The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03


| " the Brighton PJlo club gave an eH-
! lubiliOn ~ the GAIns On the inner h-ld
q the track al the fair grounds. This
I year Mr.. Herbert jOin@d the Nsstchester
Polo Club and he took part in the cpening
match on tho Prospect Park Parade
! Grounds In June. 1870. The teams were
of Ave players and each had two suhsti-
tutes ready For the Queens county
4 hunt IN red and black shirts we're p. Gray
Srswold. Hermann Ossrichs. Pierre LorIl-
iard. the junior OF that period: y. IA
hrowski aud y. T. Iselin. With n. W.
hElleck and a. Hitchcock substitutes.
Sporting the yellow aud black colora Of
: The Ne-tchestsr Polo Club Were Harry
Oeirichs. Carol Bryce, W: Sanford.
"a L. Herbert and August Belmont. also
. then junior. with Adolf Ladenburg
and ". OOthout the substitutes.
There were games ct Prospect PARK
I three times a week each player stabltnR
from four "a SIX ponies near by. and after
ward there were always ana or more
4 drags with toplOads Of the polOlsts and
their women friends 20 drive To the Man
haitian Beach Hotel for dinner. Before
/ beginning a period the teams would line
up behind chalk line near their goAl
and charge when the hall was put into
! play. The onside rule prevailed - it
does still in England and u break the
formR ton by an otfride dash they termed
-Eneaking On this field the system OF
assistance plays. now called team work !;
.
this principle Of give and take had bean
! grasped each player tried - make the
goals on his own bat, regardless 81 the
others on his side. In one of the two
on a side matches that were frequent
then Mr. Herbert suggested that he
should knock up the ball and Mr.. Belmont
make the drives for goal. One playing
back and the other forw ard. they became
lnvincible in two side matches. and the
/ four side teams took up the method.
n. R-lI - samaA Al
in the newt move OF the polo PLAYERS.
which was TO open a fine ground - nth
avenue ELi IiDtiI Eirs--i, extending 10
18th street The idea IVES to have a
central ground for the different polo
I team. aud tn establish a Manhattan polo
/ rssociation The opening was on May -.
issO. by metch lsetween the Blues
August Belmont W Sanford. ~. T..
/ Herbert and n W Halleck-And the
/ Reds Herman Oelrichs. Y. = I=sAn.
WPs lacrosse on some DAYS hetW0en the
polo games and az other dates tug 81 war
competitions and athletic mecta. Mr.
Belmont was The leader in the enterprise
/ was In his name. In June the Vest
chester Polo Club opened its earliest
/ grounds 20 Newport end the ponies were
sent there. The polo games were con-
tinued during the spring and fall Of 1891
/ by the Manhattan Polo Associate hut
there were 90 many blank days that the
grounds were nearly always closed and
/ became q white elephant. There was
need of . baseball field ard q nine in this
city and throysh the urging 81 an sgen,
a favorable lease and started the Metro
politsn BASEBALL Club. There was .
grand stand and bleachsrs all ready and
the only cssh required WIS to buv the
there was . change 20 the field On the
Lynch estfte &c Ninth avenue and lSSth
street. They cslled u the Polo Ground
after.the old locst on. and hers. Es in other
cities. the title has become associated
with baseball
Mr.. Herbert saw the opening match
NJ Newport in iSes between the HuTling-
ham and thu Weatche-ter teams and on
September - and q he was referee in
the frrt championship &c tho Polo As
-ociaiion for the gold r,Ip presented bv
William Waldorf Aston through the Tuxedo
Club. II was held At Prospect Pork and
won by the MyouiS Hunt club team
The Polo A&soctatioM had been organized
IN lseO at New York 10 regulate the at
fairs ~ the game and to prepare a hanCii-
cap systeIn that by a system Of indi-
vidual allowances IN goals would edualizs
he chances 81 teams made up 81 good
or weaker PLAYERS. The tournament
circuit has leon built up and maintained
through the foundation stone of wise
handicappinR
Poln Association is tho Official name.
although IL - often referred a. ~ the
Ameri,al Polo Association and - on
titled 10 the more dsinitive appellafion.
7 1sre were eight clubs represented AZ
the inaugural meeting Meadow Brook
Hunt Club. Ro"kAwav Hunting Club.
Tssex county Country Club. Country
cub ~ Wsstch~s,sr Morris County
PDio club. Philadelphia Country Club.
N"-tche-teT Polo Club AMI OYSTER Raw
Polo Club. n. T.. Hsrh-y' vas elected
Tho chairman. ~. ". Bird secretary.
o. nd a. their associates 81 the COMMITTEES
JOHN y. CoWdin. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr..
I G. Potter aud Douglas Isobbinsun. u.
The R'inalo Polo tlup which dates 20
i-7-. made haste ~ join and there are
now 'hirfy Eve c'g',s IN ~" roll besides
ih- Army aud Accessory clubs. which
cover we-t Point and every fort or post
that keep up polo. Ihrr" arr over go
narps- on this years handicap list.
n the annual meeting ~ ths Polo a.
soctatiun ~ March there were dates as /
~ zned for fifteen club tournaments and |
al~o the championship <Hrne- during
August At the Point Judith t"untry Club /
Nara Ransett Per Mr. Herbert and other +.
members 81 the committee are promoting
"a ..;i;s .3'3s'z ;!se E;:~rr-s - chs sS'S !
carnival n Georgian Govt, Lakewood.
The Polo AssoCiati,sn challenged in i9Ie !
for the International cup won bv the
birmingham Club ~ Newport IN 1879. is
teaT0 losing ~ Two matches 10 one
Those who went over were FoLhaIl y.
Kesne captain: y. VI Waterbury. Jr l..
Waterbury and Y L. ARdssiZ
After a long training Riid Cnref'Il selec
ton of ponies Meadow Brook team
Organized hy ". y Whitney and Of which
10 vas captain decided on an English
visit last wear 80 swing through the oper
tournaments Tbs outline ~ q Measure
trip lecamS modified. for n the 1910
general meeting ~ the Polo Association
Nr Herbert took the initiative IN moving
= vote II confidence ~ the Meadow Brook
team should Mr. Whitney a. captain
decide to challenge for the cup tho pro-
r,o~aI h..in0 carried una ninously. There
was = ohailenRe sent and accepted with
'hs. result. that the Meadow Brook team
rega ned the trophy Al birmingham nv
va rnntch~~ 10 naught winning IN June y
los goals Ia ) and oH July ; hv sto:
Ther- was a dinner To the team n. p.
Whitney. y NJ Waterbury,. Jr.. l.. Water
hurry. Dev~reauN Milburn aud l.. y. Stod-
dsrd az snare man i~ndered nv the
Polo ASaociRtion ~ DelmcnicO's on No
vemlJ.r = last and the international cup.
n massive -IiN - trophy nearly three feet
high. a. UH Jew after b-inG an sVua-
triats for twenty -throe years. The dir
~ r Counittes. consistsi ~ II T.. Herbert
William 4. H'zart. a.. " Bird and August
E...iVrnt,f ,,f Ngm Nork II I. AHaaair and