New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
POLO.
Camden Country Club Tournament This
Week-The Association Meeting.

Polo will be played this week Camden. 5. CO
where tho Camden Country Club will hold its an
nudl tournament. being the first big game or Sho
year in the series of the American Polo Association
Aiken will have team In competition for tn" cups
and possibly one teams may he picked
there arc number of Northern polo players In
the Southern resorts but no representative North
ern club vii h in tho tournament. Thrc" Gups ars
offered BY the camden cIub-the Challenge. the
Camden Country Club and tho Bohemia cup. The
Camden polo fel.. opened for play about tT" years
ago. Is in excellent condition now. and since tn9
organization ng IN" club polo In rho South has al
trdcted more attention than in former years
August Belmont has benn practising for several
days the Aiken polo fi"Id. and he Will be on mo
team from that club He has Il number or ms
best polo ponies With him. aud they viii probably
bo soen later IN the season uI the M"aiow brook
and other local ,Jun events. Th" ANIMAL Aiken
tournament viii fsIl"w camden and th"n tie SCUM
eru polo players will gradually mako fh"i- 7fy
northward got in trim for the biz events ~ tpA
year
The programme Of the Lakewood Clubs s0rruE
tournament has Just been announced IT," stn7e7
Will 10 held, usual. ou The ti@orGl4" court
grounds and the dates have been rzsd from April
y 10 May . Tho trophies offered ars tn" 'i.'rGIfrt
Court c1Ips given rs Mrs George Could and tho
Herbert trophies. given by r. T. F"~h"rt 'ati'-
man tho Polo AssociItio~- TFe. r1trSS close ON
April l. Pra~tro game Viii h" h'lI 81 Las" "N'ri
early in ApriI bur EiG field tI@~rS" tr'I0d ;
grounds will prorrhIs uot be- used until tic "s%'-
OF the tournament. Th"re ar" t7r"' E'''i P'.'
feIds At Lakewood. that # on" Is 31as 'l' -
by early practice it docs NOT i0I1r" t tari.jt''7
for first class tournament play M 'i'11 t-fN r"-
Gently purchased several now ponies from I"N'-'
and they Will 10 given som" hard I'I" FtIcti@1
previous to the coming cyruts-
The members "f squadron \ VII" trHj'.ri s1.~'.
Success polo last season iu skIEE trtI- T.ti.t
| for early and busy season Tn'.y VIII have
the use of the three fields IaI last tIas
parade ground at Van C7rtEfustt Park tE" poo
committee has mapped ont preliminary plan ~
Il hid t.~~4v-f
@ t44s H. Ih3H aoI5l i1s[ ST,I nd t3.r,v Tn.
first two days in each w~ak will h devoted chiefly
to PractiGS WITH L'rSitT si1EEgili' 49,
Saturday Plans viii ne mad" ar carly dfts for
the spring game with tn West P"5rf r1fd.f~ T.s,
spring game vii o.. PLAY ~ w., ! T l y -,
probably he held N JIn', after tH" SIf'!i',It
fIgqs fITr m69fh. I59ff l's Wee" III '''''i' ''
| Robert q. Lawrence. cartaiu "f H." rr,o con-
duties adutiut Of tn" 'fHtd-'H 10 u"t S,F". h71
sufficient time To devote to polo matters, The new
chairman. Ie,evltt J. Hunt WHO las 5-t sS~r. -
gan II Grace and J. -, Ni'1.'ls- The sI.'aIIIg1 I
by April 90 at the latest and eafhor n IN" weather
The squadron hopes to enter a team IN The Lake
| wood tournament The team viii b" entered f"-
rornmend4rIe SIirress last year and the conmfttN,
ms9 h%nTs f% nS as pos fn is & PS Ths @ 4aadTo
| will give its big oD"n tournament n The frii
ann9Hn&od Iast TGh t4a[ ~ @H1+i siI 81 ,rr
Vould "e n.id On. On sti'7. .1 ai,Lli
! meeting. \ number of important questions viii
/ come M including = discussion 0IHr the TfI'N7s
4 hut no radical changes looked frr At the pros
| eut time in tn" American c.". u VII prooI2ly,
/ ne definitely announced however. thar the coming
| Lakewood tournament will b" Tity"f under ths
| English rules. In connection With rhf d'S.uSS0rl
| Of England and America agreed 70 PlaT a toUTna-
/ ment under tho rules Of the other country. Ihs
| English tournament undar American rul'a viii ha
| PLAYED in the last week Of April AT tho birmingham
| CIub II is believed in r!IS w3tr That IL. 2rlCtL
polo PLAYERS will h0 able - appreciate more thor
ougHly IN" differences in rules and The result NAV
| he a compromise tho rule question. wh@rch'
each association will adopt sonlc features of tbs
| others code
| W. H. Hazard. secretary u the American Asso-
| riatinu. has been in Europe all winter. and -
| has held conferences with English polo
| pI4vrrs on this subject Hr VIII not r"tlrI 70
fh< country until late APrll. INT SOM" state
| meut from him regarding tho English Ni"V~ "'I
| subject Of rules Is expected ut ti.. annual
/ meeting WItP the exception of e. fSU MINOR
| amendments recently mad" hy The ElIrHnE.tf't
| cOrnnlIttea the difference in the rules E@GtT'iif
| 0ffsidc play and hooking mal.ets remain Hr-
| changed
| he announced the annual m"'fln-. aft pr"aHI.-
| fudir4t tion point a larger uuuhrr "t f1fIrt.-
/ than before. Ir Jl--lhlr tI.fr tEa
| ,hauriru-Hin tournament this year may T'fIT0 u
| Prospect Park. Brooklyn. wI'r" rf.. fE.Ht WstS
| held for e.vvr4I years. or IT mdE 81 10 \.tn 'NrJ-
| Iandt Park