Lot Essay
The engraved inscription reads: "FOECUNDI.CALICES.QUEM NON.FECERE.DISERTUM THE POLO PLAYERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE LAKEWOOD POLO CARNIVAL ON THE GROUNDS OF GEORGIAN COURT DESIRE TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION OF THE GENEROUS SPORTSMANSHIP AND LIBERAL HOSPITALITY OF THEIR HOST GEORGE J. GOULD, ESQ. THROUGH WHOM THE PLAYERS AND THE PUBLIC ENJOYED THREE GOOD WEEKS OF POLO APRIL, 1910
The names engraved on the foot read:
A.S. ALEXANDER/J.A. BURDEN, JR./A.S. BURDEN/RAYMOND BELMONT/H.S. BORDEN/F.S. BUTTERWORTH/ALEX BROWN/JOSHUA CRANE/J.E. COWDIN/R.J. COLLIER/SEWARD CARY/HUGH DRURY/H.M. EARLE/W.L. GOODWIN/W.A. HAZARD/W.H.T. HUHN/W.G.LOEW/R.LA MONTAGNE, JR./GEORGE McFADDEN/DEVEREUX MILBURN/M.G. ROSENGARTEN/J.A. RAWLINS/C.C. RUMSEY/L.E. STODDARD/C.H. SABIN/J.B. THOMAS/J.M. WATERBURY, JR./H.P. WHITNEY/L. WATERBURY/H.L. HERBERT/WALTER S. BUCKMINSTER/C.C. DE CRESPIGNY/J.G. BERESFORD/G.E. BELLEVILLE/E.D. MILLER/G.W. HOBSON/C.B. HURNDALL/F.A. GILL/H.R. LEE
The names engraved on the foot read:
A.S. ALEXANDER/J.A. BURDEN, JR./A.S. BURDEN/RAYMOND BELMONT/H.S. BORDEN/F.S. BUTTERWORTH/ALEX BROWN/JOSHUA CRANE/J.E. COWDIN/R.J. COLLIER/SEWARD CARY/HUGH DRURY/H.M. EARLE/W.L. GOODWIN/W.A. HAZARD/W.H.T. HUHN/W.G.LOEW/R.LA MONTAGNE, JR./GEORGE McFADDEN/DEVEREUX MILBURN/M.G. ROSENGARTEN/J.A. RAWLINS/C.C. RUMSEY/L.E. STODDARD/C.H. SABIN/J.B. THOMAS/J.M. WATERBURY, JR./H.P. WHITNEY/L. WATERBURY/H.L. HERBERT/WALTER S. BUCKMINSTER/C.C. DE CRESPIGNY/J.G. BERESFORD/G.E. BELLEVILLE/E.D. MILLER/G.W. HOBSON/C.B. HURNDALL/F.A. GILL/H.R. LEE