New-York tribune., 1900-05-21
POLO.
COMPETITIONS ARRANGED FOR ANNUAL
TOURNAMENT AT MEADOW BROOK
HUNT CLUB

Four competitions have been arranged for the
annual polo tournament at the Meadow Brook
Hunt Club. commencing this week The Hemp
stead Cups will be the first trophies competed for,
being open to teams not exceeding aggregate
handicap of twenty goals and with individual
player exceeding six goals. Three teams have been
entered for these prizes-Rockaway. Meadow Brook
and Lakewood The first game will be on Wednes-
day between Rockaway and Meadow Brook. On
Friday Lakewood will meet the winners in the final
matches. The makeup and handicaps of these
teams will be:
RocIaway-w. A. Hazard. 8: Rene La Montague tr.
fhSo Stevens e. caTenes Il Gacay
s. Appson oa III Sc sas5r & sqS tpSa Robert
J. Collier 4: P F. Collier 8; total. 16.
Three teams are also entered for the Meadow
Brook cups, open to teams exceeding a total handi-
cap of twenty goals. 1t will be by the men
who have been selected to play that star polo
may be expected. The first game will be on Mon
day. May 2s, between Lakewood and Meadow
Brook. and the final will be played on Wednesday,
May 30. between the winning team and Rockaway.
The competitors will be:
3D. %sfepury ooP & s. caFfes whesie
g. Ra2 Fssas
Rockaway-w A. Hazard 8; J. E. Johnson. o;
La Montague tr.. A. F. s. Conover, jr, g. total y
George Gould has given another evidence of his
polo energy in bringing together grand array OF
talent to faunt the orange and black colors IN the
faces of the "sky blue stars of Meadow Brook.
Kendrick and Wheeler two of Phadephia's
strongest polo men, and they both played on the
Devon team last year, when 1t won the Quaker City
championship. kendrcA has done some practising
Ola George Gould's Lakewood fields, and Wheeler
a spectator CT some of the Westchester games
last week, and off days did little practising
there. Monte Waterbury has been playing at
Lakewood. and he on the Lakewood team last
week at Westchester He did not show up so
strongly as last year at Cedarhurst, but he IS
likely to Jump back into his game almost any time
OF the Meadow Brook contingent. whitney Nicoll
and Eustis all in good trim, as they have been
PLAYING in several impTomptu games on the Meadow
re-entrance into the active polo world will be an
interesting feature Of the season. He was one of
and his rating six shows that he good one
6f o he srng tn shs of the
gar last m e9sr was the aa lively n,g
membered his polo as Exhibited when he made his
debut last year at Meadow Ne Brook could hardly
that beginner N makes such sss rapid S
year was % over and was ef at that gure in the
s
m m s IS sSe o ed IN m 0eaT
future Mackay will find himself advanced by a
clsrenee MaGkay hi has s,s been buying polo ponies
GT Tev ins e has s
ones in his string now. His favorite mounts last
FogS from Texas Thy hae eeg named
Sapho and ZaZa- The former is gray the
latter is chestnut and when either goes after
ball opponent has 10 be unusually well mounted
to get in ahead
r. L. Beeckman, whose handicap was recently
@ dueed f from I four to three played stronger game
in that style he will soon be put back his old
rating.
1t will be Of interest to prospective competitors
on teams for the junior polo championship to know
that perpetual trophy has been offered for that
contest by Samuel p. Warren Of Boston. an active
member of the Dedham Polo Club The conditions
will be practically the in the case of the
Astor gold cup for the polo pionship. 1t will
be held by the club whose team wins the Junior
championship for one year, and individual trophies
VIII to the victors. The junior contest will he
open to teams not exceeding aggregate handi-
cap of twenty goals. The conditions are being ar
ranged by the Executive Committee and will soon
be issued 70 the different clubs