El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-09
POLO ENTHUSIASTS Spend A MILLION
FOR SIXTH MATCH OF TROPHY PLAY
Initial Game Will Be Played at Meadow Brook, Long
Island, Tuesday BritOns Will Try to Regain the
Cup Wrested From Them in 1909 by American
Players Nations Have Strong Teams.

TEW YORK, June 9.-The most
M important event Of the year in
- international sport viii be
staged at Meadow Brook, /. l., Tuesday,
when the American and English polo
teams gallOped out on the Held Tor
the initial game of the sixth match
for the international polo cnallenSe
cup Play for this prize ranks second
only to the races for the America g
catching trophy, in competitions which
have to date brought together repre-
sentative amateur spOrusmen OF the
United states and Great Britain.
Game Requires Endurance.
Lacking somewhat in the traditions
and prestige surrounding the battles
for possession of the famous blue rib
bon of ocean regattas. the polo cup
has the advantage of that mani O-mau
element of sport which thrills the
spectators, who watch the game pro
crossing in a confined area immediate
" before them
game which requires courage,
team work. physical strength and en-
dUrance, combined with control of tenn
per and ability to sink personality in
favor of combination advancement,
arOuses the greatest interest among
followers Of modern sport In the
coming polo matches are found all
these requisites splced by the add
tiOnal elements of International tinge
and the speediesr ponies ever collected
for polo play.
spend S1,O0O.OOO for Match.
There are still other angles which
add interest TO the attempt of the Eng
lish team TO regain possession OF the
polo trOpEy Wrested from England In
1909 The polo authorities of the chal-
longing country have spent large sums
Of money and devoted two years 10
preparing for the play Fully aware
Of the preparations being made abroad
the American association has kept pace
with the result that an outlay amount
ing TO close to S1,OOQ,0UO has been nee
essary before the opening contest For
England, the duke of Westminster,
prime mover in the efforts to recover
the cup. is said personally TO have con-
tributed about 100000 and secured
100000 from fellow polo enthusiasts
throughout the British empire
With this sum, the world, outside
OF the United States, has been curried
for ponies suitable in speed and STAN
ina for worlds championship play The
mounts of the English team show the
results OF widespread search, for they
have come from England, Australia.
Egypt, New Zealand, Argentine and
India FOrty-fOur is the total OF the
squad and since the ponies are the
pick OF almost 5000 offered 10 is safe
TO say that the real valuation is in
excess Of the 100000 placed upon them
for bonding purposes
Experts on English Team.
The members Of the English team
also represent the best polo playing
talent that the British empire can
boast. Composed OF captain R. G. Rit-
son, Elliskining dragons, who leads
the team captain Leslie s George
Cheape. king s own Dragons captain
A. Noel Edwards, Ninth lancers. and
captain Vivian LOckett Seventeenth
lancers. the combination is one of
players who have spent years OF their
life IN the saddle In lord WOdehOuse
servlsts who have played in previous