New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

, throughout the entire game. He takes as
much interest in polo as his rider, and only
regrets that the limitations of human lam
guage won't let him read polo publications
or talk il over with the men In the game.
He Is now seven years old, tough ana
handy But he has to play at least two
seasons before he mas gathered all the
tricks of the game into his forehead be-
meath the white star-and then he is tit
to be called a champion. BY this time he
is nine years old. has seen life, has ac-
qured workable philosophy and be-
come a complete success. His value has
risen with every upward step. and his price
is now 5000. II is said that Mr. Whitney
has paid about that for nearly every horse
that has won permanent place in the
string Of champions.
, The training in England is on the order
Of that used here, only that the British
are much more thorough about it. The
Americans have the great handicap in
their favor in the cow-pony training which
their polo applicants have usually been
through The English get their polo as
pirants from Ireland. as IA rule. II must
be an accident if the horse is small enough
for the purpose He hasn't been through
the hard life of the Western plains, The
rigors OF which would make him small and
hard and 1.-THE: but the Irish horse has
grit. Is intelligent. has hardness. and, in
many cases. is small enough He partakes
of the regular Irish characteristics.
Once In England. he is put in riding
school 10 season. He sticks here for per-
haps three years. Then if he has done
well in all things and deserves the honor.
they begin his polo training. The English
trainers are much more conscientious in
their drilling and education than those OF
this country-that is to the polo training
proper. But the English pony has missed
the steer-chasing experience which fell 20
his horsefesh American cousin and that
means whole lot.
Dealers and breeders have hocked to
New York for the international games.
and. as a result, there Is just now bear
ish outlook in the polo pony situation The
added interest felt all over the country in
the game and the stimulant thereby in
iected into the sport is expected to over
come any temporary slump in prices.
Along with the horses came grooms ard
trainers who would look upon their horses
H- brothers II tNtN ultil CunSluef tnefl-
selves too ornery 10 claim relationship with
anything 50 perfect as a champion polo
pony.
why. sir" exclaimed ono Of the Eng
lsh grComs to visitor after the second
gamesof the series. If you knew as much
about that little mare Energy as III do.
you'd tax hon yer at when you came in
her stall. She's a rydy. she is. sir
Men who accompanied the strings that
gathered here from the Western ranches
are full Of stories 10 prove the quality OF
their horses. one of these dealt with a
little chestnut gclding that hailed from the
Texas Panhandle country. The man who
told il wore high heeled boots and though
he Just came along To tend Ia the horses
he probably would have Knocked half ones
teeth down his throat had he been called
Il groom.
lie declares that after the chestnut had
been playing for a year he got into game
AZ San Antonio and had all things going
his way. At critical point In the last
period there was scrimmage and the
chestnut lost sight Of the ball lie made
a mistake that any one might have fallen
fer in the excitement Of good game At
an III fated moment a little white Texas
bird-I think my narrator called II a
hedgewhiffet-aew IN among the horses