The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-08
~ International News Service.

BY International News Service.
- rEW YORK. June 7.-On Tuesday
next four Americans and four
VI Englishmen, all picked men, will
J. v meet at Meadow Brook. L. l.. and
battle for the international polo
cup in the first game resulting from the
challenge of the invading Britishers
Will know If the American four have up
held the prestige gained at Birmingham
In 1909 and retained two years later at
Meadow Brook; when the american nman an team n,n
Brst put into play at Newport. K l.. In
The American team is composed Of the
Louis E. steddard., No. j; pevsreaug
and Malcolm Stevenson, No. 4.
The English team is composed Of the
Captain Leslie st. George Cheape. No.
!; Captain A Noel Edwards. No. 2; Cap
tain Gerald r, Ritson, field captain, NO.
3; Captain Vivian Lockett at back
Have Spent Million.
The Duke OF Westminster; financial
backer Of the Hurlingham club. of which
the challenging pololsts are members,
and Harry Payne Whitney. financial
hacker OF the American team have
| rangements for the matches. Polo po-
nies are expensive, and only the best
| the crackerJacks OF America and Great
| Britain-have been selected
| No American polo player will for mo-
ment waiver in his belief that the cup
will be defended successfully. but all Will
admit as freely that tt the I'm match ,oSa w cnO moi
| test. On the eve OF the first game. two
I years ago. odds Of five to one were Freely
offered that the Americans would win,
and as the event resulted, It was false
price. This time the only talk Of bet
| ting Is On even terms and II may happen
that the English team will be an Odds
viii viii only reveal what the stock brokers
| the lawyers OF the clubs and the men OF
the street will think of the outcome
often the bots are made on good infor-
| nation. but as often wrong conclusions
are drawn.
Test in Ponies.
AS a chain is no stronger than Its
weakest link SO the ponies Of a team
may be generalized on from what lf
than the -bloodcd ca1ifornians 4 q
man can ride them right. Captain Whit
ney's men had at thei., disposal pposa tNH; two
brought TO the Atlantic coast Three o.
them, the volunteer loan OF waiter Du-
pree and four Californians. we're used II
two yames-Hobsou, Miss Hobbs. Berts
and Aivernic,
II Lieutenant Edwards WIS the only play
er to make a goal for the English team
and of his six he rode tho two gTays
Pretty Boy and Pigeon l. but making
the most use of the latter Nutmeg,
chestnut, and Tiger. bay gelding. were
used by Captain Cheape. but he only hat
Tiger out In one period. the fourth, o
the second game, and something may
, have allied the pony. Captain Lloyd mad'
quite too much use OF the handsome
Liner chestnut mare. Energy, and th'
} chestnut gelding, Machine. He, had onl!
one other mount that could raise gal
lop. the gray marc Velocity. II wa
fortunats for tho defenders that he wa
, Several OF the ponies which the Eng
} lish players brought with them We're her
, two years ago. They are Tiger. Nutmeg
) KILKENNY Energy, Machine. Pigeon AM
, Pretty Boy. Unknown was not brough
!, over, as the Duke OF Westminster y
: playing him on the other side,
Worlds Best Pony.
Energy, the chestnut mare. is the fin
est polo pony in the world. and one o
the best IN the field Last season at IN
4 Olympia horse show In London. she wo
: two championship cups. two silver cup
: and q string OF other prizes. Pretty Boy
tire f1ea-bitten gray geldins. Is also
d