New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-05
SCHOOL RESERVE P)N[|
Plenty of Mounts for Mead.
Brook Polo Four TO-DAY. !
READY FOR EMERGENcIr,
Unexpected Strength Of Obi,
lengers Makes Short odds
for Second Match.

Ten Of tho reserve ponies were srA..,
for the Meadow Brook polo team y.,,.'.
on the field at Phipps Field Old wevs--9
Long Island. In addition the r.r..
mounts were exercised. so that thsr.. :.
be no lack ~ ponies for the second r,,.
Of the international cup series in whl.h !.
American defenders will meet the rysN
cavalry officers this afternoon. Pa
Payne Whitney arrived ~ the field ~.
tho ponies were leaving. all blanks,ed
led by a groom. Larry Waterbury se.,-
panied him. When asked what Va. !.
significance OF the ten additional po..
being tried out and schooied he rs,s-
that II was his opinion that the match
day would be one Of severe trial for a.
cup defending team.
we have never moderated the En-.
challengers. and certainly should no. a.
after the way in which they played -
Thursday" ssid Mr.. Whitney. The ~.
have been brought out so that they ms,I
ready in the event OF an emergeney 4
fancy We are likely to need them. Ann
match, on Wednesday"
II may be added here that the sportrnrl
ike confidence Of the Britons and their slr
did Workmanship and hitting in wha, M.
practice they have INDUCED In s.nu I'd
match Of last Thursday. when tire Arsl
cans plucked victory out Of desea. by
score OF ~ goals to 3, appear 10 tus-,!
the opinion Of the American captain ~
his solic,tous watchfulness over his pc,I
and men.
Eve, favorites with Harry Payne wh.rv
Chestnut and Phoebe, IN the special s.r.j
OF Monte Waterbury: Goblet and sorcs.'
used by Larry Waterbury; Jack Tar. rt41 !
by Devereux Milburn IN the internsro.aI
cup matches at birmingham In lse; J,s.'
Dick and the new gray English pony, ID
jay, when Monte Waterbury has togM Il
markedly fast on the ball.
Monte Waterbury and Mlburn v@s<
the ponies for more than two hours ~
they practised hitting the ball. \
worked the long shots, the offsides v:
Milburn. who feels that he did not do |
self Justice in the match last Thurs3
repeatedly tried his long shots going ~
hard galop. There was not one Of &
ponies but worked like a machine. 7
Rallops delighted q great crowd tha, canS
10 the field in automobiles and every othei
sort Of contraption run on wheels u
fact. all day there was a crowd eager
watching the stretch OF turf. the stsriS
and anv horse that seemed 10 appear "a
a polo pony. Probably more people visit
the grounds than will sit and watch 4
second OF the cup matches this afterrocr
while the ball and mallet practice u,
going on Louis f. Stoddard, the substti
of the Meadow Brook team. looked on e
advised from the sideboards. He n
along with Harry Payne Whitney Il
Larry Waterbury, neither OF whom
into the saddle during the day.
Students of the game appeared 70
generally agreed that the problem W
confronts the English players is TIA.
matching their long hitting and biz
shots and general all-round knovledg
the game against the team WORK o.
American players as developed oy
wears close contact and the speed Of
Yankee stable, half Of which was reer.
ir other lands In the light Of these "a,
in the game. betting among the hunt7 e
/ and country clubs, while still fayona
| Americans, was al comparatively
odds. A number of wagers were rse'-
O., 10 and 8 20 3, but the long ca.
quoted before Thursdays match
evaporated before the unexpected sue
OF the challengers.
The English players devoted ne
chiefly 10 social duties. Capar
| Hardness Lloyd was the guest OF
! Hazard at the Meadow Brook Cluo'
| tain F. W. Barrett and Lieutenant a
! Edwards spent the day with A q
| Duncan. upon whose estate the pona
the English team are quartered. CF r.
| III. Herbert Wilson and Lieutenant III
Palmes remained at Cedarhurst' aIe VI
tain Leslie st. George Cheape NsNs 81
| Roslyn.
! The Same arrangements of special ~
will he made from the PennyM
terminal. at Sd street, and the ~
station. Brooklyn. az intervals TOE
| to $40 O'Clock. The first Of te
periods of the match VIII begin pV1
at 40 o'clock.
While the Americans need only oas
victory 10 settle the question or sup's.
the English challenCers remain lor
match. which will he decided on wee
or Thursday. according 10 the weau.
regardless of the result Of to-day ~