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21st Sporting Art issue: Tradition Horses and longtime horse sports are captured in a variety of ways.
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New Bridge aces Gold Cup.
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POLO NEWS FROM AIKEN Delegates consider, approve and make changes to the USPA Constitution Jack Shelton,
USPA ® Chairman he 2006 United States Polo Association annual meeting was held in Aiken, South Carolina, in conjunction with the playing of the USPA Gold Cup, hosted by the New Bridge Polo Club. The meetings and the polo games were something special, and I would like to thank everyone who took the time and made the effort to attend these important USPA meetings. In addition, I would like to congratulate Russ McCall and the New Bridge Polo Club for putting on a first-class event. The 2006 Gold Cup final featured two well-balanced teams, and the game went into overtime. Congratulations to Russ McCall, Matias Magrini, Adolfo Cambiaso and Gonzalo Garcia del Rio for winning the Gold Cup and consolations to Maureen Brennan's team with Adam Snow, Mariano Gonzalez and Martin Zegers for putting up a good fight. It sure is apparent that polo in Aiken is thriving with so many people moving into that area of the country, buying farms and building polo fields. All levels of polo are being played, and from what I understand there were more than 20 teams for an 8-goal tournament. It is also my understanding that most all of this polo demands better umpiring, and I am happy to report that the USPA umpire services are being employed by the area clubs. As we all know, better umpiring always makes for better, safer polo. I am happy to report that proposed changes to the USPA Constitution that would allow the USPA to become the national governing body of the sport for Olympic and Pan American participation was unanimously passed by the USPA board of governors as well as by a resounding vote by the USPA delegates. In addition, after a great deal of healthy discussion, the USPA Strategic Planning Committee's proposed changes to the USPA Constitution were narrowly defeated (any change to the constitution requires a two-thirds vote by the delegates). However, immediately after the vote, the board of governors wholeheartedly recommended one slight change to the proposed amendments-making it even easier for delegates to nominate additional candidates for the governor-at-large positions; furthermore, the board of governors agreed to hold a special meeting of the Association
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in April 2007 to allow delegates to vote, once again, on these important changes to the USPA Constitution. The four major concepts underlying the governance changes concerned term limits for all board members; election of USPA officers by the board; weighted club votes based on relative membership size of the clubs; and, most important, giving all of you registered players the right to vote for the governors-at-large positions on the USPA board of governors. There was a great deal of good discussion and open and transparent debate for the past year or so-and many people were in favor of all the changes. The USPA board of governors had voted twice to approve all of the governance concepts; however, when it came down to a vote at the annual meeting, a few of the circuit governors voted with their delegate proxies and were able to defeat the passage of all the proposed changes. The revised amendment changes will be forwarded to the delegates for a review 30 days prior to the scheduled vote in April in Wellington, Florida, and the package of proposed changes will be voted up or down by the delegates at that April 2007 meeting. I would ask that all USPA members read and understand those proposed changes and if you approve of them, ask that your delegate vote for those changes to be made. If you are a delegate, please come to the April 2007 meeting and vote in person. If you cannot be there, then ask your circuit governor to vote your proxy for what you and your club want to see happen. These governance changes are a healthy way to put some new energy into the Association, and that energy is supplied by both the clubs as well as by individual players, who will be empowered by these proposed changes. If you have any questions or concerns about these proposed changes, please feel free to contact me or anyone who had served on our extensive Strategic Planning Committee. Hope you all had a good summer of polo, and I look forward to seeing you on the polo field.
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The USPA congratulates New Bridge Polo Club for a very Shane Winkler, pack your bags, you're going to the successful 2006 USPA Gold Cup! Thanks go out to the club Breeders' Cup! Congratulations to Big Horn Polo Club, the staff, participating teams and the volunteers for putting on a winner of the Polo Plus Program contest! All polo clubs were first-class event with a huge crowd turnout. We also want to eligible and the polo manager with leads resulting in the thank our club delegates and various USPA committees who highest dollar amount in member purchases of Dodge vehicles participated in the annual meetings held in connection with the and John Deere tractors and/or equipment wins an all-expense Gold Cup. The USPA committees made up of volunteers within paid trip to the 2006 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred the polo community congregated at the Championships, November 4 at University of South Carolina Aiken Churchi11 Downs in Louisville, campus to discuss a variety of polo CLUB TO RECEIVE $10,000 Kentucky. The contest was part of the related topics to help improve the sport. Detroit Polo Chili and Association's efforts to create awareness Mr. Chet Regula, president.
USPA WELCOMES KIM SYME
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and excitement with the USPA Polo Plus Program launched earlier this year. USPA and its participating program partners thank Shane and Big Horn Polo Club for their continued support of the Polo Plus Program. We encourage everyone in the polo community to take advantage of the USPA Polo Plus program, from which you can get preferred pricing on common household name products and services, including Dodge, John Deere, Budget, OfficeMax, Sherwin-Williams and now UPS. Call (866) 611-POLO (7656) to see how you can save. Please don't forget to refer your fellow players and employees too.
recipient of a Polo Development Initiative Kimberly Syme is the new national in the amount of $10,000. field director for the USPA This funding is to assist in new player In te rco Ile gi ate/ Interscholastic development, winter arena polo and to Tournament Program. Kim has been support the intercollegiate program involved in the I/I program since 1992 at the University of Michigan. as a player, assistant coach and FOR INFORMATION AS TO HOW YOUR tournament manager. She has CLUB CAN RECEIVE FINANCIAL volunteered as tournament manager ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT GROWTH, the last two years, including managing the 2006 national championships, both VISIT THE USPA HOME PAGE OR CALL interscholastic and intercollegiate, with Amber Owen at (561) 253-5629 or much success. Kim will work under the Gerry Aschinger at (859) 509-0053. direction of I/I Committee Chairmen Bruce Wells and Russ Sheldon and USPA Tournament Director Ed Armstrong, where she will assist with planning and managing the I/I tournaments. UPDATING ADDRESSES Kim may be. contacted at ksyme@uspolo.org or at (860) 436-9922. Go to our Web site at www.uspolo.org to review the list of members who have bad addresses in our database. Please send us PLEASE SEND IN DAMAGED HELMETS your most up-to-date contact information, including your e-mail Dr. Tim Nice, chairman of the USPA Safety Committee, is address, by contacting Beth Day at (800) 232-8772, extension 19, requesting that all players who have fallen while wearing a or at bday@uspolo.org. Thank you for your cooperation. helmet please send damaged helmets to him care of the USPA office at 771 Corporate Drive, Lexington, KY, 40503. The BLUE BOOKS helmets will be examined and tested. Please write a short description of the details of the accident and describe any If you have not yet received your USPA Blue Book, please call injuries sustained while wearing the helmet. Beth Day, (859) 219-1000, extension 19. ♦
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THANK YOU! Our generous donors help us keep the ball in play-
Eugene Burk President Ian W. Angus Gillian Johnston Vice Presidents Glen Holden Sr. Treasurer Lynn Thompson Secretary DIRECTORS Honorary Directors George Alexander Jr. Daniel W. Colhoun Jr. Karlene Beal Garber William T. Ylvisaker Founding Director To serve to 2009 Peter Y Alworth Dana Aschinger Eugene Burk Anthony L. Coppola George R. Dill Robert W. Donahey George Hearst, 111 John Barker Hickox Gillian Johnston Clifford M. Sitton Jesse L. Upchurch To serve to 2008 Chrys D. Beal Julie Boyle William Busch Glen Holden, Sr. Orrin Ingram Nana Lampton Jesse Pruitt Lynn Thompson To serve to 2007 Ian W. Angus Stephen A Orthwein John C. Oxley Richard C. Riemenschneider Jack L. Shelton Charles E. Weaver Bruce C. Wells, M.D. Daniel M. Scheraga Executive Director
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The board of directors and staff of the Polo Training Foundation would like to extend our heartfelt thank you to all of our benefactors and volunteers who have helped the PTF continue its mission to improve the future of polo in America. This year we reached our annual giving goal because the donors listed in the following pages gave more than $465,000 to the PTF in the fiscal year that began July 1, 2005, and ended June 30, 2006.
the summer visiting several USPA member clubs, helping them to develop polo schools and addressing club management and membership issues. Responses from clubs she visited have been tremendous, and those clubs are now well down the road toward regrowing their membership. At least three new polo schools have been developed as a result of Kris's efforts, and others have benefited from her advice.
Programs growing PTF partners with USPA The PTF and the USPA met in April, July and September to explore how the two organizations could best enhance the future of polo by working closely together without excessive overlap between the organizations. The result of these meetings could be summed up succinctly with the following phrase: "If it's training it's PTF; if it's standards it's USPA." An example of this would be in umpire development. The USPA sets the certification levels for umpires and executes the certifications. PTF umpire instructors do the training leading up to certification. Another example would be player handicaps. The USPA sets the bar for the different handicap levels and the USPA Handicap Committee determines players' handicaps. PTF training programs teach players how to play and improve their game and ultimately their handicaps.
National Chm Development Program matures Kris Bowman spent her second summer with the PTF helping with the long-term vision to develop the future of polo. Her position with the PTF dovetails perfectly with the National Club Development Program recommended by the USPA Strategic Planning Commission. Kris spent
Our programs continue to grow. We had 150 players in just three of the many junior programs sponsored by the PTF. The Florida Junior Polo, Eldorado Junior Polo and Wyoming Polo School are the big three, but the Polo Training Foundation reaches more than 500 juniors in programs across the continent. Brushy Creek Ranch summer polo camp had another successful season. Cissie Jones taught 63 campers during eight weeks of summer camp, and touched the polo lives of nearly 400 students through her coaching league, intercollegiate/ interscholastic clinics and camps. Wilbur O'Ferrall has been on the road all summer teaching polo to USPA member club junior programs, U.S. Pony Clubs, 4H Clubs and other youth groups. He is already nearly booked up for the fall and winter season, and people are calling him for next summer. Highlight trips this year included followup trips to teach polo in Alaska; and a trip to Ireland, where he coached more than 200 Irish Pony Clubbers and umpired one of their major 6-goal tournaments. The PTF and PTF Canada completed the Level II coaching manual for polo instructors. The Level II manual teaches all aspects of polo, including polo equitation, hitting, basic rules and
strategy. The manual also contains a section on drills that can improve the skills of polo players. To receive a copy of the manual, instructors must participate in a Level II manual training clinic. The first clinic was held at Brushy Creek Ranch October 20-21. Bob Stuerzebecher will again conduct a series of Florida Club Umpire Schools at the Vero Beach Polo and Saddle Club. It is
a great location because it is a center for low-goal polo. Club umpires can practice their skills behind the whistle. Head Umpire Instructor Steve Lane moved over from the USPA to the PTF this spring and spent the summer teaching and umpiring. Steve also schedules most of the rest of the umpire clinics in the country that are taught by several umpire instructors. This winter season Steve will be the head umpire instructor at the Eldorado Polo Club in Indio, California, where he will supervise the program umpire school that has run successfully there for more than 10 years. We have three book titles for sale in the PTF office. These have been donated to the PTF to help promote the future of polo. Bob Lubash's book Polo Wisdom is a lovely coffee table book covering just about everything there is to know about polo. Elizabeth Layton authored The Golden
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are properly supported. The hard work of our hoard of directors; the many volunteers who help run our programs and help with fund-raising; the independent-contract instructors who are there in a pinch; our PTF employees, including instructors and office staff; and most important our donors make this all possible because they truly desire to grow the sport of polo while maintaining the safety and integrity of the game. The giving levels listed on the following pages celebrate those who have gone the extra mile in making polo a better sport. Without their gifts, most of the programs and certainly the quality of those programs would be in jeopardy. The PTF now has accurate computer records for gifts over the past 10 years. To recognize those who have been consistent donors, the number of years of giving is beside the names of those who have given consecutively for two or more years. Although we realize many have given for much longer periods of time, the early records are not complete, so this tabulation begins with the year 1997. We would also enthusiastically commend those of you who added your gifts to the PTF for the first time. Without you new donors, our giving and our programs would not be able to grow. We realize that trusting computer records has an element of both risk and anxiety. We would, however, like to recognize those who have been consistently supporting the PTF with gifts to either the annual fund or any of the endowment campaigns. Please alert us if you know of any names inadvertently omitted or corrections needed, and please accept our apologies.
Amanresorts Kelly & Chrys Beal (7) Mark & Katherine Bellissimo Joseph W. Bishop (2) Brenda Castellano Cameron A. Clark Frederic C. Collin Trust (10) Robert & Co1leen Donahey (5) Robert L. Ellsworth
The Empire Polo Club (2) The Estate Jewelry Collection The Fanjul Family Richard & Karlene Garber ( 10) Tamara Y. Gerber Richard & Nancy Gooding (3) John Goodman (2) Hatfield's LLC Morgan & Bobby Henderson Glen & Gloria A. Holden (9) The Glen Holden Family Foundation (7) Alex Jacoy S.K. & Gillian Johnston Jr. (4) Barnaby Levin Claudia Luttrelle F.P. & Li-Ann H. Mannix (10) Michael & Dorothy A. Matz (2) John R. Muse The William J. & Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation (5) Steve & Ginny Orthwein (10) John C. Oxley (10) The Oxley Foundation (8) Jesse L. Pruitt (4) Greg & Stacey Renker (2) Luis & Julie Rinaldini (3) Billy & Sandra Sheldon Jack & Pat Shelton (9) Clifford M. Sifton (2) Gordon D. Sondland William Stuart (5) Lynn Thompson (6) Henry F. Trione (4) Jesse L. Upchurch (10) Paul & Margot von Gontard (10) John & Reve Walsh Derek & Deb Wolstenholme (8) Peter & Patricia Yunghanns (2)
President, $2,500-$4,999 Marvin Andreetta Constance Arthur Dana & Gerry Aschinger (4) Susie Bates Jerry & Geri Bidwell (3) Thomas & Julie Boyle (2) Graham Bray Maynard & Graydon Brittan (2) Guy Brown (2) Cary G. Burch Kim & Andy Busch (9) Wynter R. Collins Pamela Colvin (3) Kathleen M. Cook-Grayson =continued on page 62 POLO PLAYERS EDITIO\
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WINE COUNTRY POLO Good wine, good polo and good people are what one club is all about
isiting polo clubs is one of my favorite things to do. Not too long ago, my wife, Gwen, and I had the chance to visit the Wine Country Polo Club near Santa Rosa, California. This gem of a club is nestled along a gentle hillside in the Sonoma Valley wine region of Northern California. Right next to Sonoma is the Napa Valley, and that means grape growing and the production of some of the finest wines in the world. The polo club is owned by Henry Trione, founder of the Geyser Peak Winery, and there is no better patron of the sport than this generous gentleman who makes polo (and wine) happen in that part of the country. Traveling to different polo clubs allows me a wonderful opportunity to meet some interesting people and horses, and it affords me a chance to watch and learn how certain key, enthusiastic individuals provide opportunities to fellow polo players and club members. Polo clubs are like snowflakes and fingerprints-there are no two alike. But all polo clubs have a few, basic things in common. A club must have a field or access to a field; have some sort of organizational process and procedure that provides schedules, club rules, regulations; and, last but not least, there must be enough players with enough horses to play polo. Another thing most clubs have in common is one or two infrastructure providers. Clubs might have but one. field or a dozen and organize polo activities for any number of players. But the personality of each club differs because that club personality is a reflection of the person or people who either subsidize or organize it. Most of the time that is a good thing. People who start and then maintain polo
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clubs enjoy the sport and want to provide the needed infrastructure to be willing and able to gather enough others to play. Club ownership is often a labor of love despite the cost and the myriad issues and concerns confronting every club, such as adequate liability coverage, sportsmanship, umpiring and proper field maintenance and repair. There are a few clubs that may exhibit little or no personality. These clubs tend to be the larger, more commercial types of polo operations that are organized to provide polo and other social activities on a large scale at a reasonable cost to overcome the overhead expense. Often these types of clubs are mega-class facilities that provide, in addition to the obligatory polo field(s), enough bodies to make up a practice or a game and onsite stabling for horses and grooms. They also may offer a variety of social amenities, such as an organized social calendar, a polo stadium or clubhouse, a fitness center. They also may provide facilities for other endeavors, such as tennis, golf and weekly poker nights. A polo club's personality can also become a reflection of its point man or woman-the club manager. Some polo club managers are "people people," while others might have been good polo players at one time but have few or no skills when it comes to dealing with the strong egos and weak minds that it takes to play this sport. All too often the polo manager is a hired professional who either has the necessary skills or not, and it has been my experience that there are very few volunteer polo club managers. When I hear about that strange phenomenon of volunteer managers, I
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usually ask how long he or she has been on the job. Most of these volunteer managers do not last one season, unless of course they enjoy verbal abuse, free floating anxiety and a feeling of inadequacy highlighted by hopelessness. Now, back to the subject of playing polo and appreciating wine, two of life's great pleasures. As the Wine Country Polo Club has proven for many years, these two vital activities can be done on the same day at the same location, but please be cautioned that polo must always come first, followed by the wine. After an appropriate post-game, cool down period, polo players, those so inclined, especially in the Sonoma-Napa region, can often find some quiet time with old or new-found friends to appreciate a moderate portion of th~ planet's finest wines. When the sun goes down in California, the cool evening air is conducive to all sorts of activities like quiet, light conversation eased along by a glass of deep purple Merlot. Could life be any better than that? The purpose of my visit to the Wine Country Polo Club was to finally meet Henry Trione. I had heard so much about his support of polo out in the West that it was time to talk to this amazing man in person. In his younger days, Henry was a quite an active player before accumulated injuries forced him to the sidelines. Yet, his zest for polo did not abate and he continued to support teams and players and created the equine/wine oasis called Wine Country Polo. It is amazing how savvy business people will include a polo club in just about any type of real-estate venture. Henry was able to include not just a club, but he established an adjacent,
horse-friendly environment by donating thousands of acres of prime real estate preserved as public parkland that is crisscrossed with miles of horse trails. Talking to some Wine Country Polo members, it is apparent that Henry's philosophy of polo defines the overall personality of the club. Henry provides a full-sized, irrigated Bermuda-grass polo grounds with fieldside, field-level parking on one side of the field. The other side of the field is carved out of the side of the sloping hill, which provides a tree-lined path that had shaded tables and chairs situated neatly for a perfect view of the action on the polo field. (On my visit, I was given a wineglass and was turned loose amongst 50 vintners who were offering tasting of their wares. Polo game? What polo game?). All of the club's social amenities are simple, functional and included a clubhouse with an inviting front porch, suitable staging areas for the trucks, trailers and horses, and plenty of tall, green, shade trees. Most of the club players lived nearby, though some traveled as much as three hours to get to the field, bypassing other polo clubs on the way. Most of the club players said something to the effect: "This club is here because Henry wants good, friendly polo and does not want any problems on the field." "Henry wants everyone to have fun. " "We all appreciate what Henry provides, and without him there would be no polo in this area." Most polo clubs usually have that one special person, often viewed as a benign dictator who subsidizes polo for the majority of other players. Much like the influence wielded by feudal kings of old, these polo fiefdoms are the lifeblood of the sport in this country. As I see it, it is good to be king, especially one · providing for the well being of the Sport of Kings. Henry Trione is a good and generous man and to my way of thinking, a true king of the sport of polo. Publisher Emeritus Peter J. Rizzo is handicapped at 2 goals outdoors and 4T goals indoors and enjoys playing polo with his friends, horses andfamily. ♦
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BALANCING ACT Strengthen your legs to better hold yourself in place for a good foundation
f your horses aren't going well and/or you aren't hitting well, take a look at yourself to see how you can improve things. Critically watching a video of yourself playing often answers a lot of questions about why things aren't going well. Before blaming the horse, mallet or field take a look at how you are riding and consider how your horse responds, or how your riding effects the way you hit. Balance is often the key. I once asked another professional player to help me improve. He told me if I really wanted to improve, I should learn to ride standing up in the stirrups. He painted the back of a saddle with red paint and told me to go stick and ball. If I sat back in the saddle, the paint on the seat of my pants would give me away. The idea for standing in the saddle is to strengthen your legs and have a good foundation for riding and hitting, which will help you balance yourself correctly on top of the horse. Once you find your balance you will be in better rhythm with the horse. It also allows you to react much quicker to the movement of the horse, the ball and the play. When your weight is back in the saddle, you are more likely to bounce, which will aggravate the horse and make it less responsive. Keep your weight in your heals and grip with your knee and upper thigh, using your jockey muscle more so than your lower leg. The jockey, or riding, muscle is like working any muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it will get. The more time you spend in the saddle, the stronger your
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riding will become. The balance has to come from your foundation, not from your hands. If you have to hold yourself in the standing position using your rein hands, you tip forward or you keep falling back into the saddle, you have a lot more work to do to strengthen your legs. There is no way to get around putting in hours in the saddle if you want to ride well. Commit to riding regularly. Once you've found your balance and have the leg strength to hold yourself in place, you will see an improvement in your playing and probably in your connection with your horses. When you don't have good balance and are just sitting on top of the horse, it is more difficult for the horse to maneuver. It is the same as someone riding a motorcycle. If you aren't balanced on top of the motorcycle and don't move with it, you are going to eat a lot of dirt. Unlike a motorcycle, a good horse will try to stay underneath you. If you ask the horse to turn, but aren't balanced correctly on top of it, it might not feel comfortable doing it and will be hesitant to do what you ask. When you have strong legs, you can move with the horse. When standing you can merely shift your weight in one direction or another and the horse will know where you want to go. When you are in control of your horse, you can bank the horse around rather than giving a hard check and then turn. If you watch [10-goaler] Adolfo Cambiaso, he banks his horses, then accelerates coming
out of the turn like a driver does with a sports car. He is in sync with his horse most of the time and rarely is sitting back in the saddle. It will be hard to find your balance if your stirrups are too long. I notice a lot of players with stirrups that are at least two holes too long, especially American players. Their reasoning is longer stirrups lower your center of gravity. It is difficult to hit well when your legs are too straight. It will also keep you farther back in the saddle and will take more time and effort to get in position to hit or maneuver the horse. Keep your stirrups at a length that will leave you with a bend in your knee. While sitting in the saddle, hang your leg alongside the stirrup. The bottom of the stirrup should be about the height of the ball of your ankle. This stirrup length will make it easier to stand more, and your horses will respond better. If you have a choppy-gated horse, this riding position will be much more comfortable. Since you are off the horse's back, it won't matter as much how smooth your horse's gait is. I've even seen some top players ride some broncy horses by staying in the standing position and just pivoting on top of the horse as they move beneath them. Of course, you have to have plenty of practice to be able to do that! First practice it when stick and balling until it becomes natural. The beauty of standing is you can adjust. When sitting in the saddle you have fewer options. When you get the chance to hit the
ball, you will be ready. If you look at all the good players, almost all are bent at the knee when striking the ball and spend a good part of the time standing in their stirrups. Put about 60 percent of your weight in your right leg when swinging, leaving 40 percent in your left leg. Keep your knees somewhat bent, and use your legs as shock absorbers. Some people will tell you to get up in the saddle when hitting, leading players to think you lean forward when swinging at the ball. Don't lean forward. Keep your head steady, and about the same distance from the horse whether swinging or not. Bend at the waist, with your back end pushed slightly back, rather than your head going forward. Turn at the waist and guide your mallet through the swing, letting momentum drive the mallet. Balancing your mallet in your hand is similar to your body balancing on the horse. When you find the right balance, it will take little effort to hold the mallet in place. The mallet will be like a pendulum as you swing. Don't use your arms except to guide the mallet. Keep a fairly loose grip on the mallet handle and have all the power come from the larger muscles in your back and legs. If your mallet turns in your hand when you strike the ball, you are likely not hitting the ball with the center of the mallet head. The momentum of the mallet in full motion will easily be enough to drive the ball downfield. If you have any doubts, watch some of the skinny little kids playing junior polo and you'll see you don't need a lot of power to make good hits. Practice stick and ball while standing in your stirrups to strengthen your legs and improve your balance. Find the right balance for your own position in the saddle and for the mallet in your hand. Once you find your balance and have the strength to hold yourself comfortably in place, you will likely improve your polo skills, get along better with your horses and enjoy the game even more. Eduardo "Nacho" Lezica is a 4--goal pwyer originallyfrom Argentina. He regularly pwys in Boca Raton, Florida; and Iulsa; Okwhoma. ♦
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think one of the best ideas I have seen in polo was the old President's Cup national 8-goal tournament played in the fall. Summer teams from all over the country had a series of late-summer ' playoffs in their circuits, and the circuit champs all met to play during the lJ.S. Open that used to be played in the fall. It exposed medium-goal polo to the high-goal polo world and vice versa. More important, it gave a national stage for the low-goal patrons in the lJnited States where they were exposed to the high goal. It also gave a national gauge with which to judge handicaps. Second-generation American players like Bobby Barry and Robert Evans were seen on a national level, which eventually led to high-goal jobs. Men like Alan Connell, a sponsor out of Texas, ended up as a high-goal sponsor because of the President's Cup. The glitch in Aiken, South Carolina, would be the enormous number of teams already playing there. There may not be room for another tournament. There are reportedly 41 polo fields in Aiken, which, given the town's long and illustrious history in polo, is certainly the high-water mark. I imagine that figure is stretched to include cow pastures that somebody had a practice game on. This year in Aiken, 20 teams played in a post-Gold Cup 8-goal tournament. Three teams were turned away. That number may seem impressive, but historically it's par for the course for a large club. Palm Beach Polo used to get close to 50 eight-goal teams in a pre-season tournament during the late 1970s and early 1980s, until they had to cancel it because they were tearing
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up the fields before the season started. Gulfstream Polo Club used to get well over 20 teams every year. They were knockouts-one game and you're out. It lent excitement to the advancement of teams. Calcuttas meant more. One bad game and it's too bad for you. It was better for the sport. This is where the high goal could take a lesson from the low goal. The high goal is evolving into an endless quagmire of everybody is a winner ("I know we are 0-2 but we can still qualify for the playoffs if White Birch loses by 9 and Skeeterville gets beaten by Pony Express"). For the love of sport, I know polo costs a lot of money at the high-goal level, but somebody has to stand up and tell the also-rans that the thrill is to participate; period. If a bad team had Albert Einstein in their pocket running the tournament they still couldn't win. And most patrons feel that way. I swear I have heard on numerous occasions patrons after losing a close game say, "Well, it would have been a long shot, but it was good fun." Now somebody has to stand up and tell the rest of the patrons that you are not entitled to three shots at winning the Open. I know it costs a lot of money, but it is the lJ.S. Open. Imagine if they did that in golf or football. They would lose their audience not because it looks stupid but because it is stupid. Part of the problem is that a few of the patrons want several chances to win. And the other problem is some of the pros are working contracts that pay bonuses if they qualify for the playoffs. That is why you see after a series of league play, the first place team playing the last-place team in
the other division in each bracket. Is it just I, or is the emperor wandering around naked? Bringing the Open to Florida has made the tournament certainly the greatest in this country and maybe the world. The number of teams, venue and promotion surrounding Palm Beach Polo, Royal Palm Polo and Palm Beach International has built the lJ.S. Open into something larger than the entire high-goal season in south Florida. The tournament has also sucked the life out of every other tournament in Florida that precludes it. Twenty-two-goal leagues turn into practice games for the Open. I've heard those words from a 10-goal player. There is a tremendous amount of pressure on pros and horses going i~to the Open, not to mention the patrons' billfolds. I just want to add a small word of encouragement to the patrons here. If you think you are spending a lot of money on the Open, look down Pierson Road and ask yourself, how much fun would you be having watching your wife's tutti frutti trainer sailing over jumps at the show grounds? Don't think that doesn't cost more than you pay for the Open. I'll take getting my ass kicked by Adolfo Cambiaso every time. My point is to eliminate some of the useless games in the Open. Take your beating like a man and if you win, you will be all the richer. Too many games equal tired horses, and if one thing the last five Opens has in common it is tired, sore horses going into the game. It keeps the Wonder Mouth plane in the air, I can tell you that. Give Open teams one shot, and if they lose, off to the NAIA or whatever you want
to call the losers' tournament. I swear it's getting now that cross-bracketing and double elimination is doing nothing other than letting the losers down easy. That is why consolation tournaments were invented. You're supposed to play for the sport of it. Gross goals and net goals are getting to be a way of life. In other news, the North American Polo League will debut this winter, taking three tournaments, the U.S. Open, the Gold Cup and the C.V. Whitney under its umbrella. The organization is an effort to turn the sport of polo into a professional organization similar to the NFL or NASCAR. Television, marketing and tournament play will include profit sharing and a way for sponsors to subsidize some of their playing expenses. Eventually sponsorship will branch out to a nationwide 16- to 18-goal set of tournaments set up at different locations . across the country. It is in the planning stages, the details of which will be released later this fall. Also, the USPA is talking about dropping Mike Azzaro to 9 goals with some other 10-goal players because Cambiaso is so much better than everyone else at that rating. Remember the Piereses and the Gracidas. That is why Guy Wildenstein went to 3 goals and Peter Brant went to 7. It is a little misplaced to drop all the 10-goal players because one is dominating. That is the luxury about being raised to 10; one guy gets to be the best. Now if two or three are head and shoulders above the rest, it's time to give the bottom tier the hook. I swear I'm not saying this because it's what I do for a living, but if you don't get your horses' teeth checked every year you shouldn't own horses. It's one thing to cut your horse's mouth, but one in 10 have some kind of bite problem to cause them to die a slow, painful death if they are not floated depending on how fast their teeth grow, and they never stop growing. Gotta go. Where the Rivers Run North, a story ofthe horses of northern Wyoming and southern Montana, hits the shelves in June and will be available any where you see the author with a stack of books. ♦
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SAND TROUBLE Prevent ponies' digestion problems with good management practices
f your horses live in areas like California, parts of the Southwest or South Florida, which have sandy soil, it is important to eliminate the chances of your horses ingesting sand while eating. Horses naturally eat off the ground. When the ground is made of sand, it puts your horses at risk of ingesting that sand, which builds up over time and can cause health problems that may prove fatal. As a throwback to the days when horses roamed the plains, their bodies and digestive systems are designed to eat small amounts at a time throughout the day, as they did while grazing their way across the land. Watch a horse grazing in a field. They will take a few bites of grass, then walk a step or two, take a few more bites, walk a step or two and continue like that. These eating habits work best for their digestive system. As horses were domesticated and eventually trained to spend more time inside a stall or corral their diet and feeding regime changed. Instead of diets of rich grasses, now horses are often fed cut hay and grain. And instead of eating little bits continually throughout the day, they are often fed larger meals twice or three times a day. The closer you get to feeding your horses as their bodies were designed, the fewer problems you will have. Give them as much healthy, fresh grass in their diet as possible. But keep in mind, not all grass is created equally. Much of the grass that grows in sandy soil is' not as nutritious as that grown in other types of soil. In this case, a horse's diet needs to be
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supplemented with nutritious hay. For the hardworking equine athlete, hay still may not be enough and their diets will need further supplementation in the way of grains. Horses are often fed hay, which is thrown in a pile on the ground in their stall or in the paddock. Some believe it is better for horses to eat off the ground to prevent respiratory problems caused by dust particles. Horses have flaps in their airways made to keep them from inhaling dust while eating, but the flaps stay open when their heads are elevated. But eating off the ground can be problematic, especially if the stall base or paddock is sand. Most horses will spend plenty of time trying to pick up each and
every morsel of hay, especially if it contains a tasty alfalfa, with its small leaves that fall to the ground. As horses search for each piece in the sand, they can get a teaspoon or two of sand with each bite. This builds up in their colon over time, leading to intestinal blockages or other complications. The same is true for pieces of grain dropped in the sand. Even though horses are generally fed grain in buckets, many horses drop at least some grain from their mouths or push the grain around their buckets, which often spills on the ground. When they pick through the sand for the pieces of grain, once again they are ingesting sand, which eventually makes it way to their colon. Putting hay in nets or racks to keep it off the ground won't solve the problem . because the small pieces will still drop to the ground. Hay nets can also be dangerous if not placed high enough to prevent legs from getting caught in them. A better solution is feeding hay in a manger or using a hayrack with a built in tray to catch small pieces. Another solution is to feed hay on rubber mats, placed either in the stall or out in the paddock; however, they need to be big enough to keep the hay from falling off the mats and have to be kept swept clean on a regular basis for them to effectively provide a barrier between the sand and the hay. Rubber mats are also good to place under feed buckets in a stall, but again they need to be kept clean. It is safest not to feed horses at all when
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pulling on the colon. For horses living in sandy areas, it is best to periodically check for sand. This can be done using a clear plastic bag or bucket. Take several pieces of manure
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start preventive treatments. Some people regularly give their horses bran mash, thinking it will help clean out any sand the horse may ingest. In fact, it is not effective in moving out sand that has collected in the colon. Psyllium has proven effective in carrying the sand out of the colon in most cases. Psyllium can be fed once a problem is recognized, or even better, as a preventive. There are many companies that sell psyllium, but find the purest form rather than something that has additives. (Equi Aide offers a 99 percent pure psyllium.) Follow the directions on the package for preventive treatment or confer with your vet when sand buildup is suspected.. Prevent problems by feeding in a manger or on mats and never feed grain or even hay directly on the sand. ♦
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return to the states in August to get ready for school. Schwartz, a 0-goaler, celebrated his 15th birthday while in France. He lived alone for the four months he was there. Overall he enjoyed the experience. "I have really enjoyed my time playing in Apremont. The polo is great, the people are very welcoming and the food itself is almost worth the trip." Schwartz called the trip "the big step into life .... Aside from polo, the experience itself has been irreplaceable. I ... recommend France as a great polo destination to anyone who has the opportunity to go."
Hills, California, was invited to play polo in France this summer. Patron Yves Marcellin was looking for a young, talented player to play on his team in the French Open in Chantilly. He looked in France and England before asking Schwartz to join the team. Schwartz and Marcellin played with Gochi and Federico von Wernick on the 14-goal Malibu Polo Team in first the French Open, then the Open de Chantilly. Though the team had a tough go of it in the French Open, with a 14 record, Schwartz reportedly played well and was asked to play in two other events. In July he substituted for Matthew Sch~artz gets ready to play in France. His polo opportunities didn't end there. He got his FIP President Patrick Guerrand Hermes in the 10first high-goal experience, substituting for USPA Gov. Pat Nesbitt in goal and the team won the event. In August he headed to Deauville the Pacific Coast Open. His handicap has been raised to 1 goal for to be "in the wings" as a substitute for Andre Fabre on his In the 2007, and he was preparing to leave for Aiken, South Carolina, in Wings team, led by 10-goal Marcos Heguy. He was on standby for mid-October to work for former 10-goaler Owen Rinehart. both the 14-goal and 20-goal tournaments for Fabre, but had to
ON THE RANGE Club celebrates full season,,ojpol~,. fun THE JACKSON HOLE POLO CLUB in Wyoming wrapped up its ,.· summer season after months of fun polo, social events and even a charity match. The polo rigs come from just about every corner of the United States, converging on Paul and Margot Von Contard's Melody Ranch, which lies in the Snake River Valley in the shadows· of the Teton Mountain Range in northwestern Wyoming. · With few exceptions the weather was perfect throughout the 11week season. The Jackson Hole Polo Club -celebrated its 50th season, hosted by the gracious Von Gontards. · Craig Ramsny has managed the club for the past nine years, with his uncantly ability'' to build teams from the 30-memher roster. Marpos Villanueva, Marcos Llambias, 'David Ragland, Paul-Von Members play on different teams each day in games frmn8 to 18 goals; ·G;oni:qrd, Fernando Pliego, Hugo Barobueci; Margo Van Gontard, Gentlemen pros, including Carlos Galindo, Marcos Llambias, Gabriel Betty Pope, Ed Pope aTU/, Chuck Ekberg enjoy polo in Jackson Hole. Crespo, Steve Dalton, Shane Rice, Marcos Villanueva, Hugo Barahucci and Hernan Tejera keep the level of polo fast yet relaxed. Members enjoy the laidhack, unpretentious atmosphere of the club, and there· are no complaints about getting enough polo. Games are scheduled every other day, the stick and ball field is typically busy with green-horBe scrimmages, players practice hitting and others are schooling, all in perfect harmony. Despite seeing as many as 30 chukkers a day, the velvety green fields stay in great shape, thanks to greenskeeper Alberto Pavon. A few tournaments are played, but the most competition comes from who will host the next barbecue. Players also enjoy the flyfishing, river rafting, biking, hiking and dancing. A season highlight was a wonderful trail ride, followed by supper at Harley'and Carolyn · Stimmel's famous Red Rock Ranch. 1
One of the club's proudest moments is its annual gala and exhibition game to benefit the local therapeutic riding program. Ronai White, Stacy Galindo and David and Michelle Quinn put a lot of effort into making it a super event, which raised $162,000. An example of the members' generosity, one auction item, a glass of water, brought in a record $20,000. Members look forward to next year.
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VALUABLE FUN Club hosts polo, raising money for charity THE TARAHUMARA POLO CLUB in La Union, New Mexico, celebrated its ninth consecutive cancer fund raiser, Polo with a Purpose, raising $250,000 for the El Paso Cancer Society. The event began 10 years ago when Tracy and Thomas Navar got together with Dr. Raul Villalobos and presented the idea for a polo fund-raiser to the El Paso Cancer Society. The first few years were similar to many fund-raisers, raising a few thousand dollars. It gained momentum over the years thanks to the support of the players from around the Pacific Coast and Southwest circuits. Eventually friends from as far away as Alaska, Minnesota, California, Pennsylvania, New York, Thailand, England, Puerto Rico and other parts of Texas supported the event. For the past five years, actor and player Tommy Lee Jones and his San Saba polo organization have been involved, which has helped the event flourish. Today, the event is one of the best attended social events in El Paso. The planning begins a full year in advance for the one-day event. The event wouldn't be as successful without the efforts of so many people, including chairwomen Teresita Gonzalez and Marsha Kelly;
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Mexico; an army of volunteers; and media. The game, which pitted San Saba playing for El Paso Western Refinery and Tarahumara playing for The Cancer Treatment was tied up until the final 30 seconds of the match. Social events were planned for the evening before and after the match with delicious food, drink and a full band with dancing under the big top until the wee hours of the morning.
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THE UNITED STATES POLO ASSOCIATION is making its way back home to the Kentucky
Horse Park in the heart of thoroughbred country. Based in Lexington, the Kentucky Horse Park will welcome the U.S. Polo Association to its extended family of 30 national, state and regional equine organizations. Ed Armstrong, USPA director of tournaments and club development, has worked closely with KHP's executive director, John Nicholson, in the planning and development of the relocation project. The USPA will move its regional office to the U.S. Pony Club headquarters, which are currently under construction and located a few hundred yards from the 1 "" equestrian arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. It's expected the building will be completed by the first of the year. With the continued growth of intercollegiate polo, including Lexington's newly established John Nicholson and Ed Armstrong in front University of Kentucky polo team, the USPA is also pleased to be bringing one of its most coveted of the statue offamous racehorse trophies to the Kentucky Horse Park for the first time in history. The USPA and the KHP are Secretariat, at the Kentucky Horse Park teaming up to host the 2007 USPA National Intercollegiate Championships. The KHP is also home to the Lexington Polo Club. Polo facilities at the horse park include four regulation-size polo fields, stabling and an all-weather covered arena. The KHP, with its wide range of equestrian facilities, will also host the 2010 World Equestrian Games. The USPA's main headquarters will eventually be moved to a new wing at the Museum of Polo in Lake Worth, Florida. The funding for the museum addition has been secured, in large part thanks to the Oxley Foundation. Groundbreaking is expected by spring 2007.
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AS PART OF CALGARY POLO CLUB's full season of polo, Fred and Li-Anne Mannix hosted the Chinook Downs Cup on August 12, a 24-goal match between Latin America and North America, followed by a dinner and dancing. It was lots of fun for everyone. A face painter entertained the kids, while the adults talked polo, ate, drank and danced. The following week the club hosted the Canadian Open and the Barbados Challenge Cup, a chance to welcome a team from Left: The kids, and even Cali Garcia Valez, enjoyed theface painting at the Chinook Downs Cup party. Right: Calgwy's unwanted guest was escorted off the property. Barbados and help them boost tourism on their island. As part of the cup, a battle-of-the-sexes game was played, with the patch of grass on the stick and ball field. Though he was cute and men narrowly defeating the women. The club enjoys hosting fuzzy, the badger was quickly escorted off the field by Tim Mills. The badger left behind a large hole. With the season now over, the outside teams and warmly welcomes visitors. All but one that is. One recent visitor came to watch the Hull Cup, staking out a club is looking forward to next year.
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Butler Handicap tournament played at the Arranmore Polo Farm in Oak Brook, Illinois. The tournament was started in 1954 by the late Paul Butler, as a companion tournament to the U.S. Open. At the time, the U.S. Open was held at Oak Brook Polo Club, which Paul Butler founded in 1922. After Paul's death at the age of 89, son Michael became chairman of the polo club, a post he held until the club fell into financial problems and was forced into Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 1990. Prior to running the club, Butler had managed the Santa Barbara Polo Club in California, was the first chief umpire of the USPA and produced the musical Hair. This past summer, several members of the Butler family attended a semifinal match, including Michael and his son, Adam. ♦
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player who appreciates fine wines as much as they do a good polo game will think they've found heaven at the Wine Country Polo Club in Santa Rosa, California. Some of the 300 vineyards in Sonoma County serve as a picturesque backdrop to the club's field, which is part of Eduardo Lopez, the club's youngest player
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the Wild Oak Saddle Club, both founded by businessman, philanthropist and former player Henry Trione in 1968. The polo club was formerly known as the Santa Rosa Polo Club and rests in an area known as the Valley of the Moon, so named by the late author Jack London, who lived and wrote on a nearby ranch. Driving out of California's busy Bay area into the mountains, it is hard to imagine you would be heading toward one of the prettiest polo clubs in the United States. It is hidden by an area that starts out with stores and restaurants before you turn onto a residential street, which dead ends at the gates of the private saddle club. Once inside it is easy to forget everything else, and you'll soon want to toast sante! to Trione and the club members who make the club so special. Like an artist, Trione has delicately carved out a beautiful polo facility in the heart of
one of the most unique areas in the country. The club is home to 29 players, some of whom drive hours to get there simply because they enjoy the sport. The club is family-friendly, and players' children are included in many events. A pool behind the clubhouse is a welcome sight for young and old after playing on a hot afternoon. Some of the kids even mount up for a chukker once in a while. The club members all work together to ensure the games run smoothly. Player Richard Mansfield manages the club. Mansfield not only schedules the matches, he assigns chores to players, either before, during or after the match. Everyone chips in, whether it is to time the matches, keep score, umpire or flag. Club President Roger Schaufel lends his voice as club announcer, and club secretary Lorna Lopez efficiently manages the trophies, public relations and all else that needs attention.
The club hosts two major events each summer, both for charity. The Polo Classic, played in June, benefits the Memorial Hospice of Sonoma County and has been played for the last two years. The second event, played in September, is to benefit Junior Achievement, and this year was the 14th time it has been held. About 50 vineyards set up wine-tasting tables along the fieldside berm, which is shaded by giant trees and cooled by a gentle breeze. A VIP lunch was served on private tables with butler service while others enjoyed picnic lunches on blankets as the Echo Beach Jazz Band entertained guests before and after the match. Junior Achievement is grateful for the relationship with the club and showed its appreciation by hosting a dinner for the players the night before the event in the clubhouse at the end of the polo field.
About 50 area vineyards set up wine-tasting tables on a berm overlooking the field.
This year's event, appropriately called Polo in the Wine Country, attracted about 600 people. A silent auction offered everything from original artwork, to dinners at local restaurants, VIP wine tours, premmm wine collections, golf outings,
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airline tickets, gift baskets and more. A high-definition plasma television was also raffled off to a lucky winner, helping to raise a whopping $70,000 through the event, which will help provide more than 10,000 students in the area with positive role models who demonstrate how education promotes success.
The comfortable clubhouse, with outside patio, sits at the end of the polo field under a shade tree.
Classic cars were part of the Wine Country event.
Greg McClellan, Terri Casey, Eileen and Henry Trione, Geri Dardi, Enrique Diaz and Bud Dardi
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Tickets to the event included an engraved souvenir wine glass, unlimited wine tasting, a gourmet dessert bar and of course, some fun, competitive action on the polo field. Preliminary matches were played in the days before to determine who would qualify for the final, held on the day of the benefit. In the end it was Geyser Peak, with Greg McClellan, Terri Casey, Bud Dardi and Enrique Diaz, going up against Korbel's Dawn Weber, Cissy Laughlin, Peter Laughlin and Mehrdad Baghai. Geyser Peak jumped out ahead with three goals by Diaz, while Korbel was held to one from Baghai. Neither team could find the uprights in the second period. Diaz came back in the third with a pair of goals, while Korbel repeatedly had offensive drives turn into bad luck, bouncing out of reach, off of horses, out of play or into the hands of their opponents. Finally Peter Laughlin connected with the goal to keep Korbel in the game. Geyser Peak was leading 5-2 going into the final period when Diaz added another. It looked like Geyser Peak would have an easy go of it, when Laughlin split the posts. Baghai followed with a goal of his own to make things interesting, but time ran out for Korbel and Geyser Peak had the win. With the teams sponsored by wineries, players on both teams went home with a case of . . premmm wme. The consolation match was played earlier
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Above: USPA Executive Director Peter Rizzo and club pro Enrique Diaz. Right: Club secretary Lorna Lopez takes a break from her duties to play polo.
in the day, with Wild Horse taking on the Louis M. Martini team. Alberto Lopez, playing his first game since seriously injuring his hand, put the first and only goal on the board in the first chukker. Wild Horse went wild in the second chukker, with Lowell Gibbs, Richard Mansfield and Al Anolik each contributing goals while their opponents went silent. Martini's Bobbie Mero scored a lone goal in the third to start the final chukker with Wild Horse ahead 4-2. Scott Malek brought Martini closer with a shot on goal, but the final horn ended Martini's hopes for a comeback. Polo in the area wouldn't be possible without the generosity of the Trione family, and the players can't say enough about how much they appreciate what they have done and continue to do for polo in the area. Trione has steadfastly supported the chili, even though neither he nor his sons, Victor and Mark, play anymore. But the polo players aren't the only ones to benefit from his generosity. The chili property is part of what was once thousands of acres Trione purchased in the 1960s. He used some of the property to develop the polo and saddle clubs, some was developed for high-end housing, but most of it was donated to the state for park space. Trione and his wife, Eileen, have a home perched above the polo field and surrounding golf courses and vineyards
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where wild deer and turkeys wander through the trees. The son of an Italian immigrant, Trione grew up in California during the Great Depression and served in World War II. After the war, Trione followed his dream to own his own business. He started his own mortgage banking company, Sonoma Mortgage, in 1946. It was a smart business move as many Gls returned home and purchased new houses with government-backed loans. Trione, realizing there would be a need for wood to build new homes, invested in lumber as well. Sonoma Mortgage merged with Wells-Fargo Bank in 1968, making Trione a board member and major stockholder. Trione got involved in polo in 1962 at the age of 41. A few years later he joined Willis Allen, Carlton Beal and Paul Von Gontard on the legendary Eldorado team, playing around the world and hosting international players like Princes Phillip and Charles and the late Maj. Ronald Ferguson. He went on to help Beal and the others to develop the Eldorado Polo Club in the Coachella Valley, his home during the winter months of January through March. After owning land in the Sonoma Valley for some 10 years, Trione bought Geyser Peak Winery from the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. in 1982. Along with it, he developed the Geyser Peak polo team and began sponsoring a USPA seniors'
tournament, which continues today at the Eldorado Polo Club. He sold Geyser Peak winery but retained some of the buildings, including a stone winery building built in 1908, a tasting room and 200 acres of vineyards. His family continues in the wine business through their Trione Vineyards. He stopped playing some years ago after a serious fall while on a trail ride. After being fitted with a halo, his doctor advised him to hang up his spurs and mallets for good. Though the injury has kept him off a horse, it certainly hasn't kept him away from .the sport as he can often be spotted fieldside at either the Wine Country or Eldorado clubs. Trione cleverly integrated two of his biggest interests: wine and polo. Years ago, when he played, he developed an international winemakers' polo tour, bringing together polo playing winemakers from around the world. The tour was played at polo and wine venues such as Santa Rosa, Argentina and Australia. The Wine Country Polo Club is a truly a hidden jewel in the country's treasure chest of clubs. It serves as a fine example of how a club can be successful when members work together to create a pleasant environment to play and enjoy polo. If you are ever in the area, make a point to stop by the club and you too will want to raise your glass and toast sante ! to Trione and the club members. ♦
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Horses and longtime horse sports are captured in a variety of ways here are few things in the world as traditional as horses and the equestrians who compete with them. Since the domestication of horses, they have been used to transport people and cargo, to plow and cultivate fields and to carry soldiers into war. After, horses were used for sport such as the Roman chariot races and point-to- ,, point races, which later evolved into numerous other equestrian pursuits. For many centuries horses have depicted in art, finding form in carvings, drawings and sculpture. One of the more notable horses races in history still occurs each year in Siena, Italy, and is known as the Palio di Siena. The oldest document recording the Palio dates to 1238. The race, run twice a year in July and August, is between neighborhoods, with each entering a horse to represent its people. They race for
pride, and the winner is said to bring good luck to the neighborhood. A year is spent preparing the horse and jockey, who ride bareback. Artist Barbara Borek-Hart depicts this race in her painting titled The Fallen Rider, located on our cover. Rita Williams honors the tradition of racing in her portrait of Turf Horse, while Helene Turgeon brings to life a race from earlier times, in her watercolor titled Dream Weaver. FLYING, 2005 BRONZE 17x15x5 LESLIE E. SPANO
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later, and even George Washington is said to have enjoyed the sport. Though foxes are rarely killed in today's foxhunts, this riding tradition continues around the world. A longstanding tradition in foxhunting is the attire: scarlet jackets for hunt staff, black jackets for the rest of the field, breeches, tall black boots and white shirts. Andrea Harman Steiner reveals not only foxhunting but the traditional foxhunting regalia. From foxhunting came steeplechase, brought to life in Jane Dunn's oil Desert Orchid at Cheltenham. Foxhunting is also said to be the origin of jumping, which was a way to get over obstacles when chasing the fox. Eventually riders would compete over jumps, and those competitions were moved to arenas sometime in the mid-1800s mainly so spectators could watch. Mal Luber shows the athleticism of the jumping horse in his graphite drawing titled The Last Hurdle. Polo hasn't changed all that much since James Gordon Bennett first introduced it in the United States in the late 1800s. In fact, the game is still quite similar to how it was played around the world hundreds of years ago. Very often, children who grow up in equestrian families go on to be equestrians themselves. This is true in polo, too, where families like the Linfoots, Barrys, Beals and Johnstons, have competed in the sport for generations. Rod Skidmore's polo painting The Orthweins highlights one such family. For Western riders, nothing is more traditional or American than rodeo
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competitions such as cow roping, bull and bronc riding and barrel racing, which evolved from the daily chores of cowhands on ranches more than a hundred years ago. Mary Michael's sculpture Take A Deep Seat depicts bronc riding, while Barbara Frake's colored-pencil drawing Cowgirl-Up! and Amanda Pinkerton's oil First Ride on Teddy shows women passing their love of riding on to the next generation . Barbara Widmann's watercolor, titled Regal reminds us of the old cavalry horse,
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matches; the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame hosted a dinner benefit; the Polo Training Foundation held a wild game fund-raiser and an awards dinner; Banks Mill Feed once again held its annual polo pony auction; the FIP held its Ambassador's Cup and annual meeting, which was being filmed for a future polo documentary; the Aiken Downtown Center for the Arts featured a polo art exhibit and the town hosted a rodeo. It was difficult for even the heartiest partyers to keep up with all the events during the week of the final.
Additionally, both the city and county of Aiken showed their support by agreeing to to help produce ESPN2's coverage of the Gold Cup, which included clips of the town and surrounding area. The coverage, arranged by David McLane and his Triple Crown of Polo, aired on October 22 and 24. To help raise the excitement and interest level surrounding the tournament, players Magrini and Kris Kampsen visited a local school to explain the sport and talk about the horses and players who play it. McCall ensured a good show by hiring
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recently purchased property in Aiken, Belgian Peter Michaels and David Wigdahl. Michaels enlisted the help of a trio of 7goalers, including Marcelo Frayssinet, Michel Dorignac and Guilli Aguero to round out his Stella Artois team. Wigdahl put together his Dahlwood team with Julio Arellano and Kris Kampsen, both Aiken property owners, and Alan Martinez. The games got underway in mid September under the guidance of tournament director Jimmy Newman. Newman has managed just about every
major high-goal tournament in the United States. He has gained the respect of the players with his no-nonsense manner and runs tournaments professionally and efficiently. The five teams played in a single division with the top two teams advancing. Dahlwood took on Zenas in the first match. Dahlwood got off to a good start and held a 10-6 lead at the half. They kept the pressure on, doubling their score while holding Zenas to three goals in the second half for a 20-9 win. Kris Kampsen had the hot stick, scoring seven of Dahlwood's goals.
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The next game had New Bridge edging Goose Creek in a tight match. Goose Creek jumped ahead 3-0 in the first then trailed by a goal at the half. New Bridge increased their lead to three at the end of the fifth. Goose Creek outscored them 2-1 in the final chukker, but it wasn't enough and New Bridge took the 13-11 win. Two days later, New Bridge counted their second wm, stopping Zenas 13-8, then days later hammered Dahlwood 14-7. Goose Creek took their first win against Stella Artois, 9-6, who had just arrived in Aiken. After a couple days of rest Stella Artois managed to hand Zenas their third loss in a row, effectively knocking them out of the tournament. The teams were tied in the fifth period, but Stella Artois scored a pair of goals in the sixth for the win. Prior to a feature Sunday Gold Cup match, Camhiaso and Magrini each took three pee wee players and played an exhibition match. The lucky kids included Sean Fleming, 14; Sam Leguizamon, 12; Wesley Bryan, 9; Kelsey Guest, 13; Mattie Worsham, 11; and Peyton Wigdahl, 13.
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Camhiaso and Magrini kept the ball moving, but the kids stole the show. After, Dahlwood took on Goose Creek. Both teams were 1-1 and needed the win to have a chance at the final. Goose Creek, whose game plan was to strike early, had a strong second chukker, setting the tone for the match. They led at the half, pushed ahead by five and finally won 13-11. Chilean Zegers led Goose Creek with eight goals. New Bridge solidified their position in the final with a defeat of Stella Artois 11-9. Each of the other teams still had one game remaining. Stella Artois met up against a hot Dahlwood squad. With the teams tied 9-9,
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The last of the USPA meetings got out just in time for everyone to make their way to the match. Turning on to the winding, country New Bridge Road, it became apparent that word of the Gold Cup had gotten out as traffic snaked around for miles. The weather was clear and bright, and anticipation was rising for an exciting match to begin. Goose Creek knew they had a chance, but undeniably it wasn't going to be easy. They had to come out firing and not let up. They were the first to get on the scoreboard with a
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Cambiaso responded, but another penalty conversion, this time from Zegers kept Goose Creek out front through the first. In the second, Magrini scored a pair of goals, including a Penalty 4 conversion to take the lead. Gonzalez soon tied the match at 3, but a pair of goals by Camhiaso took the wind out of Goose Creek's sails. The third chukker belonged to the young Gonzalo Garcia del Rio, who scored twice, then helped in two penalties. For del Rio, or "Coosey," as he is known, it was a long way from his preschool days when he used to watch the high-goal games at Palm Beach Polo with his younger brother Tomas, small foot mallets in hand, skipping along the sidelines, hitting polo balls. Goose Creek interrupted his drives just once, when Gonzalez drove the ball into the goalpost,
which was then pushed through by Snow. With New Bridge holding on to a commanding 94 lead at the half, the teams rested in the tents while spectators treaded across the vast polo field to stomp what divots they could find, and socialize with the many other players who were visiting from across the country. Spectators were disappointed the game was turning into a one-sided affair and thought Creek's goose was about to be cooked. Undoubtedly, New Bridge rested easier than Goose Creek, who analyzed their first three chukkers and came up with a new plan of attack. It didn't look good when in the first throw-in Camhiaso put on a show, bouncing the ball on the end of his mallet then passing to del Rio for another score. Snow was quick to respond with a drive out of the throw-in to goal. Gonzalez won the next throw-in but was
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taken out by Cambiaso. He regained possession and passed the ball to Zegers, who sent it through the goal. New Bridge got back into the game with a Penalty 6, which Cambiaso had no trouble converting, then followed up with a field goal. But Gonzalez answered, sending the ball through the uprights on his nearside. Goose Creek was still down by five, but they were keeping pace with New Bridge offensively. Snow put the first goal on the board in the fifth. Goose Creek capitalized again when Magrini was whistled. Zegers converted the Penalty 4 for Goose Creek. Magrini got revenge on a Penalty 4 conversion of his own. Cambiaso won the throw-in in the beginning of the sixth, but the ball took a few bounces and went wide. Zegers knocked in with his teammates clearing a path. On a fast horse, he took the ball nearly end-to-end to score. Zegers took it out of the lineup again, but this time Cambiaso hooked him. Magrini
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tied up Gonzalez, but Snow was following and knocked the ball through the goal. Now down by just two goals, Gonzalez passed to Zegers at the head of the pack, who scored once again. The crowd sensed a change in the air as Goose Creek pecked away at their deficit. Zegers got hold of the ball once again, but as everyone watched the ball heading directly toward the goal, suddenly it was hurtling in the opposite direction. Cambiaso was waiting on the line in the goalmouth for the save. New Bridge sent the ball to the opposite end of the field, but Snow got possession with only seconds left, and sent it to Gonzalez who took his only shot. The ball sailed through the uprights, tying the score at 13 and sending the game into overtime. Goose Creek certainly had the momentum, but Cambiaso can't be counted out-ever. Mariano Gonzalez took control out of the lineup, moving the ball close to goal. He left if for Snow, who reached out only to
be hooked. Zegers came down the line but couldn't get to the ball in time. Cambiaso seized the opportunity, talcing the ball and carrying it toward midfield, but the ball hopped over the boards. Magrini was fouled in the ensuing throw-in, and New Bridge was given a penalty from the spot. That was just the chance Cambiaso needed. He took the ball down the right side of the field and from about 50 yards out found an opening and sent the ball to goal. It was the sixth Gold Cup victory for Cambiaso who also won \t in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1999. After the trophy presentation, Cambiaso was named most valuable player, the tournament's best-mounted player, and his mare Denta was honored as best playing pony. Some lmowledgeable players thought Zegers' last-period horse could easily have gotten best playing pony. After the presentation, Cambiaso wasted no time, giving a quick interview before being whisked away to the airport to catch his plane to Argentina. For McCall, it was a fitting end to an exciting tournament. The Goose Creek players were grateful they got into the game and kept things close. The spectators certainly enjoyed the comeback. The 2007 Gold Cup will be hosted by International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida, this coming spring as part of its high-goal series. ♦
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mounting excitement as the team played a tactical game m a memorable encounter with Ellerston White, the team founded by the late Kerry Packer and led by his son, James. The Black Bears grab Gold teams came out on top of a 20team roster, with five divisions. Ellerston managed to eliminate the defending champion Dubai team in the semifinal and were considered the favorite to take the tournament. Ellerston included 9goal brothers Facundo and Gonzalito Pieres Below: Eduardo Novillo Astrada, center, and 3-goaler Jacinto Crotto. Facundo opened banks his horse around. Consolo Pieres and the scoring, but by the end of the chukker Jacinto Crotto [olloio at left and Lucas James Black Bears had put four goals on the board. and Facundo Pieres come from the right.
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lead, and Brett scored England's ninth goal in the last minute of the game. Prince Harry and his team, playing for the Prince of Wales' team, won the Golden Jubilee Trophy earlier in the day. Harry's teammates were Satnam Dhillon, Malcolm Borwick and Nacho Gonzalez. They defeated Hurlingham's Max Routledge, Roddy ·Williams, James Harper and Chris Hyde.
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WHITE BIRCH DOMINATES PIAY
ff'hite Birch's Enrique BaUMUln, Lucas Monteverde, Mariano Aguerre and Peter Brant won the Diamond Gratf Cup at Greenwich in September.
hite Birch heat Airstream in the Diamond Graff Cup on September 10 at Greenwich Polo Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. Earlier in the season, White Birch Farm narrowly defeated Morgan Holland in the last round of games to become the 2006 East Coast Open wmner. In the first chukker of the Diamond Graff Cup, White Birch's Enrique Bauzada tallied a field goal, hut Airstream came hack with three, a field goal and penalty shot from Lucas Criado and a field goal from Peter Orthwein.
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Criado converted a penalty in the second, hut then White Birch countered with three, one apiece from Lucas Monteverde, Mariano Aguerre and Peter Brant, the last two penalty conversions. Aguerre went nuts in the third, pouring in three field goals in a row. Criado answered with a penalty shot and teammate Michel Dorignac with a field goal. At the half it was 8-7, Airstream. After the break Guilli Aguero scored for Airstream, as did Criado. White Birch's Monteverde answered with a field goal, and Aguerre notched a field goal and a penalty shot. In the fifth
Aguerre converted a penalty, hut Aguero and Criado answered, Criado's a penalty conversion, to make it 12-11, Airstream. In the last chukker Aguerre made a field goal and a penalty shot, and Brant tallied a penalty conversion. Criado had one goal for Airstream, hut White Birch won, 14-13. For White Birch Aguerre had nine goals, four of them penalty conversions; Brant had two penalty conversions; Lucas Monteverde had two field goals; and Enrique Bauzada had a field goal. For Airstream, Criado had seven goals, four of them penalty shots; Guilli
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Aguerre then made a fast run to goal to pull ahead. Morgan Holland wouldn't give up. They had a chance at a Penalty 4, but the shot went wide. White Birch knocked in, and Aguerre, receiving a pass from Brant, ran to goal to solidify White Birch's victory 13-11 over Morgan Holland. This left White Birch with a 2-1 record in first place on net goals, Airstream at 2-1 in second, Morgan Holland at 2-1 in third, and Endeavour 0-3 in fourth. Peter Orthwein was named amateur MVP of the season, Magoo Laprida was chosen as professional MVP of the season, and Aguerre's mare Medalla was nominated BPP of the season.
COUNTRY FARMS DEFEATS ALIANO The Old Westbury Polo Club, Long Island's newest United States Polo Association club, located at the pristine Caumsett State Historic Park, held its first benefit match in July, the third annual Avon Breast Cancer Polo match in memory of Margaret T. Aliano. All money raised went directly to the charity for use in research, education and finding better treatments. There is no cure and breast cancer doesn't care what color, gender or age you are. Early detection is the key and can mean a cure. This year they hoped to raise CL CL
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$30,000, three times as much as the first benefit game. Hat contests, prizes and even a hot tub were awarded in the drawing. Old Westbury Polo Club, a family oriented chili, had plenty of help for this event even though the sky opened with torrential rain, thunder and lightning. We all hoped it would stop, and it did just long enough for the game and festivities. Even though the field conditions weren't the best the show must go on. Aliano Reality came out on fire, scoring three goals in the first chukker, while Country Farms scored only one goal. By the second half Country Farms regrouped and won. The final score was Country Farms 9, Aliano Realty 5. Most valuable player went to Megan McDonald. Best playing pony went to a horse named Cara Blanca, owned and played by Nick Aliano.
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to the sport went to Dennis Lalor; the Ricky · Chin Memorial for the most improved player of the JPA series was Jason Wates; the Bob Skene Trophy for the most valuable player of the JPA series was Mark Wates; and the best playing pony Kingston's Paul Lawr, Mark Wates, James Robertson of the series was Mega and Alexander Melville won the Senior Cup in Jamaica. Don, owned by Steven altered their Burlingham lineup and also fielded a 13-goal team with Alexander Melville at No. 1, James Robertson at No. 2, Mark Wates at No. 3 and Paul Lalor at Back. No one scored in the first. Kingston came out on their top horses and all guns blazing in the second chukker as Lalor, Robertson and Melville all scored to give them a three-goal lead. St. Ann came right back in the second with goals from Kurt Chin and Vernon to cut the deficit. Fong-Yee scored three goals in the third chukker for St. Ann to take a two-goal lead at halftime. In the fourth chukker Robertson scored and Melville converted a 30-yard penalty for Kingston to tie the score. Kurt Chin had to retire at the end of that chukker with an injured thigh muscle and was replaced by young Craig Russell. Paul Chin opened the scoring in the fifth. Wates and Lalor then countered for Kingston, but St. Ann tied the score again when Vernon converted a 3-yard penalty. Lalor opened the scoring in the sixth, putting Kingston in the lead. Vernon soon countered to tie it up again. Lalor put the match away for Kingston in the latter part of the chukker to win the prestigious Senior Cup 9 to 8. The annual JPA awards were then handed out as follows: The Tara Couriers Sportsmanship Award went to Lesley-Ann Fong-Yee; the Eddie Junor Trophy for the best back went to Andy Vernon; the Gleaner Independence Cup for the person who contributed the most
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Laing and played by Mark Wates. Finally the Burlingham Cup was awarded to the Kingston Polo Club team of Jason Wates, James Robertson, Mark Wates and Paul Lalor, with the MVP prize going to Mark Wates. The Senior Cup was awarded to the Kingston Polo Club team of Alexander Melville, James Robertson, Mark Wates and Paul Lalor, with MVP prize going to St. Ann's Lesley-Ann Fong-Yee. A barbecue and the usual celebrations followed the ceremony.
-Lesley-Ann Fong-Yee
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ARRANMORE BEATS PINECROFT, 7 TO 6 Arranmore defeated Pinecroft 7-6 in overtime to win the prestigious Wyndham Drake Gold Cup, al6-goal tournament played in August at the Oak Brook Polo Club outside Chicago. The tournament has been played at Oak Brook since 1962, the year the Wyndham Drake Hotel opened across York Road from the old International Field. Over the years, the hotel has hosted players and dignitaries from
around the world. The IS-goal Pinecroft team started with one goal on handicap, but Arranmore evened the score midway through the first chukker on a Penalty 3 conversion by Carlucho Arellano. Pinecroft's Gonzalo Teves scored from the field to again take the lead. The second chukker saw goals by Mariano Obregon Jr. for Pinecroft and Marcelo Frayssinet for Arranmore. Good defensive play by both teams kept the third chukker scoreless for a halftime score of 3-2 in favor of Pinecroft. Frayssinet found the mark early in the fourth to tie the score, but his goal
Arranmore's Marcew Frayssinet and kids, Tim Green, Carbreho Arellano and John Greene won the Wyndham Drake Gold Cup at Oak Brook. With them are Michael Yaneck and his children, Brian and Nicky.
was quickly answered on a breakaway by Antonio Galvan to again give Pinecroft a one-goal lead. Tim Greene's accurate foreshot through the goal for Arranmore tied the score at 4all at the end of the fifth period. The sixth chukker was fast and exciting as Galvan scored on a beautiful pass from Jim Drury to put Pinecroft up by one. However, Frayssinet and Arellano scored back-to back goals from the field to quickly put Arranmore in the lead. An infraction by Arranmore gave Galvan the opportunity to tie the score at 6-6 before the bell sounded. Four minutes into the deciding chukker, with Pinecroft players
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bearing down, Frayssinet took control of the ball and scored to win. Trophies were presented by Michael Yaneck, general manager of the Wyndham Drake Hotel, and his children, Brian and Nicki. The first match of the day was a semifinal match in the USPA Butler Handicap, with Morgan Creek defeating Catamount 12-9, to take Morgan Creek to the final against Arranmore. Michael Butler, whose father, Paul Butler, founded the Oak Brook Polo Club in 1922; his son, Adam, and Adam's wife, Michelle; and niece Reute Butler flew in from California and Texas to present trophies. A fund-raiser for the Oak Brook Historical Society took place throughout the afternoon, and Friends of Conservation set up a booth to promote its fund-raiser. -Karen Martino
BLACKBERRY PLAYS CALEEL TOURNAMENT Eight teams competed in the Central Circuit Women's Challenge for the Maria Caleel trophy at Blackberry Polo Club on August 5 and 6. Division B action began with Los Teros vs. Sprout Creek Farm. Los Teros came out running with three quick scores plus one on handicap in the first chukker. Sprout Creek's Tessa Lord answered with two goals in the second. Los Teros added one more in the third and neither team scored in the fourth for a final score of Los Teros 5 to 2 to advance to Sunday's final.
Silver Spur's Tracy Regas, Errea Gandomcar, Kim Horino and Therese Volmer won the Central Circuit Women's Challenge, the Maria Cal,eel trophy, at Blackberry Poro Club.
Division B teams Meadowview Farm and Lake Run Farm were scoreless in the first, and had one apiece in the second chukker. In the third Katie Johnson and Emmalyn Partlow tallied one apiece to Whitney Vogt's one goal for Lake Run. In the fourth Partlow hit the mark twice to Vogt's one to give Meadowview the 5-3 win. Division A's first match was Blackberry vs. Silver Spur with Dana Aschinger scoring first for Blackberry. Erica Gandomcar answered with two for Silver Spur. Both teams scored one in the second, but Silver Spur went on a three-goal run in the third. The fourth chukker was scoreless, leaving Silver Spur with the 6-3 win. Next, Division A's Soos Architects played Campo de Mayo. Alison Henderson took Soos to a quick 3-1 lead (one of the three goals on handicap). Campo de Mayo scored one in the second and Soos one in the third to set up a 4-2 score heading into the final chukker. Jolie Liston dominated the fourth, scoring three penalty shots to give Campo de Mayo the 5-4 victory. On Sunday, Lake Run Farm won the Division B consolation 6-2 over Sprout Creek Farm. The Division A consolation between Blackberry and Soos Architects was canceled
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MORGAN CREEK WINS CECIL SMITH 12 GOAL Morgan Creek has proven to be the team to beat this summer at the Chicago International Polo Club, making it to the finals of every tournament played so far. On Friday evening, August 25, Morgan Creek defeated Villa del Lago 12-8 to win the USPA Cecil Smith Cup ( 12-goal). The match was played at the Morgan Creek Field. Vale Aguilar led the scoring for Morgan Creek with six goals, while teammate Julian Aguilar put five on the scoreboard. Dean Kleronomos added one. The IO-goal Villa del Lago team started with two on handicap, and Mariano Obregon Jr. scored in the opening chukker to take a 3-0 lead. Morgan Creek's Vale Aguilar and Julian Aguilar put three on the board in the second chukker to tie the score at 3-all. Mariano Obregon and the Aguilars traded goals in the third period, for a 5-5 tie at the half. Early in the fourth, Vale Aguilar added his fourth goal to the scoreboard, but it was quickly answered by Rafael Obregon, on a nice pass from Jim Zenni, to again tie the
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score. Back-toback goals by Vale Aguilar put Morgan Creek 8-6 at up chukker's end. Agustin Obregon narrowed the gap for Villa del Lago in the fifth, but Julian Aguilar carried the ball from goal to goal for a 10-7 lead. Goals by Kleronomos and Julian Aguilar gave Morgan Creek a comfortable 12-7 lead in the final chukker. A foul by Morgan Creek gave Agustin Obregon the opportunity to score before the bell sounded, for a final score of 12-8. Julian Aguilar's excellent play earned him the most valuable player award, while his horse, Beyu, was chosen best playing pony. CECIL SMITH CUP
Morgan Creek-Dean Kleronomos (2), Julian Aguilar (4), Vale Aguilar (6), Freddy Castro CO)/Darren Watts CO); Villa del Lago-James Zenni CO), Agustin Obregon (2), Mariano Obregon Jr. (5), Rafael
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UPATOI WINS IN WYOMING Upatoi defeated Skeeterville in the Oliver Wallop Memorial at the Flying H Polo Club in Sheridan, Wyoming,
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on August 5. In the first chukker Upatoi's Elizabeth Iorio scored a field goal, but Skeeterville's Skeeter Johnston and Julio Arellano came back with one goal apiece. In the second Skeeterville came up empty, but Upatoi got one goal apiece from Alan Martinez, Mike Azzaro and John Flournoy to make it 7-2 because Upatoi got three goals on handicap. Martinez scored again in the third, but Arellano countered with three field goals to make it 8-5, Upatoi, at the half. In the fourth Arellano tallied two goals, but Azzaro and Martinez countered with one apiece to make it 10-7. Skeeterville went silent in the fifth, but Iorio and Azzaro scored one apiece to extend the lead. In the sixth chukker, Johnston scored two, but Azzaro and Flournoy countered with one apiece, making the final score 149, Upatoi. The most valuable player was Alan Martinez. Julio Arellano's 6-year-old gray mare, Blueprint, bred and raised by Perk Connell, was best playing pony. Malcolm Wallop, guest of honor, accompanied by family members, presented the trophies following the featured match honoring his Grandfather Lord Oliver Wallop. Two of Malcolm's sons and a
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Spear Ranch Sporrsor Lonnie Wright with the winners, Goshen's Julio Arellano, Will Johnston, Julio NovUl,o Astrada and Irvin Abell after the Spear Ranch Cup
The victorious Laurence Wallace team's Mike A~aro, Julio Astrada, Fremont Motor's Barb Chernie, Will Johrrston and EU~abeth Iorio after the Cl,oud Peak Cup
daughter, who are actually fourth generation players, played polo in Big Horn. Game announcer Sam Morton was quick to add that there were three other families in attendance who also have fourth generation players: the MacCartys, the Johnstons and the Beals. Skey Johnston's grandson, Will, played in the earlier consolation match. Big Horn native Martin MacCarty, who manages Johnston's Flying H Ranch, now plays with his family's fourth generation players, son Ford and nephews Will and Ty. Kelly and Chris Beal of Texas played this past summer in Wyoming with their family's fourth-generation player, daughter K.C. In the Bradford Brinton Cup, played
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Mount Airy-'s Boone StribUng, MiguelAstrada, Garrick Steele and Gillian Johrrston with Malcolm Wallop after the Oliver's Cup
Goshen's Irvin Abell,, Al,an Martine~, JuUo Arellano, Boone StribUng and Century- 21 's Bruce Garber, Roger St. Chiir and John Chase after the Gallatin Cup
July 22, Columbus defeated Flying H 13-8. Martinez was most valuable player, and Johnston's mare Revenga, played by Miguel Astrada, won BPP. In the Spear Ranch Cup, Goshen defeated Laurence Wallace 9-8 in overtime. In the Cloud Peak Cup, Laurence Wallace defeated Bendabout in a 12-11 squeaker. For Laurence Wallace, Elizabeth Iorio scored three, Javier Novillo Astrada three, Mike Azzaro five and Will Johnson two. For Bendabout, Gillian Johnston scored four, Miguel Novillo Astrada four and E. Martinez two. In the Gallatin Cup, Goshen
The winning Upatoi team's Mike A~aro, EU~abeth Iorio, Ahin Martines and John flourrwy with Malcolm Wallop and members of his family after the OUver Wallop Memorial
defeated BTA in another squeaker, 1312. BTA's Kelly Beal was named MVP. Irv Abell's chestnut mare, Muneca, was deemed the best playing pony.
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ZENAS PREVAILS IN CANADIAN OPEN Zenas defeated Millarville 8-7 after a slow start in the 16-goal Canadian Open final, played August 20 at Calgary Polo Club in Calgary, Canada. In the first chukker Millarville's Clemente Zavaleta scored a field goal and teammate Fred Mannix Jr. shot in a penalty conversion. Zenas came up empty in the first. In the second Brad Blake converted a penalty, Zenas' only goal of the second chukker. Then Zavaleta scored two more for Millarville. In the third Blake converted another penalty and teammate Juan Gris Zavaleta scored a field goal for Zenas, while Mannix scored again
for Millarville. At the half it was 5-3, Millarville. In the fourth Zenas started to pour it on, getting two more penalty shots from Blake and a field goal from Joe Henderson. All Millarville could manage in the fourth was a penalty conversion from Mannix, to tie. In the fifth chukker, Mannix converted a penalty, and Blake did the same and added a field goal to go up one. Blake did the same again in the sixth, and Mannix converted two penalties for Millarville, but Zenas had the match and title, 10-9. In the 4-goal Hull Cup, Cam Clark Ford defeated Rogue Resources 5-2. For Carn Clark, Kyle Fargey had two goals, and Scott Hunt, Cam Clark and Bryan Middleton had one apiece. For Rogue, Clemente Zavaleta scored a penalty shot, and Laura Willson made a field goal. In the 10-goal Roenisch Memorial, played August 24,
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RUDE BOY WINS KENTUCKY CUP Rude Boy beat MillerCroft/Augustus Hill 12-8 in the Kentucky Cup at Lexington Polo Club in July. Rude Boy's Stewart Campbell scored in the first, as did his teammate Horacio Onetto. MillerCroft didn't score. In the second MillerCroft' s Marcos Onetto converted a penalty but was answered by Rude Boy's Horacio Onetto, also with a penalty shot. MillerCroft's Juan Valerdi also converted a penalty. In the third Rude Boy came up empty, but Marcos Onetto scored two field goals for MillerCroft. It was MillerCroft's turn not to
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score 1n the fourth, but Horacio Onetto and Campbell both scored for Rude Boy to make it 5-5. In the fifth Onetto scored a field goal, but Valerdi came back with two field goals and a penalty conversion. Onetto then converted a penalty, making it 8-7, MillerCroft. Rude Boy got a penalty conversion and three field goals from Onetto and a field goal from Campbell in the sixth, hut MillerCroft didn't score at all and so lost. Onetto was named most valuable player, and his Josefina was BPP. In the Copper Cup final, played August 15, Warhorse I beat Tres Vinos 10-9.
goals, to tie it at 7. In the fifth Onetto scored again, as did Valerdi for Tres Vinos. In the sixth Valerdi had one more in him to go up by one, but then Campbell converted two penalties to take the win. In Game 1, Warhorse I beat Warhorse II 13-11; and in Game 2, Tres Vinos beat Warhorse II 14-13 in overtime.
Trevor Nisky, Stuart Campbell,Horacw Onetto and Cecilia Cochran after Rude Boy won the Kentucky Cup
In the first chukker Luis Ansola scored for Tres Vinos, but Dana Aschinger and Stewart Campbell answered with one apiece, Campbell's a penalty conversion. Then Guillermo Usandizaga made a field goal for Tres Vinos. In the second Warhorse didn't score at all, but Usandizaga made three field goals and Valerdi one. Campbell made a field goal for Warhorse in the third, and they also got a pony goal, while Tres Vinos didn't score at all to make it 6-4, Tres Vinos. After the break Valerdi scored a field goal, but then it was Warhorse's turn to up the offense. Onetto scored two and Dana Aschinger one, all field
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Kristy Outhier, Fwna Seager, Debbie Nash, Isabella WoV, Kelly Wells, Maureen Brennan, Sunny Hale and Lauren Thorpe plnyedfor the WCT qualifier.
chukker. Hale scored again in the second, but Kristy Outhier answered for Somerset. In the third chukker Hale scored, but Isabella Wolf answered. The fourth and final chukker was busy as Maureen Brennan and Hale both scored for Goose Creek; Somerset's Outhier scored three goals to come within one, but Goose Creek had the win. The game was competitive and tied until the last 20 seconds of the game when Goose Creek won on a Penalty 2 over Somerset. Hale was named most valuable player, and her Flecha was named best playing pony. Wolf was the youngest player and sponsor in the tournament qualifier. She was 15 years old and started the summer at B handicap but was raised in August to A. She has been playing for three years and has also had the chance to play in Argentina. Lauren Thorpe (B) is also young at 19 years of age. She started polo about three years ago as well. She became a USPA member specifically to be part of the Women's Challenge Tournament and hopes to be on a team for the final at International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida, during the winter season, which starts in January. ♦
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lguanaman of Galapagos
Louise Armour
George & Barbara Alexander (10)
The Tackeria (5)
Mr. & Mrs. W. Mackall Jason (9)
Gonzalo M. Avendano (2)
Nick R. Aliano
Hannah Taylor
Merle Jenkins
Babor Institute
Lynn Andrews
Marilyn S. Tennity (2)
Leah Krubitzer
Alan & Stacy Bagliore
Randolph Aversano (2)
Bryan & Marjorie B. Thomas (7) Samuel J. Thornton
Bryan N. Lazarus (6)
Edward Bernard
Baccarat
John B. Leary Sr. (6)
Michael L. Bickford (2)
Britt Baker (2)
Michelle Tomasulo
The Levien Foundation (7)
Tom Biddle Sr. (4)
Bryan L. Baldwin
The Tucker Foundation (4) Frank D. Yturria (2)
Robert Lubash (7)
Norman Brinker (5)
Laurie Brecheen Ballard
Rege & Janet Ludwig
Stephen & Carley Banks (5)
Tracy Zamzon
J. Ann Mallinckrodt
Stuart I. Campbell (4) Cartier
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POLO PLAYERS EDITION
Barbara L. Wyatt
Sandra J. Barbier
Douglas A. Barnes
Tuverson & Co.
Gary A. Beller
Deadria W. Van Metre
Liz G. Brayboy
Helen Varble
Charles J. Brown (5)
Danny Vaswani
Grayson Brown
Wayne & Heather Ven Huizen
Scott Brown (2)
Roderick Vere Nicoll
C. Bernard B. Brush (2)
Franck J. Vidal (5)
Stephen & Mary Burke, MD
Colleen E. Walker
Dale Burrows
Jessica Walsh (2)
Patricia Byram
Glenn R. Watterson (4)
GA. Carden
Judy L. Wilber
Cashmere Palm Beach
Henry Winner
Christine Cato (2)
Travis Worsham (2) 2006 seniors' tournament in Chicago
Henry Cato
Barbara Wyatt
Dale & Linda Chambers
Joseph Hensley
Erin O'Brien
Joe & Deborah Clifton
Jack Hoffman (2)
Cheryl A. Odom (2)
One Goal Chili, $100-$199
Cloud 10
Thomas A. Hulfish, III (2)
David W. Offen (2)
Stanford Ackley (2)
Neil Cohen (2)
Duncan D. Huyler
Kyle Olinger
Farhana V. Amin-Vaswani
Kristi Cole
Phoebe Ingram
Paul & Susan W. Oliver (2)
Bruce Anderson (3)
Alison Colquhoun
Charles L. Irby (2)
Mimi Percival
Steven S. Armour (2)
David & Jane Condon
Jackson Hole Horse Emporium
Nicholas A. Pitarys (2)
Jack E. Arrington
George A. Conkwright (5)
Merle R. Jenkins
Louis Porreco
Philip A. Bahr (2)
Bobbie & Michelle Culberson
Joan-Gregori Jones (3)
Terri Provencal
Baba Bah-Traore
Michael Curtin (9)
Tommy Lee Jones (3)
Donald E. Pugh (2)
Banks Mill Feed
Peter J. Daly (3)
Kelly Jordan
Quail Creek Plantation
Carol Barker (2)
Diane de la Bagassier
Megan Judge (2)
Richard Raizman (2)
Bear Lake Country Club
Frederick L. Dearborn (2)
Gerald M. Kagan (2)
Victor Ramon
Katrina H. Becker (2)
Lydia Del Rossi
Kanaris Jewelers
James Ridenour (9)
Bice Ristorante
William S. Dogan
Kim Kumpart
Francis & Faith Riggs (5)
R. Trippet Boineau
Gregor S. Downey
Nancy Lampton
Rodger R. Rinehart (3)
T. Hoy Booker (8)
George Dupont Jr.
Elizabeth Y. Layton (6)
David C. Robinson
Richard Bostwick
Jenny Eddy
Bruce Lein, Dr.
Larry C. Robinson (6)
Edith 0. Bradshaw
Jack L. Erb (2)
Barry Levien
Juan Rodriguez (2)
Shannon Brooks
Annetta Evans
Leta Austin Foster & Assoc. Inc.
Larry Rush
Dale Buccos
Marie E. Evans (2)
Corky & Kathy Linfoot
John M. Ryan (2)
Keith & Laura M. Buccos
Chester W. Fannon (3)
Longboat Key Center for the Arts
Kerry Salatino
Todd L. Burdick (2)
Diane Firsten
Ronald Luce (2)
Jon N. Santemma
William F. Burkland (2)
Meagan Flenner
Nancy S. Mackall
Ed Scanlon
Jeanie Buss
Frederic Fekkar Salon & Spa
Lizet & Joseph B. Mandriota
Kevin & Chris A. Sears
Carey, O'Malley, Whitaker &
Robert & Phyllis J. Fury (9)
C. Heath Manning
Paul Shealy (2)
Mason
Hector Galindo (2)
Jonathan & Cynthia Markle (5)
Marc Sherman
Michael Cheslow (3)
Christine Gearwar
Fernando Massalin (3)
Robert W. Stackler
Laura Civiletti
John G. Geiger
Gayle Mastromonico
Phillip Staples (2)
Forrest Clark
Guy B. Gengras (5)
Mike Mayes
Marceleet Stimmel
William R. Cochran
George Elliott Salon
Dick Meade (7)
Edward Stringer (3)
Cheryl Coleman
George M. Gilstrap (2)
Pablo Medina
Dina W. Stuart (2)
Daniel W. Colhoun (10)
Sergio Gonzalez-Priiz
Richard Merske (6)
Stubbs & Wootton
Bruce D. Colley
Gucci Raymond Guest·
Peter Michals
Jan H. Suwinski (8)
Martin S. Cregg (2)
Vinnie Meyer
Thomas J. Taylor
Joseph T. Culverwell (7)
George C. Haas (2)
Glenn Miller (2)
Friedrich Teroerde (5)
W David Cummings (2)
Virginia A. Hammond-Khan
F. Andrew A. Moran (3)
Texas Polo
Danny's Tack Shop
George & Lisa Handy
Tiffany & Co. Palm Desert (2)
Anne B. Dobson (2)
Richard Hartnett (2)
Robin Murphy Henry & Melinda Musselman
Deri Tomeu
Bruce F. Donlan
Donna Hearon-Pearson
Tim J. Nice (2)
Katherine Trakas
Robert B. Donnan (2)
Denita Henry
Eileen Oakley
Trillion
Dr. Axelrod & Dr. Silver DDS
POLO PLAYERS E DITIO\' 63
POLO
TRAININ&
FOUNDATION
Noel S. Du Celliee Muller
Paul C. Mountan, DVM
Paul & Renee Wollenman, DVM (2)
Agustin Bengochea
Lewis W. Dye
Noel S. Muller
Mark S. Yerby, M.D.
Alberto Bengolea
Clarissa Echezarreta
Mark J. Norman
James J. Zenni
Leo Benjamin
Michael J. Egan (2)
Wilbur O'Ferrall (7)
Marshall A. Elkins (7)
Dr. Thomas Offen
Friends Club, $1-$99
Robert Berg
Peter G. Ernster
Adolphus Busch Orthwein Jr. (2)
Emiliano Achaval
Kenneth W. Berry
Joel Feldman
Palm Beach Yacht Club
Kenneth M. Adams (2)
William E. Betts
Robert Fragnoli (10)
Jack E. Pelissier
Steven R. Adams
Lorene E. Bicldord
Craig & Susan A. Fredericks (2)
Irene Perez
Ellen Addison (2)
Julie O. Block
Albert Fried Jr.
Ahmad Pirasteh (6)
Jay Addison (2)
James Boland (2)
Shelley Geiler
Stanley Prough (2)
Neil R. Agate (2)
William Boland (2)
Ruben Gracida (2)
Quantum Advisors Corp.
Mariano Aguerre (2)
Kimm Bolin
Kimberly Grant
Samantha Quevedo
Keith W. Alexander (2)
Jack Boot
Ronald S. Gray
Patrick Quinlan
Julien Allard
Andrew Bossom (3)
Wayne A. Grover
William T. Read (2)
Mark Allen (2)
Lisa Bosstick (2)
Attorneys Gurley, Dramis, Laxo
Nicholas M. Romer
Nicholas Alworth
Kristine R. Bowman (2)
Cynthia Hagin
John T. Rosene (4)
Peter Y. Alworth
Maggie Boyle
Rudolph C. Handel
Donald P. Russell (2)
Mauro Amavet
Ralph & Cheryl Bradley
Jake T. Harp
Juan & Tammy Salinas-Bentley
Paul Anderson
Barbara M. Branson (2)
Paul H. Heise (2)
Salon Margit
Dennis Antolik (2)
Christopher M. Brant
Holly Holleran
Louise Scanlon
Larry Arbuckle
Dylan T. Brant (2)
Jay 0. Holt (7)
Karen A. Scheer
Martin J. Arburua
Harry Brant (2)
Arie L. Hoogendoorn
Schifino/Lee Inc.
Carlos Arellano (2)
Peter M. Brant (2)
Mike Hudson
Stephen W. Seager (5)
Michael L. Armour
Peter M. Brant Jr.
Jane B. Hunt
Tony Sekera (2)
Alexandra D. Armstrong (3)
Leigh Brecheen
Theodore & Elizabeth Iorio (2)
Tonya Sheridan LMT
Edward T. Armstrong (3)
Thomas J. Bren (2)
Murad Ismail-Khan
Sidelines
Kelvin J. Armstrong
Kevin J. Brockie
Gaye Kaiser
Charles W. Smith (2)
Courtney D. Asdourian
Cathy S. Brown
Peter D. Kamenstein (2)
Franz Solmssen (2)
William J. Atkinson
Rita M. Brown (2)
Doug Kellogg
Bill & Paige Stalcup
Atlanta MHPG
Cynthia M. Buchanan
Christen E. Khym
Susan K. Stovall (2)
Debra Atwell (2)
Blaine Burdette
John F. Kinney (2)
Stanford C. Stratton (2)
Sam B. Atwell
Austin Burdick
Jerry & Debby Napp
W. Dixon D. Stroud (4)
Laura B. Aust-Olkin (2)
Tyler Burdick
Steven Kraus (9)
Peter Strumpf (9)
Carlos Segundo Avendano
Philip A. Burford (2)
Kreiss Collection
William Suddath (2)
Jerry W. Averyt
Robert Burk
Claude LeClair (2)
K Sundstrom
Alfredo Ayala
Adolphus Busch (2)
Diane G. Lesher
Bradford Swett (2)
Gaston Ayala
William K. Busch (8)
Christopher D. Lidstone L'Occitane
Kimberly Syme
Zack H. Bacon
Michael Butler (2)
Stuart Taussig (9)
Jack Baillieu
Frank S. Butterworth
David Mansfield (2)
James J. Tuohy (2)
Carl P. Baker (2)
Mary M,. Buxbaum
Kevin Mascidrelic
Caroline P. Tyree
Matt Baker (2)
William J. Byrnes (2)
William Matheson Jr.
Phillip Von Gontard
Matthew Baker
Cafe L'Europe
Daniel McCarthy (2)
Jay W. Wason (2)
Sam L. Banks
Paul Calabro
Mike McCleary
Sheila G. Weisler
Frederick Baum
Arthur Cameron Jr.
John B. McPherson
H.L. "Buzz" Welker (2)
Camilo Bautista (2)
Edward R. Campbell (2)
Melba Meakin (2)
James H. Wetter (2)
Robin Beal
Clyde Canino
Ann E. Michel ( 3)
Donald A. Weyenberg
Paige W. Beard (2)
Dina Capehart
J.T. Michelson (2)
Glee A. White
Mark W. Becker
Milton W. Carothers
Jon R. Moeller
John Whittemore
Michael T. Becker
De Ann S. Carroll (2)
Carol A. Molin (2)
Katherine Williams (2)
Alexandra Begg
Jack G. Cashin (5)
Chad A. Morgan (2)
Thomas Wisehart
James B. Begg
Jason Cashin
The Morning Line
Maria Wisner
Jeffery A. Begg
Christine A. Cato
64 POLO PLAYERS EDITION
William Bennett (2)
Edgai;- T. Cato
Peter R. Grace (2)
Edgar T. Cato III
Memo & Mimi Gracida (2)
Robert N. Ceparano
Weston W. Gracida
Steven L. Chamberlain
Lyle Graham
Chanel
Brooke A. Green
Christy Chastain
Ronald Greene
Mary A. Choby
Ellen Greenhill (2)
Collen A. Clark
John T. Greening
Holly Clinger (2)
Susan K. Gribble
Mary E. Clinton (2)
John Grimes (3)
Cloud 10
L.S. Grissom
Jack K. Clymer (2)
Jocelyne L. Groulx (2)
W. Henry Cobb
Mary T. Guaraldi (2)
Cecelia G. Cochran
Thirtieth anniversary celebration at Cornell: the women's alumni game
Lisa S. Coffin (2)
Cristino Guerrero Achille Guest
Edward R. Cohen
Suzy Dix (2)
Lynn A. Fitzpatrick
Chase Guinan (2)
Daniel Colhoun III (2)
Scott E. Dlugos (2)
Barbara Flanders
Bennie & Kay Gutierrez
Christopher A. Collins (2)
Robert T. Do
Jennifer Flannagan
Beto Gutierrez
Christopher A. Collins Jr (2)
J.T. Dorsey (2)
Charles Fleishmann (2)
Ralph Gutierrez
Harry E. Collins (9)
James T. Drury III (4)
Eileen Flint
J C. Gwilliam
John Collins
Remy G. Du Celliee Muller
John F. Flournoy (2)
Robert Haggstrom (2)
Kit Collins (2)
Donald Dufresne (2)
John F. Flournoy Jr. (2)
Sunset Hale
Elizabeth R. Collyer
Roni T. Duke (2)
E. J. Foley (2)
Cynthia Halle
Wesley J. Comeaux
Trevor D. Dunlap
Agustin E. Foncueva
Noel J. Hallisey
Orrin & Julianne Connell
Sandy Dunstan
Robert Frame
Brent Hamill
Stephen Conroy
Stephen M. Earls (2)
Joel Franck
John Harding (2)
Thomas R. Corbett
Luis G. Echeverri
Juan Freccero
Hal D. Hargrave
Manouk L. Costanian (2)
Anja Eckbo-Daniels (2)
John Freiburger (2)
Melissa Harrington (2)
Cody L. Cramer (2)
Cynthia R. Edelman
Louis 0. Funes
Paul Harris
Bonnie Crater (2)
Bob Edmundson (2)
Caroline Gaines
Susan N. Harris
Craig Creamer
Warren A. Eisinger
L. Myrton Gaines
Glenn Hart
Kathie Cronin
Karim El-Hibri (2)
Emilia L. Galindo (2)
Willis E. Hartman (2)
Gwen Cronin-Prather (2)
Yussi El-Hibri (2)
Sergio Gallegos
Janet Harvey
Ryan Cronin-Prather (2)
William A. Ellis
Christopher T. Gannon
Donald Healy
Gary Cuccia
John H. Emery (2)
Grant M. Ganzi
George R. Hearst
Francis J. Cunningham (2)
Donald B. Ensenat (2)
Marc & Melissa C. Ganzi (2)
Erin 0. Helf
Francisco D'Agostino
Jack J. Epstein (2)
Walter J. Ganzi
Max J. Hempt (2)
Richard Dalton
Bayard & Catherine Erb (2)
Richardo Garcia
Timothy R. Hensley (2)
Lee A. Daly-McCoy
Luis Escobar (2)
Gonzalo Garcia Del Rio
Eugene Hering (2)
Tayloe M. Dameron (2)
Anne C. Evamy
James A. Garner
Louis G. Hering
Dan G. Danner, DVM (2)
Mrs. Robert G. Evans (2)
Greg Garvan
Phoebe Hering
Georges Daou (2)
Christopher J. Eyles
John Gelati (2)
Clark Hetherington (2)
Ernest V. Darquea
Brian J. Fagan
Christopher Gerberding
William R. Hillard
Julia Dawson
Bedell S. Fahs
Robert J. Giordano (2)
Julian Hipwood (2)
Luis De Borbon (2)
Thomas D. Fankhauser
Ralph Giorgio
Patricia Hipwood
Jacob Deegan (2)
Kenneth Fawcett
Sandra Goldman (2)
Andrew Hochhaus
Michele Deel
Michael S. Fawcett (2)
Arthur P. Gompf (2)
Susan J. Hodgson-Landis
John L. Denby (2)
Richard M. Feldman (2)
Alejandro Gonzalez
Allen K. Hoe
Caroline Dennis
Stephen Felker (2)
Andres Gonzalez
Michael Hoffman
Anthony J. DePaula (2)
Robert M. Fell (2)
Diego Gonzalez
Lyndsey Hogan
Brooks Diesel (2)
Gary T. Fellers
Maurita M. Goodman
Robert R. Hollman
Cameron H. Diggon
Philip J. Fetner
Thomas F. Goodspeed
Robert B. Holt (2)
Valentina DiGiacomo (2)
Sylvia Firestone (6)
Wayne L. Gordon (2)
Charles R. Hord
George R. Dill
Patricia Fischer
Steve Gose
Ronald D. Horne
James E. Dinger
Dennis A. Fitzpatrick
Thomas H. Gose
Georgianna Horvath
POLO PL\YERS EDITIO~
65
POLO
TRAININB
F&UNDATION
Douglas V. Hoskins (3)
Ross Neglia
Matthew D. Huckeba
Robert C. Neis (2)
Larry Huddleson
Roger A. Nelson (2)
Charles E. Hutchinson, DVM
Patrick M. Nesbitt (7)
Lynni S. Hutton
Nicole Newman-Menendez
Joseph J. lnfanger
Cynthia M. Nichols
John R. Ingram (2)
Kimball S. Nickerson (2)
Javier E. lnsua
Alejandro E. Nordheimer
Joseph A. Irby
Albert A. Noriega (2)
Stuart M. Irby
Michael M. Norton
Jeffery Jacob
Daniel Novograd
Stephen E. Jacobs (2)
Heriberto G. Noyola Intercollegiate polo at Oregon State University
Fred T. Johnson (3)
Nelson Nunez
Leslie Johnson (2)
Marilyn Leitner (2)
Parker Mears
James Nuzzo
Gillian E. Johnston
Gary E. Leonard (2)
Douglas J. Meick
Augustin Obregon
William L. Johnston (2)
Richard Levey (2)
Soni L. Melgar (2)
Rafael Obregon
Melanja K. Jones
Catherine K. Leyen
Samual M. Mencoff
Eric O'Keefe
Jeffrey Justin
Marc S. Lipschultz
Raul M. Mendy
Jay Oland
Ronald J. Juvonen (3)
Jerry Livers
David B. Merena
Andrianna P. Oliver
Shimon Kabili
Hilary W. Long
Cynthia Mesker
Hank Oliver (2)
Lisa H. Kahle
Russell A. Looney (2)
Joseph P. Meyer
Susan D. Oliver
Wayne Kant (2)
Louis J. Lopez Jr. (2)
Amanda J. Micallef
Theresa H. Oliver (2)
Jeffrey H. Kazmark (3)
Sebastian Losauro
Michael A. Micallef (2)
Hugo C. 0lsen
Thomas W. Keesee (3)
Patrick W. Lovely
Carlos Micheo
Gregorio Ortega
J.T. Kelley (2)
Rhea J. Lowenthal
Dennis Mikolich
Robert F. Orthwein (2)
Richard W. Kellogg (2)
Dawson Ludwig
Phillip J. Miles
Sara G. Orthwein (2)
Timothy F. Kelly
Kristen Ludwig
James Millegan
Tabatha L. Orthwein
Petra Kilian-Gehring
Robert Lyn-Kee-Chow (2)
Vaughn E. Miller
William D. Orthwein
Robert C. Kirschner
Todd C. Lyster
Elizabeth Millwood
Ted Oslager (2)
Kim Kirschnick (2)
Sean M. Macleod
Mister & Eye of the Needle
Allen P. Osteen
Zhenya Kirueshkin-Stepenoff
Frank W. MacNamara (2)
Gary J. Moeller
Norma Owen (2)
Bolko Kissling
Ronald L. Maher
Leonard M. Monson
Randall C. Oxley (2)
Dennis A. Klejna
Curtis L. Mahon
Robert H. Mooney
Thomas E. Oxley
Angelo Kleronomos (2)
Jana Mailow
Dempsey K. Mork
Robert Michael Painter
Eugene H. Kneece (2)
Leonardo Mandelbaum
Luciano Mosele (2)
Palm Beach Girls & Boys Club
Susan Koehler
Nicholas Manifold
Ray E. Moss
Vincent S. Parentela
Robert Kohn (2)
Frederick P. Mannix (2)
Robert C. Mountford (2)
John B. Parker
Sherrod B. Krabbe
Julian Mannix (2)
Hilary Mroz-Blythe
James H. Parr (2)
Erica E. Kratz
Christofer Martinson
Joseph A. Muldoon (2)
Martin E. Pascual
James B. Kravitz
Randall L. Marvin (2)
Gardiner S. Mulford
Douglas L. Paul (2)
Meredith B. Kronja (2)
Lewis M. Mull
Michael G. Payne (2)
George H. Kuper (2) Kyle Kuznik
Douglas G. Matthews (2) Alex Matz (2)
Lee Mullins
Jeffrey S. Pechter (2)
Victoria McCullough
Nancy Munkenbeck
Donald & Carol Pennycook
Dan Lafferman
Lewis H. McCurdy (2)
Erica Mutch
Lisa M. Perry
Adam A. Laing (2)
Harold E. McDonald
M.J. Myers
Robert & Ruth G. Peters (2)
Philip G. Lake (2)
H.S. McGehee (2)
Van & Jane Myers
Frederick B. Peterson (2)
Brent E. Lance
Brian T. McGowan
Emmanuel P. Nahas (2)
Lee A. Pettigrew
Charles R. Lande (2)
Gerald J. Napp (2)
Thruston W. Pettus
Alex Langlois
Daniel F. McGuire (4) Wick McKean
Tony Natale
Jeffrey S. Phipps (2)
Donatien Langlois
Michael McKenzie
Loreto Natividad
Ignacio Pieres
Robert H. Leary Nathan Lee
R.C. McNair (2)
Tine A. Natorp
Dawn L. Pisturino
Richard S. Meador
Kit Neacy
William B. Plunkett
66 POLO PLAYERS EDITION
Patricia A. Poindexter
Robert Scapa
Mark E. Staley
Peter von Gontard
Daviµ B: Pollin.. (2)
Brant Schafer
Kathleen Stallone
John S. Waggoner (2)
Carlos E. Ponce
Richard J. Schallmo (5)
Charles Stanislawski
David C. Walentas
Stephany J. Presti
Frederick F. Schauder
Kenneth Steenland
Alex R. Wales
Jonathan F. Price
Jeffrey A. Scheraga (2)
Abraham Stein
Callahan D. Walsh
Michael Price (2)
Heriberto E. Schoeffer (2)
Eric & Julia Steiner (2)
Hayden J. Walsh
Amelia J. Proto
John P. Schreitmueller
Ron Stenger
William J. Walsh (2)
Merritt E. Purdy (2)
Michael Schuppenhauer (2)
Brendon T. Stenzel
Betsy Walton
Clinton K. Quam (2)
Russell E. Schurtz (2)
Robert M. Stenzel (2)
David Carroll Walton
Nigel W. Quinn (2)
Paul S. Seltman (2)
Cort Stevens
Robert E. Walton (2)
Sonny Radcliff
Todd S. Sether (2)
Ezra C. Stevenson (2)
Robert G. Walton (2)
David Ragland
James R. Seward
Christer Still
Charles Ward (2)
Samuel A. Ramirez (2)
Thomas P. Shanahan
Frank Stitt (2)
Kingsley Ward (2)
Gaston Ramos Mejia
Alison Shearer
Ivor Stoddard (2)
Thomas Warriner
Robyn Ramsay
Jared Sheldon
Chris Stratemann (2)
NaJam Wasty, MD
Craig A. Ramsby
Russell Sheldon (2)
Amelia J. Strazzulla
Kristy Waters-Outhier
Henry C. Randazzo (2)
Lauren B. Sherry
Olivia Stringer (2)
Jason Wates (2)
Jason W. Rauschelbach (2)
Yossi Sidikaro (2)
Callan J. Strouss
Stephen C. Wayda (2)
Winship Rees (2)
John E. Sieber (2)
David C. Strouss
Sue-Anne Wearmouth
Daniel Regan
Derek A. Sifton (2)
Joseph Stuart (2)
Katherine M. Weaver (2)
Chester Regula
Stanford Simon
Robert Sullivan
Thomas J. Weaver (2)
Nicholas J. Rennekamp
Michael R. Simpson
Shawn B. Supple (2)
William Weigel
Andres A. Retes
Rhyne Simpson (2)
Joaquin P. Tadeo
Weissman, Nowack, Curry &
Danika Rice
Joseph Sinatra
Stephen Talbert (2)
Wilcox
Donald & Ruth Rice
Gayle F. Singh, MD
Thomas A. Tashjian (2)
Andres Weisz (2)
John Rice
Rene W. Skaggs (2)
H Ben Taub
Michael J. Wenning
Attorneys Richmond & Fishburne
Angela J. Smith
Nan Taylor
Knox S. Weymouth
LLP
Gretchen V. Smith
Richard Taylor
James D. Whisenand
James N. Rintoul (2)
Molly S. Smith
Godert G. Tegelberg (2)
S R. White (2)
Stefano Riznyk (2)
Spencer Smith
Herman TeJera
Kathleen F. \'\'hitman (2)
Randy & Nancy Rizor (2)
George L. Smock
Baird Thompson
Brendon J. Whittle
David Rizzo
Lloyd Smucker
Thornton G. Tobey
Alexander B. Wicker
Peter & Gwen Rizzo (2)
Adam Snow
James A. Tolbert (2)
Elena C. Wicker
Bruce Robson
David Sommers
Christine Tolson
David A. Wigdahl (2)
Stacie Rodriguez
Melanie B. Soos
Angel Torres
Kenneth Wilber
Charles E. Rogers (2)
Robert S. Soos
Tous of The Palm Beaches
Jennifer W. Williams (2)
James K. Rogers (3)
Lennie Sorenson
Omar Trevino (2)
Rick Willliams
John & Donna R. Rooney (2)
Adelino Sosa
Victor S. Trione (2)
Bryon B. Wilson
Gregory Ross
Juan Soto
Christian Tritsch
Cindy M. Wilson (2)
Larry Rudy (6)
Michael C. Speltz
Thomas A. Turner
Thomas Wise
Mark T. Rummler
Sarah Speno
Mariano C. Uranga
Elizabeth Wisner
Heather A. Ryan (2)
Nathaniel St. John (2)
Hank J. Uretz (2)
Jeffrey R. Wood (2)
John Ryan
William A. Stack
Tony R. Uretz (2)
Kris Wooten (2)
William G. Sawyer (2)
J.L. Stainton
Wiley Uretz (2)
Dirk Wray (2)
Norma Valentine
Christopher D. Wright (2)
Ashley Van Metre
Misdee Wrigley (2)
Alfredo Vargas (2)
Clifton Yandell (2)
Victor Vargas (2)
Angela M. York (2)
Cristian Vasquez
Nebil Zarif
Juan Patricio Vasquez
Clemente R. Zavaleta
Fabian Vela (2)
Enrique Zavaleta
James D. Vere Nicoll
Juan M. Zavaleta
Shelby Verzinskie
Robert N. Zelnio (2)
Hal A. Vita (2)
Barry L. Zindel
Adalbert von Gontard (2)
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OCTOBER 17-NOVEMBER 5 Hurlingham Open Hurlingham, Hurlingham, Argentina
15-21 USPA Fall Classic (10-14) Royal Palm, Boca Raton, FL
OCTOBER 25-NOVEMBER 5 USPA Continental Cup ( 12-16) Langdon Road, Aiken, S.C.
NOVEMBER 16 Tiffany & Co. Polo Party Northpark Mall, Dallas, TX
OCTOBER 27-NOVEMBER 5 Third fall 8-goal tournament Aiken, Aiken, S.C.
NOVEMBER 17-26 Thanksgiving Tournament Costa Careyes, Mexico
OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 5 Texas Lone Star League Houston, Houston, TX
NOVEMBER 24-26 Go Honey Tournament (3) Rege Ludwig Polo Clinic Eldorado, Los Indios, CA
NOVEMBER 1-5 Officer's Cup (8) The Villages, The Villages, FL NOVEMBER 4-5 Southeast Governor's Cup New Orleans, New Orleans, LA NOVEMBER 4-5 Catfish Cup (4-8) Point Clear, Point Clear, AL NOVEMBER 5 Countrywide Polo Cup (8-10) Las Colinas, Irving, TX NOVEMBER 18-DECEMBER 9 Argentine Open Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 3 International Women's Tournament Costa Careyes, Mexico NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 3 National Horse Show Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club, Wellington, FL DECEMBER 1-3 Debii Dollar Women's Challenge (4) Eldorado, Los Indios, CA DECEMBER 2-10 World Gym tournament Eldorado, Los Indios, CA DECEMBER 15-17 USPA World Snow Polo (12-16) Aspen, Colorado
The 113th playing of the Argentine Open will feature some of the top teams in the world, including defending champion La Dolfina, led by 10-goaler Adolfo Cambiaso at "the Cathedral of Polo," Palermo.
DECEMBER 15-24 Christmas Tournament Costa Careyes, Mexico
NOVEMBER 9 Polo awards banquet Las Colinas, Irving, TX
DECEMBER 16-17 USPA tournament Westworld, N. Scottsdale, A'Z
NOVEMBER 10-26 Florida Cup (8) The Villages, The Villages, FL
DECEMBER 16-17 USPA Players Cup (4) Holiday Cup (4) Eldorado, Los Indios, CA
NOVEMBER 11 Road Runner (3) Eldorado, Los Indios, CA NOVEMBER 11-12 Ladies Polo Invitational Houston, Houston, TX NOVEMBER 11-12 USPA Congressional Cup (4-6) Spencewood Ranch, Lockhart, TX NOVEMBER 12 CMC Cup final (8-10) Las Colinas, Irving, TX
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By Dennis J. Amato have long had a tremendous fondness as well as a special fascination for the movement formally known as "art moderne" but more popularly referred to as "art deco." As the apogee of the art deco period in the 1920s and '30s overlapped with the first Golden Age of Polo, it is not all that surprising that this highly creative and often whimsical art form spawned a vast array of what I inexpertly referred to as "polo deco" items, ranging from bronzes and ceramics to posters and programs as chronicled in these very Polo and Sporting Art Issues (see "Polo Deco," November 1996, and "Polo Deco Deux:," November 1997). More particularly, I recorded separately that the art deco era happened to coincide with the zenith of the cocktail and the cocktail lounge in the interwar years, helping to spread the polo deco effect still further (see "High Balls: Polo Bars and Cocktails," November 2003).
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suburbs. While his father was a merchant, Fritz's interests took more of a literary bent. Significantly, it was through his social set of writers and artists at the Cafe Herrenhof in Vienna that Lampl was introduced to Hilde Berger, whom he later married. Through her, he met her brothers, Joseph and Artur. Fritz's connection ~ I to the Berger family would prove to have a profound impact on him both personally and professionally over his lifetime. Unfortunately-or rather fortunately as it ultimately turned out-Lampl's forays into poetry and other literary forms encountered somewhat mixed results early in his career. Following one of his unsuccessful publishing attempts, as his nephew later recalled: "Fritz visited an exhibition in Berlin, which included fantasy shapes in blown glass by Marianne von Allesch. He described these as 'poetry materialized' and decided that he too would make 'frozen poetry' in glass." In 1923 Lampl started to pursue his newfound artistic ambitions by setting up a small shop in Vienna. He was joined by an experienced glassblower and initially by Joseph Berger and subsequently Artur Berger, who both served as designers. Joseph, shortly before his death in 1989, recounted these formative years: "We learned quickly from each other and soon fantastic animals, vases and figures emerged, which the glassblower then multiplied on his own. Fritz soon took my place as the designer and other artists were attracted to the fascinating game." Between 1923 and 1938 the Bimini glass operation yielded a prodigious output of objects, including stemware, decanters and
vases as well as human and animal figurines. The firm achieved significant commercial success and moreover, its selections were often highly sought after by collectors. Additionally, the enterprise staged a number of highly successful exhibitions in Europe and the United States, winning many awards along the way. With the rise of the Nazis, the principals at Bimini, who were Jewish, were forced to flee Austria. Fritz and Joseph went to England, where they subsequently established a new glass operation under the name of Orplid. Artur, on the other hand, emigrated to Russia, where he worked as the art director of Mosfilms. The Bimini glass pieces produced in the 1920s and 1930s are typically in only one color, occasionally in two and rarely more than that. Further, many of the glassware offerings are noted for their swirling color flourishes or their extremely delicate latticework.
Also, much to my own surprise, the studio's objects are incredibly light, particularly compared to those produced by such well-known houses like Murano, Steuben, Baccarat and Lalique. While Bimini was based in Vienna, it was not a member of the famous Wiener Werkstatte (Vienna Workshops) enterprise (19031939). Nevertheless, it is hard to image that in the relatively narrow art deco circle of the interwar years in this city that the Bimini and Wiener Werkstatte artists' paths did not cross and that they did not influence each other. Additionally, artisans at both firms had a rich legacy of glassmaking in Vienna and nearby
Bohemia to draw upon for inspiration. Although my introduction to Bimini glass is somewhat recent, I have been attracted to several cocktail items with polo motifs. For example, I have come across a number of stunning cocktail glasses with extraordinary bubbles in their stems encapsulating polo players within. I have even found an oversized cocktail stirrer with a similar bubble on top. To this day, akin to the mystique of the "boat in the bottle," I am still astounded as to how they were able to mold these fantastic creations as the very detailed polo figures seem to float magically and effortlessly in their crystal clear enclosures. Needless to say, while extremely beautiful, my Bimini pieces are for display purposes exclusively and are never used in entertaining friends and family! I would suspect that my practice has largely been the pattern over the years with most owners, which probably accounts for why so many of the Bimini pieces have survived to this day. Also, it is not clear whether Bimini stemware, for example, was sold in sets or more likely in more limited quantities. The reader can obtain a better sense of the range of Bimini glass by going to the following Web site: www.thethompsonga1lery.com. The writer would like to acknowledge that a large part of the historical background on Bimini glass as well as the quotes in the article were based on information on the Web site "Bimini and Orplid Glass" by Raymond Berger, edited by Angela Bowey. ♦
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