ABSTRACT
In the Postscript, Hulton Getty (HG) wrote that Constance lived “an oddly orderly and industrious life at Nice—the funniest life by standards.” Constance Coolidge became fascinated with ponies, horses, and racing during her time in Pekin; there she learned the fundamentals of the sport and discovered that she had the talent and the passion to make it in a man’s world. As stretching the income across an expensive lifestyle became increasingly more difficult in the 1930s, Constance tackled the problem with a sense of humor and that whimsical approach, just as she did with most challenges. Constance’s education was advanced by the many extraordinary things she was exposed to as a member of a prestigious Boston family. Constance often tried her hand at writing. Her archive contains dozens of drafts of original poems, many of them limericks. Constance and HG also had strong opinions about particular cities and countries.
