Sport: Westchester Cup

In 1886, when the first international polo matches between England and the U. S. were played at Newport, they caused so little stir that a team of British cricketers, visiting the U. S. at the same time, did not know until they returned home that a team of British poloists had been almost within batting distance of them. Last week, when the twelfth series of matches for the Westchester Cup* took place at the Meadow Brook Club on Long Island, it was the No. 1 international sporting event on the U. S. calendar for...

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