The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

( easily be taken for one of the opposite
sex. Both these girls have spent
the greater part of their lives in the
saddle. Since infants they have been
familiar figures, mounted on their ponies,
ard as they advanced in years the char.
acter of their mounts changed according
y. They have been adopts a. polo for
long time, and not only play on the
fields adjacent 10 New York and the
more Northern resorts, but since early
| 4riIdhOod have INDUCED in the game a
] the winter home of their parents az
! ken, S. c.
Miss Emily Randolph is of similar
type. She too has been reared in the
saddle and, ike Miss Eleanora Sears,
has been heralded far and near as one of
the most finished horsewomen- in the
United States. Miss Randolph was out for
the first afternoons practice of the team
and acquitted herself splendidly She not
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| such unerring aim that she repeatedly
shot the ball through the goal posts from
almost impossible angles. She rides with
all the skill of man, and her strength
Of wrist and arm is almost incredible
Mrs. Ambrose Clark IS another splendid
rider, and the MeadowbrOOk women are
very desirous of her trying for the FIRST
team. While she has promised to prac-
tise regularly with the team, she has not
announced herself as a candidate for the
first team, although all are a unit in de-
.claring that her chances are equal to any.
Mrs. Burden is an avowed candidate
and will in all likelihood play in many
of the matches.
The question was put to several Of
the women If they contemplated arranging
international matches with women play
ers. One instantly replied -
That question has been discussed, but
it is too remote yet to even talk about.
We know there are many fine polo players
among the women of England and Ire
land. In fact, England is the home of
polo and its women, like ours, have been
riding all their lives. 1t is only natural
to suppose that they have taken to this
most eXhilarating sport as readily as wei
have, although they have not adopted the |
cross saddle quite as universally as the
women on this side of the Atlantic. Many |
of our Meadowbrook women spend a part
Of each summer abroad, and it is barely |
possible that they will take up polo while
on the other side, and if they do no doubt
they will take on some team existing
there"
Expert Coaches.
Miss Eleanora Sears, as well as Miss
Emily Randolph, contend that the New
York women have their Western sisters
to thank for the popularity of polo with
their sex. While Western women, as a
rule, are not much given to polo, yet it
was the girls of the plains who did much I
to popularize the cross saddle for women,
and their constant appearance in public Il
had everything to do with overcoming the
prejudice against women in boots and :
oreeches. II
The Waterbury brothers and Foxhan
Keene, all three members of the Ameri-
,an team which vanquished the English I
racks, have volunteered their services
n coaching the women. They find that &
little remains to be done except to de- 7
relop team work and that pull together" I
'pirit which alone wins games. The b
women invite the criticism of ali ~hO I
hey know are in position to criticise
ind they profit by it. The spirit of {
workmanship is so well defined that the a
most pessimistic among them openly pre- i