The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29
OUR POLO MEN TO GO ABROAD.
HURLTNGHAM CLUB CABLES AN
ACCEPTANCE OF ALL TERMS.
The Only Ofnciai Match for the American
challenge Cup since 1850
Agassiz and the Two w~aterburys Our
PLAYERS Dates Fixed for May.

Akneetx anu INC bWO VstSSousys Ous
Players Dates Fixed for Ma,
A oablegram was received from the
Nottingham Club, London. by the Ameri-
can Polo Association yesterday. stating
that all the conditions asked by our play
ers would be accepted. The acceptance
of the American Polo Association to the
~proposIt ion to send a team to play for the
Challenge cup won by the English play
ers at Newport In 1885 was sent by cable
on Thursday and the reply, conceding all
the conditions asked for. came by cable
Yesterday. The cable yesterday substan-
tiates the polo story In THE Sun OF last
Sunday.
There was no divergence Of opinion az
20 how the matches should be played, for
the English game has always been the
model of our p~oloists, but before accepting
the invitation, which was virtually a chAl-
lenee, our players cabled 10 the Nottingham
Club and stipulated that hooking mallets
and onside play must be barred. The
Nottingham Club cabled yesterday that
the conditions were agreed to and 1t will
change it's rules accordingly for the match.
The cable stating the hnal terms Of the
Americans was sent 20 the birmingham
Club on Thursday. after n consultation of
the men who are TO play with II. l., Herbert.
chairman Of the Polo Association, at the
Cafe Savarin, which lasted from l o'clock
until s in the afternoon. II was then re-
quested Of the reporter Of THE SuNthat
nothing should bo printed about the meet
ing until the reply was received from the
Nottingham Club. Those players at tho
meeting were the five players named in
u,,, St-N - G,,,Iau last- EoyhalI k.app
j. NJ. Waterbury. Jr.. l.. Waterbury, II, l..
Agassiz and John +. Cowdin. Besides
agI eeing 10 the conditions imposed regard
ing the play the Nottingham Club fixed
the dates of the matches for the last week
in May.
The time selected Is at the height of the
London polo season. when society attends
In force at Nottingham and Ranelagh.
Both are country clubs and within easy
access from town. birmingham, the older
Of tie two by twenty years, was flrst started
~ n gun club in 1867. but in late years all
other sports avo dropped into the back
ground except polo The Nottingham Club
l. the chief authority throughout the world
on this game. The location il on the
Thames at Fulham and n player has
desc ribbed IL a. a lovely oasis amid the
desert Oh COChIlcN Wins ny WHICH " II HuI-
rounded" There are two polo fields and
the Intcr-Regirnental tournament and the
most important tournaments Of the sea-
son are played there, the crack players and
ponies meeting at Nottingham every year.
Besides polo in t he course Of the summer
the birmingham committee holds horse and
pony shows and driving competitions for
coaches. : The Ranolagh Club was started
aE ~, u.s.. ,,,.Dlsa, - ,lA
Hurlingham Club. 1t was first situated
near Fulham. afterward n removal being
made 10 Barn Films where IL still fourishes.
IT, house and grounds are part Of an es-
tate which for 90 years has boon part of
endowment Of St. Paul's Cathedral.
The Ranelagh Club has one Of the best
golf links near London and its two fields
are a paradise for poloists. After the
special matches at birmingham tho Amcri-
cans will play in the June matches at Rane-
lagh.
The cup TO be PLAYED for was put up
by the Westchcster Polo Club for the inter-
national matches at Newport in 1850, The
team to play for it from birmingham was
made up of John Watson, Capt. NJ Little,
Capt. r. Hone ard Capt. 7 r. Lswley.
The hqmo ,Elayer; were Thomas Hitch
COCK, Jr, w n. morn, ROMAN hHenp, .
then a Harvard freshman, and X. X Bel
mont, who died a few years after. The
Englishmen had a sOmcw hat easy victory.
III ponies they mad that were mares were
eagerly bought up by our enthusiasts
and from them was established the breed
ingo Of good ponies here. Now the Eastern 4
bred ponies. though ia the minority hold
thtir own with the pick of the r~anch-pred
stock. which l. now quite t~hree-CuattHrs
thoroughbred. In England our Iuule,
ALL have against them thoroughhrsd-.
on-s Zen, over from Ills country
MI Watson, now Sir John Watson. bore
the cup to England ana presented II tp the
ilurliaghnm Club II lcar- thi- Inscription