The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-30
POLO MEN
At PRACTICE
Work Will Begin
With Week
End.
Twenty Players Will Be
in the List This
Season.
Field viii Be Prepared and Ar
ransements Completed for Sta
bling and Dressing Rooms.

Polomen will gather on the field at
Kapiolani Park on Saturday for the first
real practice work of the season, a sea-
son too which is expected to bring out
some of the best play that has been
seen during the life of the game here.
At the meeting of the club yesterday,
it was found that the membership was
now above fifty. and that twenty men
had signified their intention to take
part in the play.
After some discussion of plans COM
mittee, consisting of President DilIing-
ham, Captain Damon and Executive
Committeeman Dickey, was appointed
to have charge of the fixing up the field
and as we'll of making arrangements
for the care of horses at the park and
for a dressing room there. The plan is
to secure stabhng and the care of
ponies at the race track, and to jyet
the privilege of having a dress. ng
room, with shower baths and lockers
for care of uniforms.
1t was determined to arrange for a
tournament of Island teams TO be play
ed during the latter part of June or
teams can play. Representative Carter,
of the local club on the Association
board will be asked to get into COM
munication as soon as possible, so as to
learn the wishes and the outlook for
outside teams. The Union Feed Com
pany will offer cup this year.
Partial reports made show that Kauai
is now possessed of two teams which
are playing fine polo. The Lihue team,
on which the two Rice boys are play
ing, has had the best of the argument
until recently when the Kealia team
has shown, defeating the Lihue four
last week The Kauai teams are well
equipped in the matter of horses. The
Spaldinge are mounted on the best of
stock, while Francis Gay has rendered
the Rice boys the best of his stables
for use.
Maui has taken up weekly practice
play and will be in the field with
stronger team, perhaps, than last year.
The average of the stock will be higher,
and the Baldwin equine stars will have
able and ample support in horsefiesh
way. There has been little found out
in connection with the Hilo four, but
it is not thought that the men there
will abandon the game.
President Dillingham; reported that
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year would be a great one in California,
as there would be some of the best
men from the East out for the season,
including the Gould family team, and
he invited the Honolulu men to send
along a team for play.
Captain Damon told of his trip. in the
polo sense, saying that he found that
in New York there was a preponder-
ance of non-playing members on clubs,
while in England the majority was the
other way. In England the game is
now booming, there being many clubs
and each has it's field in such demand
that the members have to belong to
several clubs if they would hope to play
weekly. the custom being for the men
who wish to play to put up their names
and secure a chance if there is va
cancy. AS to horses. Mr.. Damon said
that at the polo pony show the aver
age of the animals was below the local
horses, especially in training, they be-
ing hard to stop and slow to get under
way.
The club will make collection of
photographs of the teams and play dur
ing tournaments, expecting that in time
it will have a club house.
Among the many players Of the sea
son there will be men who will keep
one pony ana play curing Two peIIOuS
only of the club games. Among this
kind OF players viii be Secretary Car
ter Justice Perry, Judge Stanley, Judge
Carter, Montague Cooke, J. P. Cooke, |
S. NJ Ballou, Harold Giffard, B. G.
Holt. y. c. Potter. A. NJ. Brown, c. F. |
Frank Andrade and 9TH
ers. The play of Saturday will give the
captain a chance to form teams. which |
will begin the seasons practice work |
to the selection of the club |
four.