves confronted with an unthinkable situation. . . . The idea of a girl from the Bronx, whose father accepted wagers on horse races, winning their annual award shocked them down to the very roots of their well-bred bunions. ... A last-hour disqualification, based on the charge that [Mama] Lisanti had insulted one of the judges, sidetracked [Lois] in favor of Miss Dorothy Ritterbush . . . whose father is wealthy and entertains lavishly at his Jersey estate.

"I suppose anyone else but a Lisanti would have taken the rebuke lying down and quit competition. . . . This [year] Mama Lisanti didn't tell a single judge what she thought of him, although, Heavings knows, some of the upstarts need to be told off occasionally. . . . This time, there was nothing that could be done about it. The medal was Lois's on a platinum platter. . . . Mama Lisanti was present yesterday to see Lois receive tardy recognition for her superb horsemanship."

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