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AMERICAN POLO PONIES SENT ABROAD NEW YORK, N. Y., December S. J. P. Leber, who so efficiently handled the motor van service about the Metropolitan race tracks, yesterday transported forty-four polo ponies to the steamer which sailed for England, They came from Westbury, Long Island, and have been gathered by Mr. H. i Whitney and his polo playing associates, for the use of the players of the American team, which is to go to England next summer to regain the International Cup lost last year. The ponies are the- pick of the United States and were, gathered in all corners of the land, mostly, however, from California and Texas. Their selection took some four or six months and they are said by experts to be an agile and well-balanced lot. Many of them are fully trained. It was quite an interesting shipment. The ponies were given special quarters on the ship and will be well cared for by a corps of well chosen attendants during the voyage and in their English quarters.
