Brigadier General Macnaghten has consented to referee while, Messrs J. A. Hayes and H. D. Rodger will act as umpires and Mr. À. E. Arnold as timekeeper and scorer.
Lady Clark Kerr has very kindly consented to present the Cup and miniatures to the winning team at the conclusion of the match. To add more colour to the occasion the band of the U. S. Marines will play during the match, by kind permission of Col. Charles F. B. Price.
Equal Handicaps The teams have not had a chance to play together in any practice chukkers. The two teams, on paper, appear to be very even with each team's handicap totalling nine.
There is a considerable shortage of the more seasoned American players this year—there being just a bare half dozen of the topnotches and horde of beginners and one-handicap men.
With the inclusion of the one handicap men in the teams, the standard of the game will probably be a trifle below the usual high standard of the popular "Fourth of July" matches of pest years. Last year the handicaps of the teams, Cowboys and Troopers, totalled fifteen and fourteen respec: tively, but, the spirit of the occasion and the keen rivalry, can always be depended upon to make up whatever "NE.
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