Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-09
POLO TROPHY. IS
APPARENTLY
SAFE
English Finding It Difficult to
Get a Team Together to Meet
the American Four,

EngIand's chances of bringing back
the international polo cup. which
Harry Payne Whitney and his team
won for the United States three
years ago, and which an English
team failed to recapture year ago
seem to grow simmer as @time flies
by. For more than a year the Duke
of Westminster, who took upon his
shoulders theHresponsibility of bring.
ing the cup to- England once again,
regardless of cost, has been working
tc get together team that would be
reasonably sure of giving the Ameri.
cans a good fight, but events of the
last few days have demonstrated that
he has been unsuccessful. $50 poorly
has his star ombination performed
that it is unlikely there will be an
English challenge next year, as was
confidently expected.
Financial Loss. z
; 1t probably will be remembered
that the Nottingham club, which sent
over the English team last year, fail
ed to meet expenses and was saved
from serious financial loss by the
Duke. Of Westminster, who came for
ward and not only paid all the ex-
penses, but undertook to supply the
money for the next assault upon
American polo supremacy The Duke
took over the fourteen ponies which
we're the property of /. the polo fund,
and with them as nucleus started to
collect the finest aggregation of polo
Eorseflesh in the world. All his efior-
nous income was placed 1t the dis
posal of such experts as the Miller
Bros, the famous horse dealers, who
some years before secured for Harry
Payne Whitney some of his finest
animals. g. -
Mounts High Class. Il
The result has been that; the duke
Is now the owner of almost 100 first
class ponies, and, SO far ~ animals
IRE conc6rHedgis more sttafie8 match
for his American rivals. 1t cannot
be urged now as it was when the Eng
lish team went down. to defeat last
year, that England is unfairly out
classed in horseflesh. The Dukes
real troubles are I'm a different direc-
ton. Now that his horses are ready,
bis players are not. The Eaton team,
Of Cecil Nickalls, G. d.
Miller (both of whom played against
Foxhall Keene's American team
which visited London in 1899, Capt.
R. G. Ritson and Lord Rocksavage,
which 1t was. proposed to send to
the : United States, has, despite its
greatest advantage in ponies, met
with some disastrous defeats recent
y. At the present. moment II can
not but be recognized, even by the
Duke, that his team would stand
mall chance with the strong four
hat America could put in the field.
sot Strong Enough.
Besides being beaten by the old
5antabs, a strong combination under
he eaptaincy of w. L. Euckmastef-
he best polo player in England to-
lay, whom, many regret to see alb
sent from any English challenging
eam-the Eatons were severely
by scratch organization of
from the Argentine club,
Who have thrown bombshell into
he English polo world this season by
tdJlHS fin6S dIOunu Ihe OeoC lOCdh
aIent that could be pitted against
hem. '
It is realized that there are few
,olo enthusiasts in England capable
# sheuldering the financial burdens
Incident upon an attempt to recap
ure the international cup. There
ore, while there is no end of criti-
ism of the Duke and of the make
p of his team, there are no offers
o relieve him of the burden. 1t is
cit, however, that before Eaton final
Y decides to cross the Atlantic, they.
hould prove their worth against the
trongest team of English players
hat could be selected, mounted upon ,
onies of at least equal caliber. =.