New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-12
POOL IN POLO PONIES
Spirited Auction and Gymkhana
at Piping Rock Club.
MISS RANDOLPH A WINNER
Society Turns Out for Day S
Sport, in Which Spice and
DANGER Minole
MISS RANDOLPH A WINN

Locust VALLEY, Long Island, May Ii
Bowen auctiouing polo ponies IN a blind
POOL and a series OF lively gymkhAna races
thcr. was an abundance Of sport this after
, neon At the show OF the Piping Rock club
II was the day OF the country gentleman
liz was there from all the countryside ~
Long Island, along with his sisters and his
cousins and his aunts' and few more or
less distant relatives. Throughout all tho
l. stivtics Thomas Hitchcock. f., J. F.
, Davis. the master OF the hounds Of the
Meadow Brook Hunt Club. and Paul d.
Cravath moy ed as the directing influences.
The glowing day. with the first touch OF
warmth in the air. brought out remark
able assemblacc. There was an eagerness
to take a shy at the pool in polo ponies. and
siXtv-two members OF the club each paid
$500 for one Of the lot OF this sum 500
goes 10 the purchase OF the pony and the
remainder 10 purse to be raced for at the
Piping Rock show on October ! .
Walter Gibb. 81 Glen Cove, drew the No
ponv II was the best Of the lot. Then
/ J. J. Graham the Surrogate. drew n picbald
/ Celding tina; had a wicked way with his
heels But Mr. Graham vas satisfied. as
the pony looked good Tor the mile race with
| 80 pounds up in the autumn. Next August
Belmont. IT., became the owner Of hea BIT
ter brown pony that bucked and threw II
groom twenty feet before he vas mounted.
when all Of the ponies had been allotted the
majority we're used FOR the gymkhsna con-
tests.
| Tho rrs. Of tho gynkhana cvcrts was
the hand-n-hand race, In which a lady
and gentleman ride IN and out and around
| fass. Miss Emily Randolph an ! Thomas
! Hitchcock. ir., won. while Kermit RooSc-
ycu and Miss Mott were second; Mrs.
Thomas Hitchcock and Mr.. IiCppinger
were third.
The bending race, IN which I've riders
started at the same time TO ride In and
out around five flags. was won by Miss
Helen Hitchcock. while Miss Emily Ran
dolph was second and J. Il. Davis third
Miss Randolph easily captured he egg
and-spoon race. Allan Pnko.ton vas sec
ond: the others did not finish
The Gretna Green race proved an easy
affair for J. p. Davis and Mrs. Nicholson.
vho won easily. otter the rest led been
hopclrsslv messed al each Of the changing
places l.. W. Hopping aud Mrs Thomas
Hitchcock wcrc second, and the rect strung
out
Among the society persons present were
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Hitchcock Allan
Piukcrton, Mr.. AMI Mrs J. T.. Davis, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul y. Cravath. Miss Vera trd-
vatb. Mr.. and Mrs \. y. Duncan. j. J.
Graham. H. Utehardt Miss Celestnc Hitch
cock. Mr.. and Mrs. q. W. Bird. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry l.. Bell Samuel Willetts, w.
Burling Cocks. Mr.. and Mrs. S. \. w.
BaItazzi. Miss Marion follns, Mr.. and Mrs.
Perch Chubb. Miss Helen Hitchcock. W.
r. Grace, Frank Croker. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Bullock. H. g. Winthrup. NJ. aud
Mrs g A. Co1in. Miss Emily Randolph. j.
p. Kirlln. irving COX. Mr. and Mrs. George
\. Fahys John s. Phipps. Mrs. Raymond
Z. Almral Townsend Scudder, +. AM
brose Clarke. W &. Hayes. r. + Potter,
Harry w. Smith, e. L. Carlisle, Mr.. and
Mrs Herbert Hartman. Alfred ". Maclay.
II NJ Earle, Mrs. James \. Burden, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Tselin. Elliott Cow din, I'd:
John p. Pratt. George Milburn. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Phipps Frederick Johnson. j.
3. Thomas Fairfield Osborn. jr.. W. w.
Wander Pool. T.. s. =. Randolph. George
Rose. Mrs i. f.. S. MADDEN. Seward Carey
NJ ~ f. Dietrich. John Il. Fall. III. p.
Davidson, ]. \. Rawlns ". l.. Pratt l..
l.. Stoddard. James Park. w. r.. Coo. Wal
tor Glib. +. w. Livcrmorc. Mrs Sidney ID.
Ripley. Harvey S. Ladew, Britton NJ.
Busch. IT. Payne Whitney, Mr. and Mrs.
PAYNE whitney. Robert Gilmore. John r.
Townsend T. s. Won Stsde. Howard r.
whitney. Edward y. Whitney. George
Kent. August Belmont jr., H. / Nicholas,
u. Martin, jr.. David Bows, +. W. NJ.
cutcheon, Louis La Montague. Mrs. Barger
NalIach. Preston Davies. Ornond f. Smith.
=. G. Rumscy. &. @. Il. Billings. Mr. ana
Mrs. Arthur Scott Bdrar', \. C. Schwdrt-'
IL. Godfrey. ". 4. W. Stewart, Kenneth b.
ch,.y and KsrInit Roosevelt