Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-22
island POLO
EXPLOITED IN
Army ANNUAL
1.-The RaSp." Book Issued by
Mounted Service School, Is
Dedicated to Gen. Carter

UeQlCdleu TO 1en. OdFler
The Rasp." published annually in
the interests of the Mounted Service
| School at Fort Riley. Kansas. Is Just
out and can not fail to interest every
! loyal subject of King Horse. The
hook this year is handsomely bound
and copiously illustrated and from the
bookmaker's standpoint is a credit to
| its publishers, Ii contains 476 pages
and the subjects treated, all of inter
est to horsenen, are many and varied.
! The Rasp" for 1914 is of special
| interest TO Hawaii in that il contains
Polo in Hawaii a short sketch OF
the game as played in the islands,
written by Laurence Redington. This
article, illustrated with photographs
of local service and civilian players
and ponies, comes under the head of
desirable publicity for Oahu. and will
probably open the eyes of mainlanders
to the polo possibilities of Hawaii
The book is dedicated to Major.
general VIM. f. Carter. now command
ing the Hawaiian department, the ded.
ication reading as follows:
| ITO Major-General VIM. II. Carter.
U. S. A, to whom the Mounted Service
School owes its inception and who,
for many years prior to the establish
ment of the school and the resultant
interest in military horsemanship and
the service mount, vas the foremost
iexponent of the study of the service
horse. this book is dedicated. :
The following are extracts from the
sketch of Hawaiian polo:
AS a matter of fact. Hawaii is one
of the oldest polo centers in the world.
and the game was in high popular
favor in the islands when 1t was hard
/ " more than name in continental
United States For So years the Ha-
waiian stick swingers have been busy.
and several generations of polo play.
ers have come and gone. while the
| game has had its ups and downs: its
periods Of prosperity and its lean
years Now and then some player
| from Hawaii would get chance 10
nerform on the mainland fields bat the
POO miles Of ocean between Honolulu
and San Francisco and the high cost
of transportation for men and mounts
proved an effectuaI barrier between
Hawaiian polo and its general exploit
ation. It was not until the spring
of last year that polo invasion OF
California was finally accomplished.
although it had been talked of for
decade past, but although the expenses
of the campaign ran many thousands
over the estimates the islanders con-
sidered their money well spent. for
they won five cut of nine big tourna.
ments. held at Coronado, Pasadena
and San Mateo, and their good show
| ing and good sportsmanship spotted
Hawaii firmly on the polo map.
while the game mas been played
in the Hawaiian Islands since 1876. II
is only within the last ten years that
a new element. one that revived the
| tagging interest and stirred up com.
petit.cn, was injected into the sport.
Army polo has been the spur to local
pride and now the service Is always
represented IN the inter-island cham
picnships which take place on the
island of Oahu in August or September
every year. A supplementary tourna-
ment is held at Schofield Barracks af.
ter the championship. in which the sec
ond teams Of the cavalry and the OahH
nolo club, the men who have taken the
hard knocks and furnished the oppo
sition and many of the mounts for
the first string players for tie season,
get their innings.
ITO date army teams have not
shown the class Of polo that the best
island tours display. but the time Is
coming when the cavalry. field artil-
lery, and possible an infantry team
will give the locals all they care for
IN the way Of competition The an
swer to civilian supremacy on the polo
| field is iwofold-mounts and expert.
ence. The caYalrymen have never
been able to get together string that
could show the foot OF the island
mounts. and this is not surprising,
when it is remembered that two Ha-
waiian Donies Carry-the-News, owned
J by DR.. VIII Baldwin and Helen g., the
property Of Walter F. Dillingham;. were
used in both International matches IN
1913. while F. F. Raldwin's Dandy. an.
other of the Hawaii string. was consid.
cred good enough to be shipped east.
and was only out Of the game because
of injury sustained in practice Harry
Payne Whitney played Carry-the- News
two foil periods in each game. and
thought so much of the pony that he
asked its owner to set his own price.
DR. Rsldwin. however, refused to sell.
end the three ponies made the trip
back to Hawaii, too late, however. to
take part in any of the local tourna-
Iments. AZ the time of this writing
4 March, 1910 one OF Mr.. whitney's
head men is in Honolulu. trying to ne
gotiate for the loan of CarTy-the- News.
Helen C. and H. X. Castles Sailor Boy
ITO be PLAYED in the international
fu