The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-15
WILL PLAY
ON kauai
Polo Men Spend
Fourth at
Lihue.
Match Arranged for an
Oahu -Four With
Eight Ponies.
Probabilities Are That No Tourna-
msnt Will Be HeId-Men
Who Will Contest.

Unless there shall be a change in
conditions there will not be a polo
tournament this year. This conclu-
sion has been reached after some earn
est work on the part Of the local club.
which has been most anxious to have
the representatives Of the other ISL
ands come down for a week Of play
during the summer.
There are a variety of reasons which
will operate against such a gathering
of the admirers of the sport Maui,
as the runner up in last years tourna-
ment, might easily have been expect
ed to come down for a week, but ow-
ing to the fact that the game should
be played earlier than last year, to
avoid the rains, the men from the val
ley island believe that their duties
will prevent their taking part in
tournament
From Kauai there would be no OBJ
lection, as the men there are rare good
sports and would make a try at the
play even if they knew they could not
win, which is by no means assured.
But from the other end of the group
there is little hope, for while the young
men play have not the horse equipment
or the backing to permit them to go
in deep enough, to allow the sending
of a four with animals fit TO compete |
in the tournament
AS in consequence it seems likely |
now that if there are inter-island |
games they will be isolated matches, |
made when a four can be got together |
and played at the mutual convenience
of the men. The first of these games |
will be that of July 4. which will take |
place on Kauai. The field for the |
sport is outside of Lihue, at a conven-
tent spot for both the Kealia and the |
Lihue teams, and there the Rice and |
Spauldings meet and contest at least |
weekly and have done so for the past
six or more months
The two teams on Kauai are fast
and hard players, lacking in some re-
spects the finish of the local player. in
team work, but that it something that
can come only after long and close
matches with the best teams. for the
play is developed only in such contests.
The two teams are made up of the
and the Spauldings and two native
riders. 1t is in this form that the
teams play as a rule. However, some
times for the sake of better practice
the teams break up into the Hawai-
ians against the haoles, and in one
such match as this recently. the ma
tive boys won the two hours play
with one goal. made by Peter Melina,
who was seen here with the Rices last :
fall. Ii
Having the pick Of the Rice. SpauI- /
ing and Gay horses there seems ev-
cry reason to believe that the Kauai S
team Will be the best mounted four 2
that ever will appear on a local field.
It is the intention OF the Kealia men
TO secure some trained ponies from
California soon. so that they may have :
he advantage of the schooled horses. n
put there are now in the clubs stables d
rs good animals as have ever been 6
played here. 81
The local team will be one Of the
BEST that can be arranged, owing 10
he fact that it has been chosen for /
he very purpose of meeting the condi- t
ions Of the Kauai field. The local G
tournament grounds were all too short Q
or the game. and the result was the 7
'lacing at a disadvantage Of the Maui a
cam. its men having practiced on a [
onger field. The Kauai field is Of the +
ull length, 900 feet, for this reason q
he men chosen are the hardest drivers !,
Z the local players. Captain Damon v
Fill play No. l. Robert Atkinson. No o
W F. Dillingham;, No. 3. Charles a
Dole. No 4. This is hard team to =
eat. and the men promise to give l.
God account of themselves in any Il
lay They will take eight horses. and e
he Kauai men promise to play only e
hat number so that everything NAV ?,
e Kept on an even basis. 1t is the II
xpectation that the local players will a
o down in the steamer OF Thursday. pl
uly 2 and return leaving Lihue on -
aturday evening. the Fourth of JULY. .,