New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
POLO PONIES WORTH
WEIGHT IN SILVER
EnqIand'S Wonderful String Due
Here Tomorrow for Big
Match in June.
FAMOUS ENERGY IN THE LOT
Five Others, Including Pretty
Boy, Played in This Country
in Last Effort to
Lift the Cup

England wonderful stIins Of poo
ronics almost worth their weight IN sill
ver. will be safely chartered 1T the PIP
,nc Rock Country club. At Locust Val
lev Long Island. by Tuesday. They are
expected to arrive m this country To-
morrow. II IS douMful IL ever before in
the history Of the thrilling. spectacular
game has such strine Of ponies been
Gathered together as that which the chal-
Icnccrs for the famous Westchester Cup
SIC bringing over this time.
IN is evident that the recommendation
which Captain j. Hardness LLOYD made
10 birmingham following the matches OF
1871 have had salutary effect. II the
British team fails to III, the cup this
time from the holding OF Harry Payne
Whitney and his men il will not 'e due
20 lack OF mounts tnat are speedy ana
that can gallon after the ball "a the hound
nuns fox to cover
The international feature o. the srsat
contes: that will bring ponies. players
and mallets clashins together on the helu
~ Meadow Brook next month i more
potently exemphfeJ by the ponies than
in almost any other aspect Altogether
there are forty-fvS ponies aboard the
MINNEAPOLIS. Of the American Transport
Line. and they are a. cosmopolitan lot
as could well be gathered together only
E, few of them first trod the uim turf OF
England The others have come from
Ireland France. Australia. India. tha'
land Of fiery. uutrs mmellod speed. and the
Argentine. while TWO or three were foaied
N California. so that il is probable ina
heir lire Of ancestry might be traced 10
he mustangs Of the Western plains or
this country.
six OF the collection followed the ball N
the stirring matches Of 1911. This list IN
Guides the courageous chestnut mare En-
erSy. an Irish-b bred pony that has never
beer beaten in the show ring. 1T was TINS
pony that won the plaudits Of the multi
tude when Captain Lloyd rode her
through three periods OF the decid'ns
match at Meadow Brook in desperate
attempt TO stsve off defeat
Those who witnessed the conflict two
years ago also will remember the hea-
bitten gray, not much Of pony to 100"
at. which proved a demon for speed as ne
carried Captain A. Noel Edwards ahead
If the others TO score those precious
GOALS. That pony was Pretty Boy, ms
homer. perhaps, but his performance only
emphasized the adage. Handsome Is as
handsome does"
Another Of the veterans IS Tiger the
Argentine bay seding that was ridden
so well by Captain Leslie 1T. George
Cheape as he played No. ] and rode OIL
the defence 10 make clear the way Tor
Captain Edwards's goals The others
include Machine. Nutmeg and Pigeon
The last named is the rather large gray
reldinr that showed such flashing bursts
OF speed under the inspiration OF captain
EDWARDS riding.
From all accounts the star pony OF the
string, and one that has not played IN
this country before, is Unknown, brown
selding. There is touch of the romantic
in the history of this pony. He was
picked up in one Of the skirmishes on
the frontier OF India With only little
ana the officer who first owned him at
tempted 10 establish his pedigree II was
lost i'm obscurity. however, ard 50 the
name Unknown APPLY fitted him
In the estimation OF birmingham ma
bitues and army officers who have played
in India, Unknown SURPRISES all OF the
others for stamina, speed ana cleVerness
some of them almost believe that the
spirit OF a Yogi dwells within him
Before sailing the string Of ponies was
insured through Lloyos Tor the sum OF
Soo oc The ponies are accompanied 'pS
a corp, of thirty-two grooms and othei
stable attendants. all of whom Will move
down 10 Piping Rock almost like q cav
airy regiment going into bivouac. While
on the voyage across the Atlantic ocean
tho Monies have been exercised daily alons
a portion Of the steamers deck covered
With tanbark, so as TO keep them IN t"'
bes. Of condition.
Through the efforts Of Captain l.. u
Miller. the Duke of Westminster master
Of the horse ard Of George Naylor' ma
srace's stud groom, it IS believed tnat tn'
PONIES will land ready 70 enter imfneui'
ately upon match, II it we're necessary
Captain Miller arrived in this country
aboard the Campania, and has everything
ready for their moving down TO the Long
island field, where Captain Leslie 81
George Cheape, Captain A. Noel EDWARDS
Captair II. G. Ritson and Captain NiVlar
Iockett will devote themselves 10 prac'
lice The players are expected 10 arrive
in this city either Wednesday or Thurs
day aboard the Oceanic. which SAILED IRON
England last Wednesday.
The complete list OF the ponies which
will arrive here tomorrow is as foiiows
Energy. chestnut mare, ridden by Cap
tain Hardness Lloyd in the last test
matches, and bought by him In ireland
She has never been beaten in the snow
ring, and has won championships al HUT
ingham and other places.
Machine, chestnut geldlnS, also HdueI
b. Captain LloS d. He is IN the STUD
Book. and has been used IA framing 10
lead racehorses in their sahops.
Tiger bay gelding. An Argentine pony
ridden by Captain Leslie Cheape IN 1911
Ind formerly one OF the mounts OF Mr.: j
Trail the brilliant mainstay OF the WIG
Horse ranch team. who carried every
thing before them in England last year
Nutmeg, chestnut mare, ridden By Cap
tain Cheape at Meadow Brook in 1911.
CAPTAIN Noel Edwards for no less than
three periods in each game IN 1911.
Kilkenny bag gelding, brought from
India by Captain Barrett. and ridden by
hip.
Lord Ashby st. Ledgers, and lent by him
neil Diannond N Irish thorough bred