Abbie Pratt

Myra Abigail Pratt (née Pankhurst and formerly Wright, later Daria, Princess Karageorgevich, March 21, 1859 – June 26, 1938) was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the women's competition.

Abbie Pratt
Personal information
Full nameMyra Abigail Pankhurst
Born(1859-03-21)March 21, 1859
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJune 26, 1938(1938-06-26) (aged 79)
Cannes, France
Sporting nationality United States
SpousePrince Alexis Karageorgevich
Career
StatusAmateur
Medal record
Women's golf
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1900 Paris Individual

Early life

Myra Abigail Pankhurst was born on March 21 1859 to Maria Louise (née Coates) and John Foster Pankhurst, vice-president of Globe Iron Works Company and co-owner of American Ship Building Company of Cleveland.

Marriages and golf career

Her first husband was Herbert Wright. It is unclear whether Wright died in 1880 or the two were divorced in the 1890s. She later married Thomas Huger Pratt shortly before the 1900 Olympics. The two were frequently in Europe and were members of the Dinard Golf Club in France. Huger Pratt played in the handicap event (which is not recognized as Olympic), not starting in the main men's tournament. Abbie Pratt finished third in the women's competition, with a score of 53 in the 9-hole stroke play tournament.[1][2]

The fate of Abbie Pratt's marriage to Thomas is also unclear. He may have died in 1905, or possibly in 1907. Alternatively, he may have instead gone missing in 1907; there is one newspaper article reporting that Abbie Pratt was seeking a divorce then due to his disappearance. Another article indicates that he died in 1912 while still married to Abbie.[1]

Abbie Pratt married Prince Alexis Karageorgevich, the unsuccessful claimant to the throne of Serbia, on June 11, 1913, in Paris, taking Daria as her royal name[2] and was thereafter referred to as Daria, Princess Karageorgevich. She was received in the Eastern Orthodox faith and Myron Timothy Herrick, US Ambassador to France, served as one of her witnesses at the marriage.[3] The couple honeymooned in the South of France before heading to her home city of New York, the Prince's first trip to the U.S. in 14 years.

First World War

During the First World War the Prince and Princess Karageorgevich went to Serbia to support the war effort. After the fall of the wartime capital Niš to the Central Powers the couple became part of the mass retreat from Serbia through the treacherous mountains of Montenegro and Albania in the winter of 1915 and arrived in Rome on Christmas Eve 1915.[4]

Prince Alexis died in St. Moritz in Switzerland in 1920, Princess Daria surviving him and dying in Cannes on 26 June 1938.

References
  1. "Huger Pratt". OlympicStats. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. "Abbie Pratt". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. Mrs Pratt weds a Prince New York Times 1913-06-12, p. 2.
  4. "Big battle raging in Mid Albania" New York Times. 1915-12-25p. 8.


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