L1 Cyrus F. Horine, Jr. Three children. Cyrus was a graduate of Princeton University and former goalie for their lacrosse team (51-53), wrote the following letter's to the Princeton lacrosse coach and his daughter in regards of some history of certain lacrosse personalities:

"June 9, 2000
William Tierney
tierney@princeton.edu

Dear Bill,

Bricks and mortar does not a university make, nor a Princeton lacrosse tradition, but you, your Staff and players, have rekindled the Spirit to make the ancients proud. Thank God for the Tierneys. May they never lose their enthusiasm for Princeton, lacrosse or the challenge to improve.

Bill, I am taking the liberty of forwarding to you a letter written to my daughter, the woman's lacrosse coach at Kent County, Maryland High School with a record this year of 14-2. I am sending it to you not only because it contains a bit of history, but also because you deservedly received the Morris Touchstone award several years ago, and the story tells a little about him and his family.

Dear Eleanor,

The story I wanted to tell you occurred two or three years ago on the Baltimore Annapolis Trail as I was riding my eight foot long recumbent. While resting, I saw an attractive grandmother coming the other way, followed by her five-year-old granddaughter. The grandmother decided to join me on the bench, and admired my bicycle. She asked where I was from, and after telling her Baltimore, she said her father had been from Baltimore, and his name was Morris Touchstone.

Much to her surprise, I took the reins from there, and told her that I knew him to be the lacrosse coach at West Point for twenty-five years and her brother's name was Stan, who graduated from Gilman in the Class of 48 and then to West Point in the Class of 52.

She, of course, was astounded that I knew so much about her family, and I told her I played against her father's team from 51-53, tying his team for the National Championship in 51, and winning it outright in '53.

She said she had only been to one game at Princeton. It was a rainy day as she and her mother sat in the stands. Army shot the ball at game's end which, if the score was allowed, would have given the game to Army, but Frenchie Julian, the referee, disallowed the goal, after agreeing with the goal-tender that the ball entered the goal's plane after the gun, and the game was declared a tie. Upon that decision, Mrs. Touchstone went racing on the field trying to hit Frenchie with her umbrella.

I then asked the grandmother if she knew who the goalie was, to which she of course said No. I told her it was I, and the record for saves in a single game still stands in the history of Princeton lacrosse.

There is more. In 1953, Princeton lost to Hopkins in one of the worst games I ever played. The fact that I was suffering from an upset stomach didn't help, but we recovered, and went on to beat Army in the last game of our year. Army, however, still had a last game with Navy who were much the underdog, and I came up with the idea of having each one of our players write a two-page scouting report about his specific opponent. I gathered this together and sent it to William H. Moore, your grandfather and coach of the Navy team.

And so with Navy beating Army that year, there was no tie, and Princeton won the National Championship outright. The last one until 1992, and although I never received a thank you from Dinty, others told me he said it was the finest scouting report he had ever received.

But Morris Touchstone was told that I was the instigator, and never spoke to me again, and I have never heard from the grandmother again, or from her brother, though she had my address.

Long are the memories of lost battles.

Cyrus Horine

M1 John Hanson Horine, March 28, 1961.

M2 Catherine Martin Horine, born May 24, 1958.

M3 Eleanor Todd Horine, born October 31, 1962.