FRIENDS AND STUDENTS

Tom Bass was friend to the famous as well as a kind and respected mentor to students and fellow competitors. Here are contemporary photos of a few of them, all mounted on horses trained by Tom Bass.

Belle Beach (also known as Mrs. A.E. Ashbrook) was a famous Kansas City equestrienne and a student of Tom’s, who wrote a well-illustrated 1912 book entitled “Riding and Driving for Women.” Tom