Pat Smythe

Patricia Rosemary "Pat" Smythe, OBE (22 November 1928 – 27 February 1996) was a British show jumper. She competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a team bronze medal in 1956. She served as president of the British Show Jumping Association in 1983–86 and as vice-president from 1987 to 1996. She also wrote many books on equestrian themes, largely for children.

Books Smythe was a prolific writer and by the age of 30 had published 11 books.

Fiction

Three Jays series

Three Jays Against The Clock (Cassel, 1958) Three Jays on Holiday (Cassel, 1958) Three Jays Go To Town (Cassel, 1959) Three Jays Over The Border (Cassel, 1960) Three Jays Go To Rome (Cassel, 1960) Three Jays Lend A Hand (Cassel, 1961)

Adventure series A Swiss Adventure (Cassell, 1970) A Spanish Adventure (Cassell, 1971) A Cotswold Adventure (Cassell, 1973)