The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-16

great travellers, and Wheeler should have
little difficulty in making up a team for
0nwentsia.
Incessant rains have married the open
ing tournaments both in this country and
abroad. Still there were good matches at
the three American tournaments TO be
decided at Hartford, New Haven and
the Country Club of Westminster. while
Squadron A has been holding triweekly
matches at Van Cortlandt Park. The
junior at Chicago. a. they did last year at
Newport. The pending tournament. in
which the final match will be played on
Saturday, is the annual combinatio OF the
Devon, Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia coun-
try clubs, The Rumson Polo Club OF Sea
bright claims June % to 20, Meadow Brook
from June 90 to July 3 and the Rockaway
Hunt from July 4 to is for annual tourna-
ments. This sill clear the way for Onwnet-
STA,
Both the senior and junior championship
are played without handicaps. The latter is
only open to teams of -four whose aggregate
handicap does not exceed twenty goals and
no one player may have a handicap in ex-
cess Of five goals. The senior is open TO any
team OF four. The latter is for a gold cup
presented by William Waldorf Aston through
the Tuxedo Club, while the perpetual trophy
in the junior event is the gift of Samuel
d. Warren Of Boston The senior dates Il
ton presents individual prizes to the mem
bers of each winning team, who also have
their names engraved on the cups.
There are a dozen good polo players
now abroad for the season, but there ie no
chance OF an international match at Hur-
lingham for the challenge CUP first won
by John Watson's team at Newport In 1888.
An American team, however. will probably
take part in the Paris international
matches, which are society rather than
sporting events OF consequence.
Wet weather delayed the opening Of the
British season more han two weeks. but IL
was in full swing by the first week in June.
Since then the newspapers have been re-
porting tournaments each week on from
eighteen to twenty-five different fields
in England and Ireland, for the game
does not seem to be played in Scotland.
Besides Nottingham, RanelaGh and Roe
hampton there are probably thirty polo
fields now in commission in Great Britain
exclusive OF the reRimental or parade
ground fields. So many fields argues
a multitude OF players and the situation
illustrates the odds against an American
team ever regaining the challenge CUP.
Foxhall p. keene II rated as a scratch man
this season at Nottingham. and at present
he is the only American player 10 have
that distinction.
A team Of Indian players. captained by
the Maharajah OF Bikanir. has arrived In
England and the players have been getting
into shape at Buckingham. They did not
bring their home mounts, yet despite the
handicap Of wet grounds and strange
ponies the visitors ave made a good inn
preston on the critics. The Maharajah
has stated that the team is not made up
OF the best native players Of Bombay,
but only OF players who represent fairly
the average skill at the game Of the anna
tours in India. They are soon to play q
match at birmingham will a team brought
from Madrid by the Marquis de Nillayieja.
The Spanish teara will then 60 20 Paris
for the tournament at the Bagatelle fold.
The Marquis 10 a noted poloist, He was
here in 1908 and WAs a locker on a. some
OF our polo matches at that time.