New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-10
How the Players Fought
Up and Down the
Field in Furious.
Bitter Strife.

Nhen the ponies of the two polo teams
circled the field at Meadow Brook yester-
day 10 the applause of the admiring thou
sands just before the international match
began it was plain that II was to be battle
of fleet mounts as we'll as skilful men.
/ The English ponies looked In fine cOndi
ton. The rest had not harmed them
particle and they were altogether as
frisky as kittens. Captain J. Hardness
| Lloyd. the leader of the challenging forces,
| picketed his string with the fav0rite Energy
for the opening period. Then, in turn. he
rode Machine, Velocity, Dorothy. Again he
returned TO Energy for the fifth. and ended
the match in the same order he had PLACED
| the ponies in the first four periods Cap
| tain Herbert Wilson, in turn, used Wilful,
/ Wagtail. Alice. Bugle. Pigeon l; then VIII
| full. Wagtail and Bugle for the final per-
| iods. Captain Leslie ST. George Cheape
| got a wonderful lot out Of his mounts,
which he rode as follows: Nutmeg, Ex-
| celtic. Dorothy. Tiger. Nutmeg, EXcelite.
/ ANable and Nutmeg. Lieutenant Edwards
/ likewise worked his string hard and well
/ in the following order: Melton, Pretty Boy,
/ Darling. Pigeon II. Swift, Melton. Pretty
| Boy and Darling.
CHANGE Order in Using Ponies.
There we're a few slight changes from
the first match in the string of the Amer
leans ponies Larry Waterbury started
with his pet. Cinderella. Then, in order, he
rode King Fisher Little Nellie. Bertha,
| Cinderella. King Fisher, Little Nellie. and
finished with Alvernie. the fast California
pony. Monte Waterbury used his mounts
l Indian
/ Little Mary. Yaqui. Acushla. and at the
close he had out Polly, Mohawk and Little
Mary again. II was a changed assortment
of ponies also that Harry Payne WhitneS
used. He began with Baa6a; then. IN
order Hobson. Conover, cotton lah bai
ada Hohson. Conover, Ballerina and Nal
! lard. the latter an extra mount Inc
| redoubtahle Devy Mihurn rode Tenpy'
RoIa. Miss Hobbs. White Rock. Tenpy'
Miss Hobbs. and closed the match WIN
I Crawling and Silverbrook
Eefore the match began oil Of the players
| galloped ID and down the field, trying
I swings Of the mallet and long hits Tor inc
| hall There vas some delay occasioned
| becarse f the special trains being late, so
that II was nearly twenty minutes past the
! appointed time when Joshua Crane thre"
| the ball ia for the SECOND 'ld9h VI 'i'' ~
rernational teams England was playing
for the south goal. and Lieutenant Edwards
bi i in that direction. There were seVeral
aicl,ering charges about the boards as the
Pri,ons lowered near the Americans ana
threatened their goal. The ban was cross
inc IN front Of the American citadel 50 as
"a he dangerous Rather than take the
chances and as the Meadow BROOKS seeiheu
starting as poorly as they had done In the
nrst match Devy Mburn nt lor saie'''
Americans Score First Goal.
That safety proved wise move. II iihe"
nm tho. team in the centre and al the next
,hro,v-tn there was a splendid rally. Harry
PAYNE Whitney hit 10 the boards on the
southeast Of the field. Larry ana Mo'l'o
Waterbury set sail for the bail WIN INC
Pritons ploying rather widely. The Arneri-
cons, team work was in action by thIS
time Miburn spun The pan toW"'n w
moth goal for three-quarters the iehst" -
the field II was The signal Tor Larry '''.
Monte Waterbury 10 pick II up In iroh' -
,be posts. The two accomplished the uioh
so nicely that with Harry Payne Whltho'
riding off Captain Lloyd, the long s"o'
for goal was made by Monte WaterpurS
with Little>Mary, his mount, on the ga'io''
II was the first goal for the American cup
defenders. and the crowd loudly appiauue''
II came exactly minutes ana "a seoo
after the beginning Of the match ,a
Then the Brtons showed their mr.
Cantsio LLOYD had predicted that thsi