New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
POLO PLAYERS NOW
FACE FINAL WORK
polishing Process Set for
$ phipps Field and
Westbury.
,aKFWOOD PRACTICE
SATISFIES WHITNEY
o,,;es Have Not Been Rushed,
hut Are Reported To Be in
Best of Condition.

s5stes for the Polo Association
a, the international match will re-
'A oraetlce on Phipps's Field. West
~ his afternoon. and they will al
-. between these grounds and the
m" p.ook No field until the eve
Ne w. contest. The birmingham players
=" n.nles are not expected 20 be in ac-
-. 81 piping Rock until about June ].
y. ,yne up The men and ponies was the
-, Of the Lakewood games. and II. +.
~s.n,y who has coached the players
\ .Ynressed his satisfaction with the
Its OF the sojourn amid the pines
,oint Of condition the best known
- have never been so well trained
.,rlv In the season. There is an es-
..s,,lly marked Improvement in J. NJ.
r.,,rbury jr. who, after the long rest
- compulsory by the accident TO his
80 IN last years international match'
| 1 far from his true form when he re-
Jared I'M the game with the Point Ju-
~, Freebooters for the open champion
N, last August. Rene La Montague.
| n.vsreux MilbuTn and Lord Nodehouse
srs also on the team. which was beaten
he final by COoperstown. Had Water
~ been as good as he is now the game
.,rld At least have oeen much closer.
| An the ponies are in good trim. and they
L. not been hurried along. for there is
k.n ample time TO get them at top form
krthout beins weakened and losing snap
!, the hot weather which is due about
u. time Of the game.
About one hundred ponies have been
l-snsferred from Lakewood TO Long ISL
L.. and for the first time, the majority
.he mounts the defenders will use are
koncbred ponies. Twenty of the forty
h. in charge Of Lawrence Fitzpatrick,
N Whi,ney's polo pony trainer, are I'M
k~stions. The others have been bred
I,ier the stars and Stripes. which lets
Carry-the-News and Helen c., which
I've been bred in Hawaii. All were in
IT, years match except -Four Dice, on
r team or the other.
| his is the list. the imported ponies
hans marked with an asterisk: 'Acushla,
fae Ribbon, Ballerina, Brown Meg.
ks-ta. eBig Polly. Brazos. Conover,
Schestnuts. Carry-the-News, Discretion,
Srora. Four Dice, Gallant. Grayling,
Gold Leaf. "Harkaway. Hidden Star
ksen c.. Jacob. Kitty. 'Little Mary, Lit
l. Polly. mistress. Miss Flip. Mohawk,
kYOllie Beach. Merida. Nutmeg, Pop
Ia. pretty Boy, 'Romo. Sweetheart.
8slzer. Siren. :Selina, 'Sprite, 'Tenby,
Faldron. Warning and Yaqui.
There are also more than a dozen tried
knies available. including two of II. c..
Rppss importations. and three or four
the ten sent from California by Walter
upes
More assiduity in hooking mallets Will
one result Of the Long Island games
as trick. which is more valued by the
British than BY our players. is really
tic Of their stay your-side' game,
Ct very often of service in our open
ame There was little hooking in the
lakewood games. on Wednesday the
aYy going compelled the riding Of the
onts with caution. and there We're sew
Rl instances when a hook would have
yoiled an opponents stroke and so saved
hard riding off gallop
Once. during the second half. j. NJ
Waterbury, jr., was dIibbling the ball
mg with j. s. Phpps at his ponys
tsts "Oh. hook him." cried L. Water
lUy. who was then back for the Blues,
~ long nit had been made before the
t'ter could be acted on.
| Al the team candidates are on edge in
~ stick work. hitting with accuracy all
1nd the pony. But the lumpy going
re an amusing touch to j. S Phipps3
in the sixth period. He had the ball
L. Waterbury called out. Go on
@ 1t; I'll back YOU" After two hits
Phipps overrode the ball; l.. Water
p was ridden off by Milburn. Rumsey
MED up and missed, while La Mon
e. was trying so hard TO get up that
vas only able to give the ball d love
for some ten feet OF distance This
enough. however. for ]. s. Phipps
able to regain command and hit the