The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-10

English ponies seemed speedy enough
but our ponies surpassed them in quick
s,ops and fast turns IL was terrific
game for hooking mallets and for riding
Of. the latter at no time being unduly
rough. and there were no accidents what
ever. There was "A foul against Edwards
for crossing Whitney. and Of the Ameri-
can team l.. Waterbury was penalized
for fouling. hooking Wilson's mallet. and
later again pcnaliZed for crossing him.
There were two safety plays in the first
period forced on the Americans, Milburn
and Whitney each having occasion to
evade a rush of their opponents by hitting
over their own goal lines Whitney IN
the first period and J NJ. Waterbury.
Jr., had spills from their ponies. but each
remounted quickly. There We're enough
mallets smashed to supply souvenirs for at
least 200 and the grooms in HE two camps
were pestercd for the splinters by on
lockers. who wanted them IA me'nentos
Of a great polo di
As usual baskets filed with extra balls
and punches Of extra mallets we're placed
about the field to he handy in an emer-
gency Regarding mallets Edwards alone
was faithful TO the fiat hammerlike head,
the others using the rounded heads that
suggested a bungstarter. The larger
ones. such as Whitney. Milburn and
Wilson carried. we're of the La Gallasie
type; the others. such az the Waterburys
used, the ordinary unpanted cigar shaped
head 1t was noticed tha, the taller the
PLAYER the shorter the shaft of his mallet
The Englshmen played with gloves. but
the Americans only wore gloves on their
riding hand They believed in having
the hitting hand bare to get firmer grip
and to give the fingers a more delicate
control of the malet in the poky. drib-
bling hits when the feel of the club on the
ball helps the stroke.
Polo ponies always have their names
and heads clipped short so that the malet
will not be entangled with the hair in hits
over the ponies necks II is odd that the
opposite of the pony in height and weight. 4.
the massive draught horse. has also
clipped name.
ENGLISH SLOW THINKERS.
An opinion Of the play from Pat Jones
Of Texas, who went over with the ponies
60 Hurlingham in 1902 with the Polo Asso-
citation players and also witnessed the
two games in 1909 in birmingham. is GER
tainly from an expert. Think this way.
said Pat Jones. who is as tall as a syca-
more tree and a typical Westerner. An
Englishman is a slow crit,er TO get in
action. but a fighter TO the death when
started. just likewise as a gamecock My
opinion is thai their think works are slow
and that at polo while they are getting
ready you notice that our men often seal
away with the ball But the Englishmeu
played great to-day. although cramped
for ponies. hut as they knew what they
were up against they should have brought
over more seasoned ponies and of the right
stamp
Robert f. Strawbrdge of Philadelphia
was the referee, and the umpires we're
Joshua Crane of Boston for America and
Capt +. ". Barrett for England. Barrett
and Lieut.. Palmes we're substitutes for
tho chalengers and Foxhall Keene. Louis
E. Stoddard and Malcolm Stevenson wer.
ready ss substitutes for the defenders
The goal umpires we're ". Stro,hers Jones
of the Rumson Country Club and X. Law
renee Smith. NJ. +. II. of the Smithtown
Hunt. The lineup was:
America No. I. l.. Waterbury. No >.
J. NJ. Waterbury. Jr.. No. =. II L. Whitney
back. Devereux Milburn
EnglandNo. !. Capt. L. 81. George
Cheape; No. >. Lieut.. y oel Edwards No. ,,
Capt. J. Hardness Lloyd back. capt. "A. II
Wilson.
THE PONIES USED.
The following is a list of the ponies
used in each period by the players. from
which it will be noticed that Lloyd might
well have had two or three more under
saddle. Those marked with an a>terist
are American bred.
Whitney-Periods / and 5. brown mare.
Balada: periods ? and .. bay geldins 'Hob-
son; periods and :. brown geldng. ton-
over period =. bay Gelding. tortontail
period s. chestnut mare. Ballerina.
MilburnPeriodsi / and >. black geding
Tenby; periods and 8. chestnut mare
Ralla: periods and !. chestnut mare. Miss
Hobs. periods and S. white gelding White
Rock.
L. Waterbury Periods ! and s. black
mare, Cinderella. periods 2 and g. bay
geldine. Kinghsher periods and :. bay
mare, sSellie: periods and :, bay mare
sBerta.
J. II. Waterbury. Jr.--Period- and 5
black mare Little Mary; periods and O.
brown Relding. 'Iaqui. periods and :
bay mare. Acushla period 4. bay gelding
Chief; period 3, black gelding. 'Mohawk.
Capt. Cheape-Periods l. and :. chestnut
mare, Nutmeg: periods and d. chestnut
mare, Excelite: period 3. chestnut mare.
Dorothy; period 4. bay galding. Tiger; period
2. chestnut mare. Affable.
Lieut., Edwards Periods l and .. gray
seldins, Pretty Boy periods and :. chest
nut geldins. Melton: periods and 8. bay
mare. Darling: periods =, gray geidins
sp1geon: period 8. brown marc. Swift,
Capt Lloyd-Periods I. and !. chestnut
mare, Energy: periods ?. and :. gray mare
Velocity; periods and Q. chestnut gelding
Machine.
Capt. Wilson-Period !. chestnut mare
Wilful: periods 2 and 8. gray mare. Alice
periods and q, brown mare. Wag'ail
periods 4, bay mare. Bugler, periods san,
I, gray mare. 'Pigeon II.
AMERICA SCORES FIRST.
At the first lineup II. l.. Herbert, chair
man of he Polo Association. walked on
on the field and cautioned the two um
pires TO strictly enforce any violations o
the rules if they should find II necessar,
TO do so. As he turned 10 regain the club
house Umpire Crane threw in the ball
and his was his duty throughout, Cheap
was quickest on the ball and started i
toward the American end. There was
,a I'm liuby t,lu aH do.