The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Society Watches
Polo Tournament
in a Downpour
Crowd Cares Not for Clothes
as 1t Watches Play at
Meadow Brook.

Interest In polo was strilxingly Illus
frated yesterday afternoon by the crowd
thai filled the srandstand boxes and
seats at the west side of the interna-
tional polo field at the Meadow Brook
Club at Westbury. Weather meant
nothing to the devotees of this sport ana
as far as could be seen not one left
his seat, even in the midst O. L down
pour just before intermission. All were
provided with heavy outer garments and
rugs that in a measure Kept out the
rain, but 1t was a bedragSled LOOKING
throng that left the field Tor motors OF
special trains at the end Of the match.
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney sat
throughout the match in her box On the
COP of the club stand, but she did not
seem to mind weather conditions a.
though her fur collar looked as IL 1t
had been dragged through brook ana
the plumes on her hat also suffered
With Mrs Whitney We're Miss Eleonora
Sears of Boston, whose costume was IN
quite the same condition as that OF Mrs
IVhitney's: Mr. Alfonso de Navarro and
Mr. Seward Cary
Among others in boxes of the club
stand were Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander >.
Webb, with whom were Mr.. and Mrs.
Archibald Douglas Russell Mr.. ana
Mrs. w Goadby Loew. with whom were
the Misses Loew and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Main Post, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. How
ard C. Brokaw Miss Julia Brokaw, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert u. Gray, Miss Janet
Fish. John Clinton Gray, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry j Whigham, Mr.. and Mrs. Buell.
Hollister, Mrs William H. Erhart, Mrs.
Juan NJ. Ceballos. Miss Louisa Ceballos,
Mrs. Morgan Belmont, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Iselin, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney w.
Fish, Miss Mary Hoyt Wiborg, Mr. and
Mrs w. Albert Pease, Jr. Miss Patty
Pease. Mrs. Charles A. Van Rensselaer,.
Mrs William A. Burnham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry A. Curtis, w. de Forest Manice.
Mr.. Charles H. Theriot, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph p. Grace, Mr.. and Mrs. ii. Ho-
bart Porter. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel VIII
lets. Percy r. Pyne I'd, Lawrence NJ
Waterbury, Mr.. and Mrs. 5. A Warner
Baltazz Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Lewis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Faris r. Russell. j. j..
Keenan,, Egerton l.. Winthrop r. Clark
son Potter. Mrs Loomis L. White, Will
lam S. Fanshawe. w. S. Fanshawe
White and McLane Van 1ngen.
One Of the interested onfookers in the
club enclosure was Mr.. Jean de Prindi-
Vile Waddngton OF Paris, whose mar
riage to Miss Gladys Olcott. elder daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Olcott, VIII
take place next Wednesday at the nome
or the DrlQe 5 pdItIltS- WI. N"NNi''SN NS'N
Is one of the best polo players in the
French army He came with Mrs. OIL
colt and his fiancee, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Rowland Graham and Mr. Law
renee Atterbury.
There was a large gathering from the
horse show at Piping Rock whe came
after the morning show and the numer-
Gus luncheons that had been given at
the Piping Rock Club. Among them
Moore who
brought with him Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
w Granniss Miss May Granniss, Mr..
Harold Fftz Gerald and Mr. Thomas H.
Wright of St. Louis.
Others from Piping Rock were Mr.. and
Mrs Rufus L. Peterson, who came with
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Brewster and
Mr.. and Mrs Oliver G. Jennings, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul ID. Cravath. Mr.. and Mrs.
James S. Larkin. Mr.. and Mrs J. Allen
yT'cwnsend. Mr.. and Mrs. +. Egerton
Webb. Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio s. Shon-
nard, Mr.. and Mrs. Jorge Andre, Mr..
and Mrs. William Armstrong Greer
Mr. and Mrs. W. Eugene Kimball, Miss
Marion willard. Mrs. Victor Cumnock
Miss Grace Helen Talbot, Mr.. and Mrs
A. Delano Weeks, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam McNair. Mrs. Reginald l.. Hutchin-
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Murray, Mrs
Lewis b. Gawtry, the Misses Gawtry
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Howard Gamble
Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Phelps Mr.. Sumner
Ballard, Mrs. Middleton S. Burrill, Mr.
and Mrs William Z. Coe, Mrs. Stephen
H. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Pratt
and Mr.. and Mrs G. Hunter Brown.
Also Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Hamilton
Stewart. Mr.. and Mrs. Noel McVickar
Mr.. and Mrs. George f. Fahys. Miss
Betty Hammill. Miss Elinor Stewart
Joseph Fahys I'd. James b. Taylor
Mrs Richard Trimble. Miss Margaret
Trimble. Mrs. =. a. S. Franklin. Mr..
and Mrs. e. Reeve Merritt, Mrs. j.
Howell Carroll. Mrs. Henry w. Lowe
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell Baker.
Among others in boxes or seats OF
the grand stand were Mr.. and Mrs.
Adrian Iselin. who motored from New
York asd with them were Mrs. Francis
de r. Wissmann and s1rs. Iselin s
niece, Miss Sylvia Van Rensselaer,