Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery
Portrait of Richard Lawrence Smith

Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)

Richard Lawrence Smith

SMITH, RICHARD LAWRENCE (1877–1932), inducted between 1920–1936

R. Lawrence “Sleepy” Smith was member of the Princeton Class of 1898, a breeder and judge of saddle and harness horses, and a frequent contributor to The Field Illustrated agricultural digest. He served as chairman of the executive committee of the National Horse Show, New York. Smith bred horses at his stables in Smithtown, the Long Island community named for his family.

Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 181

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