Word: meadowed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...date of the first match was postponed to Sept. 22 at the Meadow Brook Club, Westbury, Long Island. The reason for the change in date: the ponies of the Argentines have been increasingly coughing, suffering from influenza and laryngitis. So afflicted, ponies become weak, nervous, unpleasantly humored. But, late last week, the condition of the Argentine mounts was improved, and it seemed certain that Sept. 22 would see fast and proper polo...
Unlike many poloists, Hitchcock cares little for horses, little for hunting. He rides his ponies hard and not gracefully. But he was bred out of a family of polo-lovers. His mother, herself a player, has been friend and mentor of the Meadow Larks, a team which included young Tommy and Stevenson and many another youngster who now has an international rating. It was she who in 1921 polished the play of the 16-year-old Guest, then a raw but distinguished immigrant to the U. S. from England. Polo is in the Hitchcock blood. Thomas Hitchcock Jr. ranks with...
...into a roll at 3,000 feet. The wings crumpled and the fuselage "flew right out of the wings" they said. Calmly they turned off the ignition (to prevent fire in the crash) and jumped out with parachutes. The fuselage came to earth in the stables of the Meadow Brook Club, killing two polo ponies: Gay Boy, used in the International Cup Play last autumn by Malcolm Stevenson, and Anaconda, also prized. Said William Averell Harriman, financier, owner of the two ponies: "They were two of the best polo ponies in the world. I raised them from colts. They were...
...your Feb. 27, 1928 issue p. 24 under SPORT your correspondent was not very observant or informed. Meadow Lark Fearnot is a lady beagle not a gentleman and it is most doubtful if she would have "enjoyed biting a small girl who sat" etc., as whatever their faults may be it is hard to find more docile creatures than beagles. I speak from experience, having a pack of twelve couples (one of which got "best beagle-under 13" at this show...
...Meadow Lark Fearnot, a regal beagle, came flopping his ears with inquisitive dismay. The stench of many persons assailed his infinitely delicate nostrils; he would have enjoyed belling at the crowd of 10,000 people or biting a small girl who sat at the south east corner of the arena; these things were forbidden...