The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-20
AMERICAN PONIES
GO TO DEFENSE
"carry.the- News and Helen
g." Sent Yesterday to Help
America Hold Polo Cup.
lI'rom wedhesday Aavcrtirtr.

speetively to DR.. W. d. Baldwin ant
Walter r Dillingham;, were passenger,
by the steamer Lurline which left Ho
noluln yesterday for San Francisco
These almost priceless ponies, in charg,
Of Trainer Ashel, whom Harrf Puyn,
whitney sent out to HonQlri|I ~ tn,
special purpose Of accomI NY them
are bound foT the East bcIhr q fl6holu
las contribution TO tho Ancrll Nm teau
which win .defena the mn l,ono,
in the polo contests Will Nh TAX,
place in the East about H. ,lst week
in June. y
I As published heretofore in Tho Nd
vertiser the big polo players OF In,
East have made many ovcrtures TO Tho
owpers Of these two famous ponies Il
purchase them outright, but the best
bargain they could ever arrive at wa,
to secure the loan of the ponies fol
the great international contests IN
which the pick Of America and Grea,
Britain will be pitted against each
other.
The Hawaiian ponies, which left yes
teriay in as paiatial an ocean grey,
hound as the Pacific Ocean boasts Of
are not for sale and their owners hold
them priceless AaUarry.the News
was slightly injured sometime ago while
N transportation between Honolulu and
the mainland, but when he left yester.
day there never was an equine more Al
than this speedy and heady little pole
charger
Honolulu Players Active.
While Honolulu, ponies are figuring
in the polo contests between the two
greatest nations ON earth, Honolulu
poloists are far from falling asleep anC
steps are being taken today TO reviv,
the great game here.
At a recent meeting Of the Honolulu
Polo Club Robert w. Single, John 1.
4 Fleming and John s. Grace were ap
! pointed q committee to take up witt
the supervisors the question OF allow
ing the club to erect an eneiosur,
around the Kapiolani polo grounds ant
to charge a small admission fee to snel
games as may be played there by pol,
| teams. y@. IA
While in the effete East as high al
from five to seven dollars admission i,
charged to a game, nothing of the kinC
Is anticipated here and charges will b,
very moderate, indeed, probabl,
twenty-five and fifty cents, but poll
playing Isl exceedingly expensive. Z
| 1t is not the intention of the clul
TO discard the fine Moanalua Field
which through the generosity Of s. M
Damon, the poloists friend, has been al
the disposal of the club for years, but
90 provide an auxiliary field, so thai
playing and practicing may be alter
mated between the two IA
The letter, which is published below
was written to the board of supervisor,
by the committee named above anC
read at last nights meeting of tn,
board. IL was referred to the roa,
COMMITTEES which appears, in some, MIN
net or other to have parks and pole
under its care; " ff .
''Refcrring TO our several converse
tions with Mayor Fern, and also with
the members of your board, regardin,
the polo field ut Kapiolani Park, we
now wish TO make application for the
use Of this field TO; our polo tourna
ments, .a.s. ''.r
"'With your permission we prOpOs,
to build, dnring our tournaments, ten
porary bleachefs for the ace ommoda.
tion of spectators, MS well as a TEN
porary fencc 100 feet from the side.
boards and 200 feet from each end, 10
enable us to charge nominal admis,
sion fee to partially reimburse uS for
our expenses. a.la A4 s.
Would Have Burlap Fence.
'"It is our idea to make the fence
out of burlap in sections of about
fDrty feet each, and we would ask that
you permit us to sink two feot OF
Swo,inch pipe at intervals OF forty
feet, the pipe Icing permanent but "a
be left flush with the ground and
capped when not in use.
"HWe realize, Of course, that the
park is for prblic use, and we firmly
believe that orr games would be az
much a public attraction as they
were seven TO ten years ago When
hundreds Of spectators thronged the
sideliues regularly every Saturday tc
watch the play.
ttAs promotion asset we believe
fiat polo viii also fiji much felt
want in this community in the way
OF furnishing entertainment TO the
largo and increasing number of tour,
lists and visitors, and we expect to in.
duee the California PLAYERS to come
down hero next wear, which certainly
would be a benefit to this community
eve would also can your attention
TO the fact that, under an arrange.
ment with the former board of super.
visors, we expended approximately
$1,000 on filling and piping on the
present field at Kapiolaui Park, aud
we filed in the baseball field on the
Inauka sfle Of tho polo field with the
idea ~ leaving the polo field eyflus.
lively for polo.
%"If you grant us the privilege Nc
ask Of charging a small fee to tOurn-
aments, we believe that within a year
we would be in n position to c7nfri.
butte towards sinking an artcs;a1 well
on the premises and in that W not
only settling permanently the question
of a water supply for the entire park.
sat a meeting Of the polo club
held recently tie undersigned were
appointed a comigittee 70 tahe this
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