The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-24
EXPECT To PLAY
HAWAIIAN TEAM
Burlingame Polo Men Ready
for Contests With the
Local Four.

One of the choicest events on the
polo program of the Burlingame coun-
try club for the coming season will be
a match game with the crack four OF
the Hawaiian polo club in the stadium
of Golden Gate park the park commits
sioners consenting. Twenty ponies,
the property of the Hawaiian players,
will arrive in this city early in Janu-
airy, and will be made ready at San
Mateo for the games in which they
will be played.
The present intention of the Bur
lingame clubmen is to open the season
later than usual, but to carry it out,
once started, with undated vigor. The
horsemen will have three fields in and
about San Mateo on which to play, and
they have also promised to appear in
several games in Golden Gate park,
which field will be in readiness for
them at any time.
pronounced one of the, most artistic
ally located of any in the country. win
be dedicated this season. Charles w.
Clark's private field at Ell Palomar has
been kept in condition all summer, and
will be better this year than ever be-
fore. Clark has announced that he ex-
poets to entertain his friends and the
residents of the countryside at his
country place during the week of Feb
ruary %. There will be two days of
racing and the balance of the week
will be given over to polo.
F. ]. Carolan, who is in Europe, will
be home in ample time for the opening
of the season, and it would not be sur
prising if he brought over some play
ers with him. His field at Crossways
Farm is in condition for a hard cam
paign, and it is expected that some
exciting games will be played there
during the season.
After the February meeting at Ell
Palomar the players and their ponies
will go to Coronado for two weeks or
equestrian sports. There Is talk or
games at Los Angeles. Riverside and
other southern cities, and also a meet
ing at Del Monte. The present idea
of the officials of the California polo
and pony racing ass ,c'.Ltion IS to ar
range for these meetings IN advence
bv building up a scheduis they know
they will be able to carry put.
r. NJ. Tobin, who returned recently
from Europe, met all the prominent
plavers while there and took part IN
a number of matches. Such proininen MT
plavers as Major Buckley Johnson
Captain Fred Guest, Captain de Cres-
pigny. L.rd Woodhouse and others
promised to make polo pilgrimage
to this: coast F. J. Mackey. who or
e,anized several of the English teams
which played here, is in New YORK
and is expected to come here
The cup offered by the Coronaao
country club for international eomp7-
tition is attracting much attention at
Shreve's. where it is on exnlpltlon' II
is pronounced the most valuable polo
trophv ever offered. 1t is the opin-
ion of the players here that II 1t eoui1
be exhibited in England the players
there would never rest until they had
made at least one attempt 10 make u
their own.
There is an inducement for the play
ers TO come here, as they could PICK
I'M some choice ponies. the poules
from this coast and from Texas seem
+o lead the world in polo. They nave
the required burst of speed and are
handler in stopping. and turning. X
NJ Tobin attributes this chiefly to the
fact that they are ''hackamore broke.
TIE hackamore has the appearance 81
a halter and is usually made of morse
hair. The lower band is FASTENED
tightly over the nose and jaw ano
therein lies the magic OF the lnstru'
ment. Horses will not fight II as theS
will a severe bit. and 1t IS possloie !.
give them their polo education without
injuring their mouths.
robin took four ponies to England