The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-15

| baldWlns Revive interest.
The advent of these two boys into
the game was as good as any tonic,
though It was not sufficient in itself to
lift the standard of play in Honolulu to
its former plane. All the old-timers,
with one notable exception, had drop
ped out of the game and without the
support of mon like c. S. Dole, G. c.
Potter, r. w. Atkinson, A. f. Judd,
George Angus, John Fleming, H. Da-
mon, Alfred Carter, Antoine Perry, II.
Castle, J. p. Cooke, Charlie Judd, Gar
rett Judd, r. w. Shingle and G. Deni-
son, men whose names are writ large
in the history of polo here, it can haru-
ly be wondered at that the game lang
uished here. The one notable eXcep-
ton is Walter F Dillingham;, who for
the past ten years, with one omission,
has captained the team. That he was
absent from the one game was due to
complications of business which arose
on the eve of his proposed leaving for
Maui. His horses had been sent up
but he had to remain behind, much to
his regret, as well as that of all polo
players.
Fifth Cavalry Rival Oahu.
The arrival of the Fifth Cavalry in
Honolulu a couple Of years ago had a
splendid effect upon the game here, for
it brought into existence new team,
fired with enthusiasm, comprising good
men and good horses. Oahu was at
once puts on it's mettle to hold its
own against this team. The old ponies
and a batch of new ones were brought
into the game and a series of friendly
matches were played on the excel
lent cavalry field at Leilehua, return
games being played at MCanalua. The
Cavalrymen were adopts at the game,
and last year it was nip and tuck
for supremacy. In the minds of those
best qualified to judge the result be-
tween Oahu and the Cavalry seemed
open to argument right up till the
teams met in the regular tournament
last August. The result of this tour
nament showed that Oahu, while sue
cessful in its effort to hold its own
with the Cavalry, would have to bring
into the game more men and more, and
better, horses, if they hoped to bring
back the Wickman trophy which
went from Maui to Kauai in the last
tournament.
Polo's Popularity.
The discountenance of horse racing
in the Territory, and the race-meets
which were feature in the days OF
the Monarchy has not killed the love
of the people for the thoroughbred nor
the racing spirit, which is still keen
throughout the Territory, though polo
is the only game which keeps alive
that spirit. This is the one big rea-
son why polo still holds it's place in
the hearts of the people.
Change in Horses.
Horses, of course, enter largely in
to polo, the best-mounted team enjoy
ing distinct advantage over the 9TH
ers. Since polo was first played in
Hawaii a radical change has been
made in the character of the ponies
used in the game, change which has
also been made in England and Amer
lea. Thoroughbred strains have been
introduced and a small race horse has
taken the place of the chunky pony
which was used in the early days. Ha-
wall has provided some exceptionally
fine polo ponies, thanks to the fore
sight of such we'll known race horse
enthusiasts as W. H. Rice, H. P.
Baldwin, w. H. Cornwell, Sam Par
ker, the Horner Bros, Paul Isenberg,
Chas. Judd, the Kinds and the Hal
steads, who imported thoroughbreds
and crossed them with the hardy little
Hawaiian mares, producing a very
satisfactory type of polo pony.
An event of more than usual in
terest to polo players in the Territory
took place yesterday when the polo
ponies of Oahu were moved down to
their new quarters at Moanalua, there
to remain under the care of Peter
Harmon until such time as they are
pensioned off or are cast aside. The
old string has been added to by
horses picked up whenever promising
material could be found and there
have been some few importations for
the Parker Ranch, Horner Ranch and
the Oahu Railroad Ranch from Cali
fornia. While it is yet too early in
the season to make any forecasts as
to the ponies it is safe to assume that
as Peter Harmon will have the hand