Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1901 — As the World Revolves [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

As the World Revolves

Woman Fencer to Wed. Miss Grace Pomeroy, whose engagement. to Philip Clark has just been

ann ounce d, is known as the most expert all-around woman athlete in the United States. At the same time Miss Pomeroy, who is wealthy, is a favorite in New York society. Among the feats which she has to

her credit is the killink, single-handed and with one rifle shot, of a grizzly bear near her camp at Glenwood Springs, Colo. She is also a famous cross-country" rider and long-distance swimmer. One of her most unique claims to distinction in an athletic way is the fact that the best known teachers of fencing in the country declare her to be, without exception, the bept woman fencer in the United States, “capable of fencing with any man, no matter how expert, without expecting that favor be shown hqr because she Is a woman." Miss Pomeroy is a Cincinnati girl, while her prospective husband, Philip Clark, is a native of St. Louis.