The morning times., 1896-11-01
Cavalry Poo Team Rode
Over the Virginia SQuIres.
LATTER FAILED TO SCORE
Porter Carried the Brunt of the
Game for the Visitors and Did
Noble WOrk-Hyer Made Four
Goals for lie Officers-Society
Was There in Force.

"driehtOu, va, CluB yesterday AFTERNOON
on the Fort Myer plains. and the troopers
roundiy bea, the visitors. The score was
IL 1-2 to o.
Society saw the game. The crowd was
mol as large as IL was when Philadelphia
came down ana played the game as Quakers
see 1t. But there Were Two counter at
fractions iii as many golf contests ON TIE
RoSslyn Heights and the Chevy Chase links,
respectively. Still the thronG was u gooGIy
one.
People drove out in smart traps. They
came on bicycles. They rode on the cars
and they walked. When they had all ar
rived there Were probably Geo Of them
The visiting civilians and the army Of
ficerS saw the game from the west SIDE
of the plains. Inc rank and file OF the
troopers ranged themselves on the other SIDE
of the field, where they cheered and grew
enthusiastic ana did all in their power TO
make their superiors play the good game
they did.
SOCIETY WAS THERE
1t was not n cosmopolitan throng by any
means The grca. er part Of the assembly
belonged to the 400. Beyond the proper
traps and the four in-hands and the hIc ycics
there Were chr rysanthcmums, and lorenettas,
and kodakS, and fine raments, and above
pretty girls, stately matrons, and
chaperoneS and gallant men.
III the weather man himself had been
intending TO play polo he could not have
prepared a better day. IL was warm but
very pleasant. The ground was high ard
the breeZes therefore good. There WAS not
u Cloud, except those of dust, that grew
heavier as the day wore away anu Iinaiiy
became so thick that il often mace IL
difficult for the spectators to see the
game, when eight ponies gallopcd at
bfeak-neck speed toward a distant goal.
AT one end OF the field the Sixth
cavalry Band was stationed under a
canvas shed. Throughout The " hole game
IL played every manner of music and tnerc
was not a minute oil the whole time that
was not filled with enthusiasm and en-
coura cement for the troopers.
The score indicates at glance that il
WAS a oneSided game. The cavalry men
We're better drilled and their ponies were
better trained. They Were fearless and
where the fray was thiCkcst there the
most of them " ere found.
wARRENToN WAS WEAK.
With the Warrenton playersit was other
wise. They lacked something. IL was ts.t
ability to play polo That is all did hut
one That one was Porter lie was
excellent. Everybody agreed to that
He probably had not a rival on the field
He was omnlpresent so far as that parlicu-
could not play Tour men, and that is the
reason the Fort Mycr team won the game
II was 3:3O O'Clock when Bugler Robert
son tapped the beginning OF the game.
The following lieutenants constituted the
cavalry troop: White, Hyer, Short and
Stout. The four representatives of War
rentOn We're: Messrs. DundaS. Porter
Horton and Barnard. Mr.. Clarence Moore
refereed the game. Lieut.. Ryan acted as
timekeeper.
The cavalrymen were dressed in white
suits, with yellow saSnes, the Colors OF the
famous Sixth. Warrenton's men were in
white, with the exception OF Porter, who
his outfit with as black n Shiri
as pigments ever dyed. The game was
measured in Six periods OF five minutes
each.
When the referee first tossed the bail
between the ranks the Warrenton goal
was on the south. the "a airy on the nor. o..
Porter landed the emaculate wooden sphere
first, and carried very close to home and
victory. 1t was over quickly Lieut..
Stout gave chase and conquered. Less
than two minutes more saw the first goal
scored, and Stout was the scorer.
SToUT's BAD BREAK.
The period was young. Goals were inter
changed, but Stout forgot it. He sent the
bail sailing into the enemy's country.
Five hundred and ninety nine spectators,
for there was a deaf and dumb man among
them, told him OF what he mad don.., s.u.
he redeemed himself by a running back
play that sent the ball as far III the Iiunt
direction. Society cheered. Lieut.. White
did what Stout had all but done anu Inc
was credited with the score that was maze
the next instant.
There was only one minute and thirty
two seconds left in the period, but the rules
ton -t.. -
are no fouls made.
Referee Moore let go the ball. There
was n rush. II got dangerously close to
Warrenton S haven. Affairs Become mixed
up 1T was a scrimmage and the band
played Cairo and society thought it 81
when it looked over at the men
and ponies all so close together Presently
the ball darted out and almost as swift
went Stout and his poney He scored again
and the period was over.
Lieut.. White gave way to Lieut. Rhodes
in the second period and the new officer
made goal almost as quickly as his
act can be related. In the second heat
failed to play polo as Fort Myer
or Philadelphia playsit. There We're plenty
Of fouls, that is, the ball went beyond the
limits and tried to get a glimpse of the
outside world. Porter did his best for the
but four daring riders were too
much for him. For the third and last time
Stout scored and the period was at In end
Porter had done some excellent work in
thlS period, however, More than once. 81.
had carried the ball beside his goal But
ais allies were not there to rescue him.
Short had made a terrific run across the
leld TO land the ball in a foul only a frac-
ion of minute before Stout scored II
was brave deed and society appreciated
it and again it cheered
SHORT SroPED
With the beginning of the third period
here was another scrimmage, Society
and others did not know exactly what was
going on and Lieut.. Short scored for the
first time. When the ball Went out a gain
he cavalry used 1t about as it desired.
barring the occasional Interference by
Porter, and Lieut.. Hyer made goal.
The referee dropped the ball again.
small boy who foundthe day before Hallow-
zen wearing away very slowly had come
,ut to see the game.
When lie saw what the troopers were
lolnG this time he explained the situation |
IS dead easy and that part OF society |
hat heard him laughed and said VI guessed |
L was. There was really not much honor |
or Hyer when he made his second goal. |
md the third one for the period If any |
one could roll off log he could have made |
that score.
When the ball went forth in the fourth, |
Lieut.. White caught it ON his stick and |
,arried it close to home. Through eX- |
itemcnt, or something else, Flyers horse |
vent down and spilled the rider. This |
lid not prevent. the officer from speedily |
mounting, however, i'll time TO get up |
lnd make the only score of the period. |
n the first, Dundas, Of Virginia, had shown
ms Willingness, though no one ever really
loubtcd that that virtue was not present |
among an the players and tonk the snboro
nack to the center Of the field 1t merely
prolonged the struggle and did not inter.
'upt the continued performance of goal.
making that was being carried ON hy the