New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-16
Fresh Hope for Second
Clash at Polo To-Day
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to win. II the match goes to a third
game. II will take so much out of me
think | should never care TO play polo
again.
Polo is so uncertain. You never can
tell. you know. We knew the Ameri-
can boys had the polo In them and we
thought every moment 1t would break
out and that our lead would be quick =
overcome. | feel they will play much
better next time.
IL was surprised the American
mounts did not do better. When | was
here last year used some of the
ponies now played against us and /
knew how fast and handy the others
were. Yet our ponies had as much
speed on Saturday. 1t must have been
the day of days for our ponies and our
men. l Will not be surprised to see the
American ponies greatly improved in
the second game and the players hit
ting with all their old vim"
Ponies in Good Condition.
Faulkner trainer of Lord Wimborne's
ponies, said outright that the challengers
would win to-day. I'VE will have a half
dozen ponies out that are better than any
we showed on Saturday. and every pony
in our lot is full OF hot blood, in spite OF
what has been said about their looks.
Lord Wimborne will have nothing else,
and he would not sell Minnie, Halloween
or Satinella for 5000. lie has paid from
5000 TO $4,000 for nearly all OF them, and
they are better now than when we got
them. We have been picking and choos-
Ing from over seventy ponies to make up
this string, and we have as many just as
good at Lord Wimbornes stables at
home"
No complaints were heard about the
condition OF the American ponies on the
part OF the players, but among outsiders
the impression that they seemed over
trained was expressed. a polo hanger-on
Of the stables insisted that they would
be in the best OF condition this afternoon,
as they have had only light work for two
days. The stable followers will not admit
a possibility OF the cup going to England,
but they think the next two games will
be close.
There Is bad news about Jacob, the
Texas pony that carried Milburn so well
last year. and that he used only in the
fourth period on Saturday. Jacob lost
an eye by being hit with a mallet in a
game two years ago, and after being
played on Saturday 1t was noticed that
the good eye seemed affected.
keeper, reported that the rainfall yester-
day morning had improved the turf of
the big field. The effect of last night
rain on the game may upset his plans,
although the loan on the field is only
four or five feet thick, over a sub-stratum
of sea sand, so that 1t absorbs the water
like a sponge.
He plans to cut the big field at
o'clock this morning and keep the rollers
on II until shortly before time for the
game.
The clubs employees were busy on Sun
day gathering up and burning an enor-
nous bulk of debris. Four two-horse
trucks carted off the field thirty loads OF
waste to feed the bonfires. More than
two hundred empty beer boxes and about
as many packing boxes were gathered
up, which had been placed outside The
wire fences of the field by spectators as
standing places at from 81 TO 81 per-
son. Rumor had 1t that not saloon
keeper in Hampstead or Mineola had an
empty beer box about his place yesterday.
Captain Cheape in his talk mentioned
that his eye and face were now as good
os new In this connection, friend says
that Captain Cheape told him not to bet
on the result of Saturdays game. as he
had no confidence in the injured eye.
After the game Captain Cheape sought
out the friend and apologlzed for the bad
tip.
That Milburn has anything wrong with
his ribs was again forcible denied yester-
day, and the polo wise say II is joke to
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