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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15

Mrs. Lewis, of Canton has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Laura. Boul-
ware.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15

P. B. Dunn, wife and daughter.
Dorothy, of Shelbina spent Sunday
with his father. P. B. Dunn and
family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15

Mrs. G. A. Lawson visited in Har
nibaI the first Of the week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15
We invite everybody to take advantage of this Big Offer

Mesdames Jasper and Claude
Henderson were Quincy visitors
Monday,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15

For SsIe-15 shoats, 80 pounds,
q brood sows and male hog. y
Ed Kieffer. Monroe City. Route 2.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15

Mrs Walter TAFT and sister, Miss
Maude Scott spent Sunday in Ana
bel with their parents.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15

Million Dollar Mystery opens at
Gem Monday Oct. 18th.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15

Miss Ruth Wilson went to Quincy
Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15

Miss Virgie Dixon, of ,Shelbina
was the guest Of Miss .Cordia Hoar
Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-10-15

Mrs J. Plouehe returned Satur-
day from a visit in Brookfield.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
THRILLING MOMENT IN THE
CONTEST.

once in play the struggle surges up
and down the field with startling rapid
ity. Occasionally there is a CLEAN Of
white as the ball impelled by loft
shot sails with meteorlike speed
through the air. sometimes checked I'm
its flight by the head or body Of
player. Where the ponies are thickest
there the ball is" said a veteran player
a the international games last season
i'm explaining the game to fair com
panon. And that is about the truth.
The ponies are taught to follow the
ball, and they do. For moment spec
tators see the ball as it skins along the
ground or flies through the air. There
follows a wild rush Of ponies; one hears
the pounding of hoofs: then comes the
melee Horses and riders are mixed to-
gether in a heterogeneous, tangled
mass. There is a seemingly wild WELD
ing Of mallets, causing Mr. Timid Man
to wonder why the players don't prefer
a more painless death
Then from the mx-up shoots the ball
Perhaps one player has cannily sneaked
il for himself and is driving il along
in front OF him with clean, sharp
strokes, until he can get within fair
distance for a shot for goal. trusting
in his ponys speed and to his team
mates TO ride off opposing players. or
it may he that a wild backhanded
stroke from a player whose goal is in
jeopardy has sent the ball hurting
down the field. where an eager back
and an equally eager pony are both
nervously waiting 10 get into the play.
Or again the mighty Milburn. the hard p
est hitting player Of the game. has
seized the opportunity for fun swing
and has attempted TO score on a shot
from nearly the length Of the field.
Ponies and PLAYERS flash down and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
FINALLY BROUGHT THE CUP TO
AMERICA.


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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
ROSTER OF THE GAME INCLUDES
THE PONIES.

Polo is now played by teams OF four
men. as has already been stated. ANA
the general impression is that eight
players take part in a match game
Such is the general impression. out do
not 6elude yourself with any such fall
lacious theory. There are sixteen
PLAYERS at all times in every game, and
hfty-one took part in last years de-
Gliding match between the American
ard British players. Get the distinc-
tion-hfty zone players. not men. play
err. Yer the polo pony is as much a
polo player as the man who rides him
and often the better Of the two.
No team can win If the ponies Of the
opposins eide are much the better. In
a recent interview Lord Wimborne.
who has charge OF this years challeng-
ing four. stated unequivocally that in
his opinion the ponies should be rated
AZ 50 per cent Of the game md the
PLAYERS forty. The Duke of Westmin-
St.r Uttered slightly He split II oven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
A WORD ABOUT HOW THE GAME
is PLAYED

The game itself? We'll. the general
answer To that question is hockey on
horses But it will give YOU all the
thrills OF football baseball and hockey
combined. and YOU might throw in la
crosse. basketball and ping pong for
good measure.
II is played on field 900 by 500 feet.
At each end are two goal posts twenty
four feet apart and along the sides are
white boundary boards ter inches high.
\ goal is scored when player knocks
the hall between the goal posts of the
opposing team. II he knocks il between
his own goal posts the play counts a
quarter of a goal against him.
Eight periods Of ~ minutes each are
PLAYED. Three minutes are allowed be-
tween periods to permit for changing
ponies, and minutes between the
fourth and fifth periods. Each team
consists Of four players. three known
as forwards and the fourth as the back.
He is supposed to play back and defend
his goal
Ponies cannot exceed 49, hands IN
height. The ball is 3is inches i'm diam
cter. The mallets used are - to j6
inches long. They are generally made
OF Malacca cane. weigh IL 10 20 ounces,
and have a cigar shaped mead made of
some tougher wood. two inches thick
and eight to nine inches long \ loop
of thin leather is attached 10 the
handle and goes over the players wrist.
The ball, which cannot exceed five
ounces in weight. is generally made Of
willow-in fact. the word polo is really
the Tibetan word pull" willow.
The game is started by the referee
throwing the ball into the centre of the
field. The forwards of each team strive
10 get possession of it and carry it to
the opponents goal When the ball Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
THE FIRST IMPORTANT GAME IN
THIS COUNTRY.

In 1879 the Brooklyn Park Commits
siouers permitted part Of Prospect
Park 10 be used a. a polo field. ON
June II Of that year the first impor-
tant polo game 10 be played i'm this
country was played there. Westchester
meeting the Queens County Hunt Club.
The WeStchester team consisted of Au-
gust Belmont. jr. Captain II. Oelrchs,
Carroll Bryce and William Sanford.
Westchestor won by three goals after
a fast game.
In 1850 Mr.. Herbert. backed by James
Gordon Bennett and August Belmont.
r.. leased a plot 81 ground just north
Of Central Park. At 10th St, Fifth 10
Lenox ave, and 10000 was spent in
levelhng the ground. erecting stables
and so forth They formed an orGani-
cation under the name of the Manhat-
tan Polo Association. But two years
later this field was abandoned because
of the great difficulty experienced i'm
growing grass.
In 1856 the Westchester Club offered
the now historic trophy known as the
International Challenge Cup. The cup
had cost 81 600 when it was offered for
competition Few then imagined that
H. less than thirty years millions would
oe expended in struggles for its pos
session
The Challenge cup has spent twenty
three Of the twenty eight years of It's
existence in the dominion Of His Bri-
fannie Majesty
The trophy was lost in its first sea-
son. on August -. 1856. on the grounds
at Morton Park Newport. r l. The
English team outclassed the American
four and won two straight games.
Fourteen years later America sent a
challenging four TO England. which
was easily defeated al birmingham by
score Of & goals to 2.
Two years later another team, com
posed Of Il. l.. AgassiZ. J. T.. Cowdin,
Foxhall Keene and L. Waterbury. was
defeated in the second attempt to bring
home the cup. The Americans won the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
KINGS HORSES AND KINGS MEN EAGER FOR POLO FRAl
There's No DiSmayin
Camp of Sturdy
Americans Who
WiHDefendCup.

and let II go at hfty-ffty. Hair,
PAYNE whitney put the reverse Eny.
Iish on Lord Wlmbornc's statomep,
but has since qualified his views On the
subject and conceded that the poni.,
count at least 40 per cent Of the gans
and probably more" FoXhall Keen
holds similar views. Ard the tendepc,
Of the experts Of the game ;o-day /,
TO give the ponies higher and highs,
rating.
Herein lies the chief cost of IN.
game. Every country NJ the world {,
secured for ponies Enormous suns
are expended in experimental breeding
In a match game each player uses any.
where from four to eight mounts. And
the best polo ponies are worth nearly
their weight in silver T. " Fresss
i'm one Of the international games ks
YEAR did ride one pony in three chus
kers or periods but ordinarily. even
the very best ponies cannot stand the
strain Of being ridden in over tito
periods in any single game And there
are comparatively few which retain
their highest speed and e,Iicienc
through the length of the second
period. In the final international
match at Meadow Brook last ear the
two teams used between them forty.
thrae Monies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
HoNORED EQUINE VETERANS oil
FORMER CONTESTS.

Among the ponies which did excellent
work in the cup games and some of
which may again be seen in action 7t
Meadow Brook this June may be- meH-
toned DevereuX Miburn's Tcnby. Har-
ry Payne Whitney's Blue Ribbon Siren
and Carry the News. Larry Water
bury's Little Mary. veteran Of two .n-
ternational competitions. Chestnut and
Eve; Captain Ritsons Pretty Boy and
Pigeon. Freake's Molly Beach Hidden
Star and Polly, and Captain Ca.apes
Energy and Sprite-a noble galaxy ri
equine stars certainty.
JUNE 1O-JUNE If. Set these dates
in capitals or black faced type They
are the dates which polo enthusiasts
Of the world have been dreamirs oi
for weeks. Between them the ChaI-
lenge Cup viii once more be Success
fully defended or gloriously lost Thus
latest English team is primed for doe
fray. and determined TO retrieve rH.
disasters Of 1909. 1911 and 1913 Aui
as this article is written II is c0us.1-
cred that it has something like an cr,l
chance TO do so.
For thirteen weeks the British PLAY.
ers have practiscd on King Alfonso
polo fields az Madrid in preparation.
incidentally Alfonso himself has fire.
quently declared himself i'm ou ih.
fracases and. from all accounts s lu
adept in welding the mallet Also
from the resorts which have drifted
from time 10 time across the water DO
seems that the British four has about
decided TO adopt that siashing da.'-
devil riding hard hitting and long
passing game which our teams have
used so successfully. II this be- true
there is much reason to fear the boz
yaders this year Tor they have always
been noted for superb Workmanship
Three of the four American players
who triumphed last year will be pn
this years defending four. Bur tne
king of them all, Harry Payne Whit
ney. will not play. and the man DO
take his place has not been decided
upon at this writing \ peculiarly
about the challenging team is that AIT
four Of its players are best known -
backs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
ONLY ONE FATALITY IN MANY
YEARS.

Il hone they all have their lives IN
sn.od." remarked a young woman at
one Of the international matches last
wear. And any one who sees a polo
match cannot help believing that the
heirs Of the players would naturally
hope the same thing. Merely from
appearances polo makes such siren
uous pastimes as football or racing
Walter Johnson when he is Wild LOOK
as mild as croquet \ man has 10
have nerve and plenty of II to play
the game. But rough as it looks ana
rough as il undoubtedly is. since the
game has been played in this country
only ono fatality has been charged up
against IT,
This tragic happening occurred IN
game between teams representing Yale
and Princeton played al Van Cortlandt
Park in 1904. I'm this match Henry d.
Babcock. jr, received injuries which
resulted in his death and led to the
abolition Of the game at both universe
ties Daniel ChaunceN jr, received a
serious scalp wound in game played
al Great Neck in 1896 and FoXhall
Keene had his collarbone broken and
received other minor injuries when he
went down during a melee IN front Of
the Myopia goal in the first champion
ship hnal game between the Myopla
and RockaWay teams. But the list or
accidents has been surprisingly small
OF players seriously or permanently IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
PONIES LOVE THE GAME AND
UNDERSTAND IT.

Horses are natural born s0ortsmen
anyhow. Ever watch an old hunter
which. fallen upon evil DAYS. was at
tached to a plough when the pack In
full cry went by? Such a sight is worth
taking a trip out Of town o. see and
will convince YOU Of the truth Of the
above assertion. Polo ponies are no
exception They love the game and
take a sure tip-they understand i
They put as much enthusiasm into
their play as the most ardent two
legged player
Foster Sanford. whose speciality h
surgical operations on critically No Yale
football teams. was watching a game
of polo last summer. Turning %
friend the famous coach remarked.
III ] could teach an eleven 10 follow
the pisskin as closely as those ponies
do that willow ball. believe me,
would have a winner"
4 hrst-class polo pony must have
among other qualities tremendous oot-
tom. great speed, he absolutely suro-
footed and able 10 handle himself u.tb
the grace and dexterity ~ ballet
dancer II is not 10 be VoudcroI at
that the best Of them are bringing noN
from So o00 to $4,000 and indeed those
who play the game and are $50 for
tunate as TO own good string viii
not sell ut any price.
The supply comes from Amcrict.
England. Ireland. Alsicrs and ud.
principally. And this country has de-
veloped some Of the very best known
to the play. Next month at Meadow
Brook members Of the English team
will often be seen riding American
bred ponies into action The supply
Of frst-class ponies is always short
Of the demand. Lord Wimbomc has
complained that out Of some seventy
ponies which he and his agents se-
lected as suitable 10 send over 90 MAJ
drid. where the challenging four pr7c-
tised for thirteen weeks prior TO sail
ing for the United States. he could
find but scant thirty-fve which he
considered CLASSY enough to send over
here for the international matches
Yet hundreds Of thousands Of dollsr
have been spent in combing the world
for mounts for this four.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10

ence of the game into the discard and
rode and played with an abandon be
fore unknown. Time after time they
carried the fight to the shadow of the
American goal posts, only 10 he re
pulsed and only TO renew the attack
with sunerlatiNe iierccness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
BATTLE OF 1918 COST ABOUT
s1,35o,0oo.

Last summer il was estimated that
somewhere i'm the ncighborhood Of ST.
2jnuDG had been expended i'm staging
the international matches three games
plavcd on the polo field al Meade"
Brook Employing long division To
divide this sum by $50 II is seen that
each minute of actual play cost Nt'o'.
I'm 1911. when America successfully DC
Tended the polo challenge cup against
an English four winning the TWO
games PLAYED. Mr. Herbert chairman
Of the polo committee. estimated the
total cost Of the competition at not less
than $500 600. on an average eNpondi-
lure Of s.. coo for each minute of actual
play. No game at an for piker to
get involved i'm.
What the total cost of the interna-
tional games to be played next month
will he II is impossible 10 estimate
with accuracy now. Startling amounts
have already been expended by boih
sides in preparation.
Polo is a fuU-bloodcd mans game.
II requires nerve. GOODNESS. superb
horsemanship and groai technique.
It's a fight every minute. game OF
Kaleidoscope changes. Jnc moment
the three forwards are charging well
6oUn into the cncmT- territory.
threatening his goal. comes slashine
hack-handcd loft shot the willow oval
whizzes past their heads. white
streak. and holy pursued, they are
dashing back To the defence of their
goal. and trife later horses and
riders are an tangled up again in
fierce melee al the other end Of the
fold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
VIEW WHO MAY PLAY AMERICAN TEAM
les P4pps LAWRENCE WATERBURY, eA 0MsVRN

driven out of bounds on either side OF
the field it is put in play by the referee
throwing it into the field at where it
went out very much as the ball is put
in play after going out Of bounds in
football game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
British Players Train
ing in Spain for
Effort to ReCapt-
ure Trophy.
III HERE arc a few million Ameri-

" HERE arc few million Amen-
cans who prefer seeing the
home team come from behind
and win out in a ninth inning rally
TO showing their weekly pay checks
across the cashiers counter. There
are a few million more Of the same
breed who annually prefer to risk death
by pneumonia and similar active and
energetic diseases TO missing the nis
football games.
These differ as they may regarding
the relative claims Of their faNorite
games. present united front against
any claim advanced IN favor of poio's
ri.,ht TO the title the king of sports
re that as il may. and the writer
hastily disavows any intention Of say
ing how IT may he, all contention Is
eliminated by the simple process OF
using q little reverse English on the
aforesaid title and evolving thereby
and thercfrom the unChalenged state
ment that polo is the sport Of kings
likewise of princes and millionaires.
King Edward delighted in the game.
His son. George Y. is player of eX-
pcrience and ability Alfonso. of Spain
and ,hercabouts can hold his own
with the Malaccs manet against the
best
There is no denying that it is
royalty expensive pastime Only the
wealthy can afford TO play II. None
If the men compcs ing the American
teams who have played in international
matches would be considered as worse
Than comfortably off. even in these
DAYS Of high cost of living. but there
is story going the rounds in polo
circles that il was considered necessary
on A certain occasion to inveigle one
of them into "a poker game and frame
- up Cor him to win $1,000 to enable
him to play on the American team.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10

across the field in mad career ever
following the ball. II needs no hand
on the rein to guide the polo pony. on
like flash at top speed he checks
himself and whrls and turns with IN
credible agility and suddenness-al-
ways in the wake of the ball-with
agility and suddenness so great that
inexperienced riders would he unseated.
once in d while ponies and riders come
together going at full speed SICK
ening thud and rider and horse go
down. But this does not happen as
often as one might reasonably expect.
Mallets are frequently broken IN the
melees. but-and this is rather TO ne
marvelled at-few are broken on the
heads or bodies of the players.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
PART OF =
'AME RlCAN
TRINC Of
PoNIe

his pleasure. and everything would be
forgotten and forgiven if the English
chief would only return his ponies.
But to get back to the more recent
history Of the game India is considered
as the old home of polo. The Muri-
porees introduced it to British cavalry
officers. and it soon became immensely
popular with the latter. Although Eng
Iishmen played polo in India certainly
as carly as 1864. it appears that it was
first carried TO and played in England
not until over hundred years later.
or in 1869.
Mr.. Bennett played the game at
birmingham. and thought So much Of
it that he went To- considerable pains
and expense to introduce it in this
country. The history Of the sport here
may he briefly told 1t wa first played
at Dickers Riding Academy. in New
York City: later the inside Of the race
track at Jerome Park was used.
on March s. 1876, the Westchestcr
CLUB was organized The club built
stalls at the north end of jerome Park.
but its playing field was not of rcgu-
lation size II. h. Herbert. the present
chairman Of the polo committee. organ
lied the Brighton Polo club. which
lived four Years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10

Yankee Doodle" is derived from tne
Persian "Nanki -dooniah." meaning me
New World or America
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
APPEAL THAT THE GAME HAS
FOR AMERICANS.

The game. therefore. is typicallN an
American game m its appeal 1t is TN
kind Of sport which Americans love To
watch and to indulge i'm. And in part
proof of this contention it may he well
10 recall that. though il was not until
1876 that polo was introduced IN TINS
country. through James Gordon Ben
nett America won the international
challenge cup on the birmingham polo
field. in England. in 1909, and has sue
,cssfully defended il since. An evil
dence Of its popularity IN this country
is that over 10000 people filled the
stands and packed themselves around
The Meadow Brook polo field one after
noon last June TO witness the deciding
game between the English and the cup
defending teams. this despite the very
high price of admission.
Polo is the oldest open air sport
known. \ game which bears strik-
ing similarity TO modern polo was
PLAYED in Persia centuries before the
birth of Christ The game was intro
duced into Japan, being carried there
bv the Chinese as early as the sixth
century A. ID.
Continuing this antiquarian delvlng,
IL is on record that the Emperor
Comnenus enjoyed the sport with the
BYZANTINE princes and nobility. There
IS an old parchment i'm the British Mu
scum which portrays wildly the King
seated on his dais. hanked on either
side by musicians, watching with
breathless interest" cold stuff. hut it
may get by) a polo match. The players
are shown as mixing il up in a hot
scrimmage. Their sticks resemble the
present mallets.
PREFERRED HIS POLO PONIES TO
HIS HAREM.
According 10 legends the game must
also have been popular with the
Arabians in the centuries long since
gone by. and it's a safe bet that polo
would have an irresistible appeal TO
these wild. reckless riders Of the
deserts. one Of the most interesting OF
these tales which have been handed
down 10 the present day is that party
of British cavalry surprised, attacked
and routed noted Arabian chieftain.
capturing his harem and three or four
of his best polo ponies. The following
day this chieftain under flag Of truce
sent word to the commander OF the
marauding party. then retreating with
his booty. that he was welcome 10 his
wives. He could keep or Kill them at
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-09
Program of B. Y. P. U.
Meeting Next Sunday

The following is the program of
the B. Y. P. U. meeting, Sunday
evening, December 13, Royal Foura
in charge.
Devotional Program-Leader, A.
c. Wright.
Song.
Prayer.
Scripture Lesson-John l: is. BY
Leader.
Story of Matthew'S Gospel-Bru-
nell Swindell.
Story of Marks Gospel-Reva
Fletcher.
The Life Of the Apostle John
Mrs. Hamilton.
His Aim in Writing His Gospel
Mrs. Rogells.
Jesus, the Creator-Mr. Parrish.
Jesus and the World unto Which
He Came-Mr. Hamilton.
Special Song.
Poem-Myrtle Wear.
John, III: 16.-Turner Howard.