Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-03-14
Will Attempt to Beat Ameri- can Lads Next
 June. ID,
LORD BACKING GAME
Asb!y St. Ledger Only One Who Was Willing to Put Up Necessary
 COint for Trial.

of London and points East.
 His Lud ship is risking the chance of being made the English goat minus horns-and also risking the possibility of being kicked around in lusty and promiscus fashion by John Bull and all his off springs.
 Ashby, of St. Leger, or whatever you call those tilted English fellows when you get sort of chummy with them, is the gent who will head the British polo invaders who will come to these shores the latter part of May or in June, determined to dole out a walloping to merican champions.
 Twice in rapid succession, the Americans have repulsed the Britons much to the chargin of the Britons at large-as we'll as those who are net at large. On both these occas- ions the vanquished English quartet returned to thelr native heaths with some high sounding excuse--the Americans squirted tobacco juice in- to their eyes at the crucial moment, broke the legs of all the English ponies just before the battle, mother or something like that.
 It may be remarked in passing, that over in merry hold H'Ingland the natives have grown a bit tired of sending their sons over to this up- start nation and having the sons sent back badly beaten up. Hts an out rage-that's what Hit is-and it must be stopped, bahjove' What bloomin' insolent, unsoc4able fellow that Uncle Sam is, any'ow!
 As many may remember, Johnny Ball sent his first little crowd of athletes over here along in 1776. The betting odds favored Johnny's crowd at 100 to but the short end per- sons collected. Some years later Johnny, smarting under his first de- feat, and having the idea that it was fluke, took another whirl at the fellows who inhabited this section at that time. The result was that the 'Britons whirled into this nation and were whirled right out again.
 Those two victories gave Sammy an awfu lot of confidence in himself. Winning became habit with him whenever he was pitted against any thing that wore an English lable. And H'Ingland, halter enduring this bally condition for 13o years or so is mighty h'angry, h'if you wish to know.
 After the American Big Four trim med the Britons last June it was an- nounced that no English team would come here this year to try conclus- ions again. NC one in that nation across the seas wanted to take chance against the Americans-that is, until Ashby rose up and expressed himself.
 Many of Ashby's friends tried to restrain him. They pointed out that the chances of the Britons winning wern't as good as they were in other years. Also they pointed out that ii Ashby brought team here, and that team was beaten, the EngllsS tolK would be so darned mad at Ashby that they might oust him from. hls clubs.
 And, y'no old tos," they told Ashby tits deucedly awkward to ave 10 drink brandy and soda h'outside the club"
 But as previously stated Ashby is a brave man.
 "Blooie, blooie" remarked se, or words to that effect. What care hl for the H'Americans. say to you now that right 'ere in h'England we ave some polo players 'oo 'aven,t any neers in the world. And hIll pether them together and take s'em ho HAmerica and bring back the bally cup"
 Whereupon Ashby gathered unto himself about ten of the best poloists in the British Is les and had the boys ferried across to Madrid, whlch Is in Spain, where the boys now are busily engaged ill target practise e
 In addition to this, Ashby has spenms. large gobs of lucre in acquiring the best polo poines that money can buy. Reports from Spain are to the effect that the Britons this year have gath cred together even greater galaAy of polo stars than the quartet !ha' gave the Americans such thrilling battle last June, and that their ponies are faster and surer mounts than anv of the hundred or more that were