Virginia Kraft Payson

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Born(1930-02-19)February 19, 1930
United States
Alma materBarnard College
SpousesCharles Shipman Payson, David Cole

Virginia Kraft Payson is an American horse breeder, big-game hunter, and journalist (writing as Virginia Kraft) who wrote for Sports Illustrated from its first issue for 26 years.[1] She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Siena College.[2]

Although Kraft always wrote under her maiden name; her married name came from her husband, Charles Shipman Payson, from whom she inherited $70 million upon his death.[3]

Bibliography[]

Books[]

  • Autumn treasure: Down the banks to Ocracoke (1958)
  • Book of Shotgun Sports (Lippincott, 1967)
  • Tennis instruction for fun and competition (Grossett & Dunlap, 1976)

Sports Illustrated[]

  • "Joel Barber's Decoys," October 21, 1956
  • "The 49th Frontier," August 23, 1959
  • "Duck Hunters in Paradise," January 14, 1957
  • "Glory Road for Gun Dogs," February 25, 1957
  • "Have Rifle, Will Travel," November 4, 1957
  • "This Was My Africa," March 10, 1958
  • "The Papillons of Peapacton," April 27, 1958
  • "The Doberman Pinscher: darling...or devil?" May 11, 1958
  • "Discovery: The Tennessee Valley," July 6, 1958
  • "Down the Banks to Ocracoke," October 5, 1958
  • "Big Dog in a Little Package," October 19, 1958
  • "A Man, a Dog and a Crusade," November 17, 1958
  • "Yes, Poodles as Retrievers," December 8, 1958
  • "New Look at a First Lady," January 19, 1959
  • "Adventure on the Serpent River," January 26, 1959
  • "Light Touch in the Duckblind," October 11, 1959
  • "The Ladies and the Sailfish," February 1, 1960
  • "The Westminster: Road to Ruin," February 8, 1960
  • "In Search of Snowbirds," February 8, 1960
  • "A New Lead to Superdogs," June 12, 1960
  • "Shocked Shell Case," July 3, 1960
  • "Family-style Field Trial," March 20, 1961
  • "Almost Instant Gun Dogs," April 24, 1961
  • "Family Campground on Wheels," June 18, 1961
  • "'Keep that damned kid away from me!'," August 13, 1961
  • "Good for Deer, Bad for Ducks," September 10, 1961
  • "Fair Game for the Whole Family," October 22, 1961
  • "Right Bird on the Right Prairie," October 30, 1961
  • "Return of a Native," November 13, 1961
  • "Look Where the Big Game Turned Up," September 23, 1962
  • "The Top Springer at the Spring," December 17, 1962
  • "A Lady Huns with the Shah," December 24, 1962
  • "One Lady Who Gives a Continental," February 18, 1963
  • "Upland Shooting down on Florida's Gold Coast," March 4, 1963
  • "Smart Dogs Keep on the Right Track," April 8, 1963
  • "Finding New Fun in the Fields," June 9, 1963
  • "She Started at the Top," August 4, 1963
  • "A New Sport: Captain-Fishing," September 1, 1963
  • "Biggest Loudest Show in U.S. Sport," September 8, 1963
  • "The Life-Giving Spray," November 18, 1963
  • "Casey and his Cougar run over California," November 25, 1963
  • "A Capricious Asian is a Citizen at Last," December 9, 1963
  • "Hippity Hop and Away We Go," September 27, 1964
  • "A High Time on a Low Tide," December 14, 1964
  • "An oil-rich Texan asks the whole U.S. to visit," December 21, 1964
  • "A Meeting in the Mato Grosso," February 22, 1965
  • "Some Western Amateurs Fight Back against the Top Pros," April 25, 1965
  • "Goodby, Kangaroos," May 30, 1965
  • "Shotguns in the Field," October 17, 1965
  • "The Little Battle of the Bighorn," October 10, 1965
  • "Steelheads on a Rough River," November 15, 1965
  • "In the Land of the Tiger," December 20, 1965
  • "The Public Joins Winchester in a Shotgun Revolution," January 17, 1966
  • "The Ducks Are Flying Again," October 2, 1966
  • "Shooting on Mr. Bud's Place," November 21, 1966
  • "Reindeer Find a Santa Claus," December 12, 1966
  • "The Imp of Southern Texas," January 30, 1967
  • "His Majesty, the Leadfoot," May 7, 1967
  • "Thanksgiving Comes Twice a Year out West," June 4, 1967
  • "Scourge of the Seven Seas," July 9, 1967
  • "Revival of a Grand Old Name," August 6, 1967
  • "Florida's Plunderin' Cowboy," October 30, 1967
  • "A Hunt in the North Kaibab," November 20, 1967
  • "Some New Battles Are Boiling in the Coral Sea," December 18, 1967
  • "Top Hunt in the Top End," April 8, 1968
  • "A Search for Some Bear Facts," August 4, 1968
  • "The Cougar Moves Up from Vermin to Trophy," November 6, 1967
  • "A Happy Hunting Ground — for Fishermen," November 25, 1968
  • "Natural Enemy of Wild Cats," July 13, 1969
  • "A Bang-up Time in Mexico," October 5, 1969
  • "Sneak Preview from a Happy Hunting Ground," October 27, 1969
  • "Meanwhile Back at the Coffield Ranch..." November 10, 1969
  • "Plight of the People Bird," November 17, 1969
  • "Hot Tips for Cold Days," January 26, 1970
  • "All This and Rainbows, Too," March 2, 1970
  • "Bucking up the Pakistanis," April 26, 1970
  • "Spin-cast Flies — Toothpaste Tubes and Wire," June 7, 1970
  • "A Modern Johnny Appleseed," November 30, 1970
  • "A Player in the Game of Life," March 27, 1972
  • "Black Future for the White-Crown," April 17, 1972
  • "On the Horns of a Dilemma," April 25, 1971
  • "Haven for Game Hogs," June 18, 1972
  • "Wild Sheep in a Woolly Land," June 25, 1972
  • "One-Shot Moon Shooters," October 15, 1972
  • "Oryx from Unicorns Grow," February 5, 1973
  • "Eyeball to Eyeball with Africa," February 26, 1973
  • "His Investment Is Going Up," December 16, 1974
  • "Flying in the Face of Age," January 13, 1975
  • "Clay Birds Soar Like Wild Birds to Baffle Shooters on a Grouse Walk," April 13, 1975
  • "Forbes Was Bound to Bomb, Shot Down by an Airplane if Nothing Else," June 15, 1975
  • "A Longtime Challenger of Doggy Dogma Goes to Town Once More," July 6, 1975
  • "They Hunt to Save the Hunting," November 24, 1975
  • "Gunning for a Market," January 12, 1976
  • "A Bear in a Bull Market," September 26, 1976
  • "Getting a Bang from Whizzing Birds," December 6, 1976
  • "Meanwhile, Back at the Hearst Ranch," December 13, 1976
  • "The fateful chop, chop, chop, pop, hisssss," February 21, 1977
  • "Put a Rotor on the Roof, Sportsmen, and You've Got a Cabin in the Sky," March 21, 1977
  • "At Payson's Plae He's Just Plain Charlie," April 18, 1977
  • "If You Want to Know How to Get to Lake Scroogie-Woogie, Visit Exxon," May 1, 1977
  • "Collectors Are Getting a Bang Out of Inexpensive Antique Firearm Kits," May 22, 1977
  • "If You Cal Him Old Folks, Be Prepared to Duck," August 7, 1977
  • "A game any number can play," August 21, 1977
  • "New tune on a stringed instrument," October 31, 1977
  • "Settling down in Texas," November 21, 1977
  • "The Beaters Beat and the Guns They Blaze Away," February 27, 1978
  • "Jumping to a thrilling conclusion," September 24, 1978
  • "The Dakota Goodlands," October 8, 1978
  • "You Get a Lot of Racket from the Magnificent Green Tennis Machine," December 11, 1978

References[]

  1. ^ "Pacificfest fundraiser benefits ‘After the Finish Line’" by Leslie Carter. Rancho Santa Fe Review. Aug 31, 2016. Accessed Jan 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Virginia Kraft Payson." Accessed Jan 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "$53.9 MILLION FOR VAN GOGH" by Paula Span and Judd Tully. Washington Post. Nov 12, 1987. Accessed Jan 4, 2020.
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