The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Noted Horse
Is Feted At
Polo Ball
Hunter, Famous Polo Vet
eran, Shares Honors With
Vice President Curtis and
Other High Dignitaries
By ANNE PATTEN

box stall at Fort Myer from MS
annual spree. Hunter, famed
Army polo pony, is philosophiz'
ing today on the eccentricities
of the two-legged polo en-
thusiasts who, last evening.
thronged the ballroom at the
Mayflower Hotel for the
eleventh annual polo ball.
Hunter is suffering from a
bad case of indigestion brought
on by an over abundance of
sugar surreptitiously slipped
him by his admirers at the ball.
His groom, Private Baker, Of
the Service Detachment at Fort
Myer, had warned him against
the thirty-second lump, but
Hunter was tempted beyond his
equine strength and suffered
today the usual regrets of the
morning after"
Horse Shares HOnOrS
The veteran polo hero shared
the honors of the fete with
such distinguished personages
as the Vice President of the
United States, Charles Curtis;
the Secretary of War, Patrick
Hurley, and the chief of staff,
U. s. A., Maj. Gen. Douglas
Macarthur. But Hunter is ac-
customed to notables. A Vice
President or a Cabinet officer
mean nothing in his life and
sugar a great deal.
Hence his indigestion and re-
gretS, both possibly shared by
the 1900 or more personages
of more or less Importance who
attended the ball to dance un-
til the "wee Sma' hours"
Private Baker Announcing
Says Private Baker:
Hunter just hasn't any sense
when some lady offers him
sugar. The OF fool would jest
natcherly eat himself to death
effen I didn't say, Lady, you
give me that sugar and I'll
give it to Hunter when you all
Dances Then I just natcherly
takes that sugar and puts it in
my pocket. The idee don't
work more'n 80 or a hundred
times on account 1 amt got
any more room in my pocket,
and then Hunter eats until I
has to push him up the hill
from RosSlyn."
Receives the Guests
Hunter received the guests at
the foot of the receiving line
from his specially constructed
box stall, wearing his famous
ballroom slippers devised by
Private Baker to protect the
polished floor. The stall idea
was carried out in the entire
decorative scheme. Guests were
seated in boxes Cor Stalls), CIV
ing their full names and pedi
grees. Such as "Vice Presi-
dent-Bred in Kansas
tional Matches: Republicans VS..
Democrats" And Macarthur
Bred in Arkansas-Army Cham
pionShip Matches" and "Sze-
chenyi a Imported-Hungary-
International Matches"
Mr.. Curtis HOnOred
Vice President Curtis, arriving
at the party from the dinner
given in his honor by Major and
Mrs. George Patton, was re-
ceived with full regimental and
polo honors. He entered the
ballroom escorted by Malcr Pat
ton and with a guard of honor
formed by two polo teams of
pretty girls in their colorful cos
tunes.
In his party we're his brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Everett Gam. Later
Mrs. Cora Claire, mother of Ina
Claire, joined the Vice Presiden-
tial party, although she had a
box of her own inscribed suit
ably.
Indoor Polo Field
The ballroom floor had been
decked as a polo field with goal
posts at either end and gaily
striped awnings over the STALL
boxes. The orchestra. clad in
polo togs, played from q plat
form improvised from bales of
hay and straw with a painted
drop" of a polo field as a back
ground.
Guests were greeted in the
Chinese room by a distinguished
group, including the Secretary
of War and Mrs. Hurley, AS
sistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. Frederick H. Payne, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, Chief of
Staff, U. S. A., and honorary
chairman of the polo ball COM
mittee; the chairman, Gen.
George Van Horne Moseley,
Mrs. Moseley, and the Com
mandant of the Marine Corps
and Mrs. Ben H. Fuller. Pres.
entations were made by Col.
Robert C. Foy, who is liaison
officer between the War De
partment and the group of
foreign military attaches sta
toned in Washington.
A Picturesque Figure
General Macarthur was a
picturesque figure in riding
togs, wearing a scarlet jacket,
with an American shield on
the pocket, a souvenir of the
time when he Commanded"
the American Olympic teams
in 1928.
The boxholders included Vice
President Curtis tho AnohaS.