Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-13
SAN FRANCISCO
POLO MEETING,
GREATEST EVER
Hawaii Viii Send Team to *
position Tourney-DiIling-
ham on Directorate

Id,Ifir International Exposition haA
appropr,a,rG $l"o.n"o for the greatest
International polo tournament in the
history OF the game. Ia be- held in San
Francisco from March l. to May |.
( 1919
! 1t is believed that royalty OF many
Latious will attend. Queen Eleanor Uf
bulgaria and King Ferdinand recent
~ informed United States Commits
sooner GOWN b. Brown that they were
coming and that Crown Prince Boris
! would accompany them. King Al
| phOnSO Of Spain and Queen Victoria,
who recently has made a royal polo
! award in her own country. are expect
ed TO announce their coming In
| short time.
| twenty-five Teams to Play.
Chilli Argentina Germany. England.
| LELAND Hawaii Cuba. Canada and
| India already have shown an interest
| in the tournament and 25 champion
| teams are expected to play on the OK
! position fields in 1915.
! The announcement of the appropri-
, alton was the elimination OF long NO.
CCtiatiCns which assured the eXpost-
, ton management Of the hearty coop
GRAFTON Of other nations in the plan Tn
bring to San Francisco the worlds
most famous opponents of the kingly
sport. The American polo association
has given its unqualified sanction and
has collabo: ated with President
Charles c Moore Of the exposition In
choosing a specially qualified ,exeCu-
tive committee of polo experts to con-
duct the tournament.
! -Four Fields Chosen.
Four of the choicest polo fields I'm
/ this region have been selected, and
entrants will be assured ideal play.
! ing conditions. A commission has
been selected to leave San Francisco
en- April Is for a tour OF Europe on
which it will enlist the. personal sup
! port of the various soyereigns and
complete other arrangements which
will require the presence Of exposition
representatives in foreign countries. ~
The appropriation msures unprece.
denied awards for the contests, but lt
| is believed that these prizes will be
/ supplemented by many special
, trophies. The action of King George
V Of England apd, President Woodrow
Wilson Of the United States IN offer.
! ing awards for Yachting events has
led to the hope. that the national
executives viii confer similar honor
on the polo tournament
! Tobin Heads Committee.
| The executive committee, the per.
sonnet Of which has just been an.
nCunced. Is as follows: J. s. Tobin,
hni
j chairman; Francis J. Carolan, George
! T. cameron. Edward Howard John B.
| Miller, eX-officio member, and D. O..
! Lively CT the exposition. secretary.
The board Of horbrary directory
consists Of the following: r. l. Ag!
ASST, F. F. Baldwin. G. p. Beadlest0n,
/ r. /. Bettner. A. Brown, G.. Clark, Fl.
l.. COrbett, J. G. COwdin. J. Crane, w
! F. Dillingham;. r. r. DriscolI, w. II.
nnpeo. w. e. Forbes, w. r. Grace,
W. A. Hazard, II. L. Herbert, w. s.
{ Hobart, !. II. Hobbs. F. G. Hogan. w.
/ H. TeVis, F, P. Keene. F. W. Lead
better. r. la Montague, F. McLaugh.
! lin. d. MiIburn. J. S. Phipps. Capt. A.
! PoilICn J. {. RathbOne. NJ. Stevenson,
l.. f.. Stnddard, J. 3. Thomas, r. NJ.
TGbin, GOV. e. y. Treat. s. r. Velie.
J. ". Waterbury, .Jr., Fl. P Whitney.
NaiCr-gen"raI Leonard Wood
COwdin and Miller Going
The two special commissioners.
who will leave this month for Europe.
are John b. Miller Of Pasadena, chair
man Of III" Pacific Coast polo sub
committee" president Of the Midwick
Country club and a pool player Of re-
put", and J. ChCPvcr COWdin. member
Of tn" Pacific Coast committee and
H." holder of IN "uviahle record for
skill and daring in many fast tourna-
m"nts Before their departure from
New York. Miller and COwdin will
confer with East m polo leaders in
TN" perfection of the plans for Amer
lean participation
Ace" ,&Ori"3 Of public display and
pagrantry. rivaIrd only by the gOr-
LoOus trdppjngS Of tho Durbar are
assured for thc great matches, az
they will be- held IT the same time as
tn" international naval pageant. when
NOR" tha1I IpU bHttIcshiDs Of the ma
itions Of tho world will be anchored
| in san Franrj-co bag.
Army Takes Big Part
According ~ present plans. the
EArmv teams 0f tn" United States will
lend 70 the encounters the thrill Of
military glory. On account Of the en-
thusiaSIn Of MajOr-gencra1 Leonard
Wood for the pastimP. it is regarded
rs " certainty that teams representing
the Stars and Stripes will engage the
tore ignNrs as COntenders for the most
splendid prizes ever offered for such
contests. The cavalry teams Of for
oign nations will take part in the ma
n"m?rrS of tn" great international as.
.S"mhlag" ~ troops and the conditions
viii /" mad" as easy as LOssible for
~" entry Of army teams.
TIL" exposition, through the Amer
iran Polo Association. expects 10 ex-
crcisp pat"rnal influence over the
game. and much care will be taken 20
insure even matches in the prelimi-
naries. The main tournament field
will he the race track on the western
extremity OF the exposition grounds.