[1] A Texan, he started two private oil and gas exploration companies, Galaxy Oil and The Exploration Company, focusing on North Texas, the Arkansas-Oklahoma Basin, the Rockies, the Austin Chalk and the Gulf Coast.
[1] He built and owned the Retama Polo Club in San Antonio, Texas.
[1][5] He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida on February 7, 1997.
[1] His son, Thomas Gose, won the U.S. Open Polo Championship in 1984 and 1986.
[4] His other son, Matt Gose, also lived in Red Lodge, MT, and serves as Vice President of Exploration of Remtaco Operating.