The evening world., 1911-06-10

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with regular formation. The Americans
seemed TO trust more 10 luck. speed
and a good clout.
English Saved Their Ponies.
The second thing was a difference in
mounts. The Englishmen seemed to be
saving their ponies. while the Ameri-
cans raced at furious speed at all dis
tances, never slackening. Often. when
It was head to head, the American pom
les pulled AVA from the English han
| Oily. whitney has more tina seventy
| ponies In training" remarked a London
correspondent In the press stand. I'VE
have thlrty-six. The American ponies
are the best In the world, for Whitney
| spent $50, 900 only "a little while ago buy
ing up the best we had In Englan nd.
Half OF your ponies are English. They
have been trained here for a long time
and are acclimated. Ours have been
here only two months. They aren't at
their best yet. Why, last time Mr..
Whitney played In England no sent his
ponies over nine months in advance, to
be sure and have them ft."
Whatever the reason may have been.
the American ponies seemed to have the
edge In speed, and so did the players.
In 2ia minutes Larry Waterbury had
driven the ball WITHIN a few feet OF
England's goal. and Monte pushed II
over. From that time on, In spite OF
reducing penalties, the American score
never dropped below the British. Once,
In the nfth period, Lieut.. Edwards, Tor
England, took the ball nearly the whole
length Of the field and made a goal that
eveued the score, so hat IL stood lla tC
IL. 1t was a beautiful piece Of play
But almost before the cheering had
! died out the Americans, In a sudden and
resistless furry. had driven the bal
down the field n Larry Waterbury,
had made a goal. Again, in nfty-sever
seconds more. Larry made another goal
Il looked like a landslide. The EnglIsl
were game, They never stopped fight
ing, and before the period ended Lieut.
Edwards had scored again. Now II wa
America. az: England, %. From tina
time until the end America held tn
lead.
About this time Two important thing,
happened. over to the west there Wal
u fuint buzz, tfen a rumhilng sound
then a rapid hrc OF staccato eNrlo
sions. IN aeroplane swept over IN
!, g.aud stands at n great height II wa
during a rest period. and me GROVE
! had plenty OF time to stare. All face
were turned to the sky. The aeruplar'
: circlod far aW ay to the southwark an
: started back. Il slowly heeled oNc
= until It was pointed down toward IN
= field. There was IA moment of alarm
9 hut the great mechanical bird cam
: down soaring like a hawk and sal e
! steadily across the Enclosure a coupl
"a OF hundred feet M. As II Iasssd tn
u aviator tossed overheard a biz hulc
c OF geraniums, which fell on the H. {
The English players gallopel acro-
g and had the ground keepers remov n
flowers from where they had faller
Capt. Cheape put one IN HIS but OF
II hole, In q moment more the play wa
o. ON again.
d The second very important happenir
20 was Col. Roosevelt. who walked dow
70 along the length OF the west stan
n very brisily. to his box. All along ii
line people craned their necks and rul
le herei at the big gray sombrero. b,
y thore was no sound of the ancient Al
a plause, n noted lat every or
took care to keep a leeward eye G
70 the game. Waterbury scored agai
and the ex-Presldent was forgotte
NJ Polo was a matter OF some import ye
~ terday afternoon.
II The end OF the eighth period -four
2 Ergland PLAYING "A fast and furio'