Hearty congratulations are earned by the American team on their over whelming victory in the international polo match on Thursday. Regret wilt be felt that their opponents, partly owing to a loss of form, were not able to give them as good a game as they "must have desired. Expert opinion on the match has already been expressed In the appropriate column, "Here it is sufficient to pay tribute to the sporting spirit which has helped so well to. raise the standard of the game in Shanghai. Of that achievement the American polo players have the right to. feel specially proud. "They received their reward in good measure when Sit Peter Grain's Cup so emphatically remained in their hands. 'The occa: sign must have been specially gratifying to Mr, Edwin 8, Cunninghham whose last opportunity it war of cheering his countrymen on to victory. His British colleague, who not so. long' ago was an active exponent of the game, will no doubt be disposed to supplement the congratulations which he tendered to the winners by fatherly advice to tke losers on the subject of recovering damaged form,
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