New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
INVADING POLO MEN
RIDE LIKE CENTAURS
Play Dashing, Brilliant Game
in Practice on Meadow
Brook Field.
CAPTAIN EDWARDS A POWER
Shoots Goals with the Same
Freedom and Accuracy That
Marked His Work Two
Years Ago.

Riding like centaurs Englands pol
players gave an impressive performance
yesterday afternoon on the international.
field Of the Meadow Brook Club, az West.
bury. Long Island.
II was the sort Of exhibition which
caused some good American sportsmen
To go around and take good look at the
cup. with the realization that there is the
fighting chance. but
To sum IL up briefly Captain Cheaps
and Captain Edwards rode like demons.
while Captain Ritson and Captain Lock-
EFT, like the perfect polo men they are.
kept getting themselves In the way OF
their opponents in every clashing conflict
in perfectly orderly and rule-abiding
manner.
AS for hitting and all the Juggling
tricks II mallet work IL looked at times
as IL the British cavalrymen had trotted
out A few Of the Yogi or Hindu mysteries
learned I'm India They certainly hooked
the ball in devious ways and beat q
picked team Of Americans by score OF
10 goals to l.
Up in the clubhouse stand Harry Payne
defending forces, watched the English
men outride and outwit their opponents
as the shadows heightened over the beau
tiful stretch Of turf He watched every
move. for ne knew. as did several OF the
officials in the crowd, that the Britons
were playing I'm battle array and with the
identical string OF ponies that will be used
in the first international match next Tues
day.
A. No. Captain Cheape sent his
ponies crashing against {. c. Rumsey
and Monte Waterbury, who respectively
rode a No. and No on the American
side Captain Edwards, often helped out
by the wonderful manner in which Cap
tain Cneape rounded on the ball and held
two men at bay. was the same brilliant
goal scorer as he was two years ago on
the same field.
The mallet work OF Captain Edwards
was thing 10 remember. When he
hooked on the bail the other players
trailed him down the field ne played the
position Of No :. and was. as two years
ago. the pivotal point Of attack and de-
fence
mounts from Naylor. the Duke OF west
minister's stud groom. was as follows:
Captain Cheape-Nutmeg. Selma, Sprite.
Aeolus. Energy and Society.
Captain Edwards - Machine. Love
Charm. Harkawsy, COCO. Valley and
Molie Beach.
Captain Ritson-Pretty Boy. Polly. Prin-
cess. Pigeon, Best Wishes. Stewart and
Dorry
CAPTAIN Lockett-Stsr. Hondurella, HID
den Star. Sadie, Royal. Diamond and
| Tiger
For the most part the opposing four
rode English ponies. so as TO get all the
snap and dash possible into the game
{ G. Rumsey played AZ No. l through
all Of the periods Monte Waterbury ana
Rene La Montague shifted al No The
remainder Of the .eam was English. as
? NJ. Freake rode al No. and Lord
Wodehouse played back.
Monte Waterbury in one of the early
periods rode Blue Ribbon. and he had a
lot Of lively races with Captain Edwards
IN which the Engllshman came of second
hest II must be admitted that Lord
Nodenoue playeu luulIleIeHei'' IL 49,
second period he allowed a chestnut mare
that he rode 20 balk at the ball and 90
give Captain Cheape a clear way for
wonderful carry up the field.
Monte Waterbury set after the Briton
and nearly caught him at the goal. when
CAPTAIN Cheape lofted the ball more than
100 wards for the most spectacular goal
Of the day.
Deyereux Milburn. who was injured IN
tho American practice last Saturday.
watched the game. The only evidence OF
an accident vns a bruise over his left eye
Milburn will ne in the saddle to-day when
the Meadow Brook four meets team OF
the best players 10 be found in this coun-
try for a hard practice.