Open fields on Long Island reverberated with the furious drumming of horses' hoofs. Riders shouted and strained. There was heard the solid impact of bodies, the crash of weapons, the slap and squeak of straining leather.
It was not Indian warfare nor even a rodeo, but U. S. poloists preparing to defend the International Challenge Cup* against an English invasion next month. Crowds along the sideboards at Westbury and Port Washington trained their glasses. The Defense Committee of the U. S. Polo Association (H. P. Whitney, R. E....
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