As a prelude to next summer's triennial matches with England for the Westchester Cup, polo's No. 1 trophy, the U. S. Open polo championship, played at Long Island's Meadow Brook Club last week, took on added importance. Facing one another in the final were two of the best teams this generation of polo enthusiasts has ever seen. One was Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney's Old Westbury four, last year's winner. The other was Greentree, last year's runner-up, backed by his cousin, John Hay ("Jock") Whitney. Old Westbury had two of the three ten-goalers in...
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