The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
READY FOR PUBLIC POLO.
POUR TEAMS ENTERED ron THE CHAM
PIONsHIP AT PROSPECT PARK.

The Matches - Ne Held Rapt. Is, 10, and
aS-Foxhaii Kseno to Play-PInns for
Junior Contests at the Rockaway Hunt
ing Club for the W. A. Hazard Trophy.
Polo. fastest OF all sports on horseback. will
BE- seen at ito best this year In the annual
cham pionship matches OF the Polo Association.
at Prospect Park, Brooklyn. on Monday. Tues
day and Saturday. Sept. IL. 10 and %. Each
OF the four teams entered has chance and hot
play will consequently be tho outcome. Since
the first cham pionship tournament In 1898.
whom the Myopia team won from Rookaway.
but only by q narrow margin after Foxhall
Ksene had been injured By an upset in the
third period, the anal contests have not besn
close but thf year he he Trsss S q;
away. in 10. won easily. and the same story
os S Sd @ Bn ts s
different story will By told; An outline Of the
ing skeleton OF the programme.
Fra. Match. Mons.y. tept ls between Myopi.
bury. Jr Toihsl ks.no. j. Z. coSdn and i.IWstsr.
s;o:sS %.tsS: Ta..dsy; Sept, 70. between Devon
" Es. e. %s, ss G. sss Ss.
Final Match, between winners Of prelminaries,
Saturday, Stpt 20.
Play begins at 9 P; N. each day. Tho dates
Polo Association; The entire parade ground:
and tho ponies. viii Be- FREQ to the bubble.
There will be no grand stand or reserysd en-
Re tho for the :s and ). ,Ss
grand sporting holidays. and nil who love good
riding snd fast s.lornF are yods On. The
The boundary boards OF the playing field.
Boundary ropes. SO that none Of the spectators
viii be n danger when the ponies arc rushed
Aside from the the title tho winning team has
to- the s FVSS psSo
Tuxedo Club Tho tournament differs from
OF county clubs oniy in the fact that is played
WHICH, u are ssmi.s in their nature. the club:
IL the Polo Association prefer 70 play under
that s tie teams are made 90 up q the very Se,s
men, But tho Prospect Park games are
as any ,SG
handlcaps are preliminary training for this
yenr. for the handicap matches between the
four teams entered has not produced decisive
| the Issue between them.
az sh1 az :bo
change being the substitution OF n. II. Holmes
for +. BlackWood Fay. The Westchester team
halls from Newport. not the Country Club OF
Westchester. to which place ths original West
its attempt TO establish polo on the grounds at
me m hers however. J. N. Waterbury, Jr and
b. 0Sh ss. s tsaa @S
tho other two. FoIhall Keene, and j. y,
were 1s.m m: II 4 tn 64on il
made up OF tho best men In the Philade lphia
group Of clubs and Meadowbrook,s four is the
except that Thomas Hitchcock. Jr,, will not
With Hlchcook. -Eustis and Whitney, Nleoli
played on the Meadowbrook championship
team Of W. 90 that no he's the necessary ;N s ex.
tho crowd. Tho match will be in Tour periods
Of fifteen minutes each. actual play. time be-
tween goals and delays not counting.
Following the chempionshiP there vii DO
dlesps It the Som syaet County Polo Cub. Sent.
from Oct. 4 I. There viii also DO toprnn.
%ents at St Louis Chicago and Buffalo. on
original conditions. that the teams must be
made up Of threo players under the age OF
81. who live in the Immediate .neighbor-
hood Of those clubs which arc members OF the
Thr ps, 81
tive names. The teams will be handicapped
by the Polo Association, Tho prize. known as
tho Junior Polo Club. has been presented by
William A Hazard. 70 become the property OF
individual prizes In each contest The first
contest will be on the field Of the Rockaway
Hunting Club at Cedarhurst. Sept 25 to Sept